It was no coincidence that on April 5, 1993, characters in many of the nation’s daily comic strips were talking about postage stamps and hinting that it was time they and their kind got some recognition.
In fact, the chatter was the result of an orchestrated campaign led by "Beetle Bailey" creator Mort Walker and supported by his cartoonist colleagues. Their goal: to garner support for a stamp or stamps honoring the 100th anniversary of the first newspaper color comic "The Yellow Kid" (1895).
Walker’s efforts paid off: In 1995 the Postal Service issued a 20-stamp pane, Comic Strip Classics, followed 10 years later by the popular Peanuts stamp.
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Now, once again, stamps are a topic of conversation in the comics. If you haven’t yet read today’s newspaper, take a look and see what the dailies have to say about the new Sunday Funnies stamps. And then take a good look at the stamps for yourself.
After all, isn’t it about time that stamps made the comics again?
See each of the stamps in detail and read about the characters you’ve seen in the Sunday funnies.
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Courtesy of Archie Comics.
Dennis the Menace Courtesy of King Features Syndicate.
Beetle Bailey Courtesy of King Features Syndicate.