90 Years Ago – Meet Snuffy and Lowizie

In today’s Barney Google and Snuffy Smith John Rose celebrates the 90th anniversary of Snuffy Smith.

Snuffy and “Lowizie” Smith first appeared in the Barney Google comic strip on November 17, 1934, but Snuffy was mention a couple days earlier. Since Comics Kingdom’s archive of Barney Google and Snuffy Smith only goes back to 1936 we here present ten daily comic strips by Billy DeBeck surrounding the introduction of Snuffy and Lowizie to the funny pages.

Background: A wedding is being planned.

Tuesday – November 13, 1934

Wednesday – November 14, 1934

Thursday – November 15, 1934

Friday – November 16, 1934

Saturday – November 17, 1934

Monday – November 19, 1934

Tuesday – November 20, 1934

Wednesday – November 21, 1934

Thursday – November 22, 1934

Friday – November 23, 1934

As mentioned by John Rose in that top panel Snuffy quickly displaced Barney as the star of the strip.

Barney Google, Snuffy Smith, and Lowizie Smith © King Features Syndicate

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