[net.games.trivia] comix trivia

grw (04/07/83)

Here are some questions in the field of daily syndicated comic strips,
each with a rating by which you cant tell just how trivial you are.


For what cartoonist was Jim Davis (creator of Garfield) once an assistant?
(easy)

Which MAD artist did most of the take-offs on Pogo (noteably Gopo Gossum)?
(medium)

The Doonesbury character "B.D." was very loosely based on a real-life
person with those initials.  What was his name?
(medium)

Lew Little, editor of the Field Newspaper Syndicate, predicted correctly that
Garfield (yech) would become the most popular strip in the country.  What
strip does he predict will be next to take top honors (also yech)?
(hard)

Name 5 comic strips that appeared in over 1,000 newspapers in 1982
(medium)


						-Glenn R. Wichman
						who knows a lot of things
						but not Beaver Cleaver's
						locker number.