Sir Bagby was an American daily strip created by brothers Rick Hackney and Bill Hackney, who signed the strip "R & B Hackney." The setting was a medieval world filled with anachronisms and puns. (In that, it resembled Jack Kent's King Aroo, distributed by the same syndicate.) The strip ran in a small number of US newspapers from 1957 to 1967, as well as in The Canberra Times from 1960 to 1966.[1] In 2022, Rick Norwood, editor of Comics Revue, purchased the copyright to Sir Bagby, so he could keep the strip in print.
| Sir Bagby | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | "R & B Hackney" (Rick Hackney and Bill Hackney) |
| Current status/schedule | Concluded Daily & Sunday |
| Launch date | 1957 |
| End date | 1967 |
| Syndicate(s) | Bell McClure Syndicate |
| Genre(s) | Humor |
Characters and story edit
The main characters are Sir Bagby, a knight, King Filbert I, II ("King Filbert I was my father. He built the business up so I decided to keep the name."), a wizard named Snerk, a jester named Solly, a playwright named Faro, and his assistant, Billingsgate.
Reprints edit
The only reprints of the strip have been in Comics Revue.
References edit
- ^ Holtz, Allan (2012). American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. p. 353. ISBN 9780472117567.
- Strickler, Dave. Syndicated Comic Strips and Artists, 1924-1995: The Complete Index. Cambria, CA: Comics Access, 1995. ISBN 0-9700077-0-1.
External links edit
- Sir Bagby at ComicStripFan
- Rick Hackney, Lambiek's Comiclopedia
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