Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Cartoons 03: Longest Running Cartoon Ever

By Ripley's Believe It Or Not

KEYNOTES
The Ripley’s Believe It or Not! cartoon is the longest running cartoon strip in the world. It has been published since 1918, when Robert Ripley himself was the cartoonist.
 

By 1933, the Ripley's Believe It or Not! Cartoon was read daily by millions of people in 17 languages across 300 publications around the world. Selections from this rich treasure trove of unbelievable stories make up our compilation of cartoon ebooks, each guaranteed to astound, amuse and entertain.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ripley Publishing
• Release date: Aug 14, 2012
• ISBN: 9781609910723

Ripley's Believe It Or Not

Ripley's Believe It or Not! is globally renowned as the authority on the weird, the eccentric, and the amazing. Ripley's Believe It or Not! provides entertaining books for children of all ages which educates and informs them in a humorous style. The Ripley brand is known around the world as a trend-setting source of family-friendly fun and excitement! Every day the researchers at Ripley's are busy digging up the craziest true stories and the most unbelievable facts.

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CONTENTS

The Story Behind the Cartoons

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Believe it or Not! is Born

More Popular than Santa Claus

Far-Reaching Consequences

Ripley at His Best

The Cartoons Post-Ripley

Take a Bow, John Graziano!

Cartoon Creation

The Cartoons

THE STORY BEHIND THE CARTOONS

It’s no exaggeration to assert that in the early part of the last century Ripley’s Believe It or Not! cartoons sparked a whole new family ritual in American households. When The New York Globe was flung onto porches each morning, all generations scrambled to view the daily, quirky cartoons that presented the incredible and the unusual in illustrated form. Like postcards sent from a traveling friend, the black-and-white sketches were as much a breakfast ritual as pancakes and muffins, a form of global, interactive communication, an early-day Facebook or Twitter.

Back then, cartoons were popular, quick-read journalism, the pictures adding fast information and atmosphere to newspaper reports, in a time before photographs could be sent to a paper at the press of a