Nevertheless, the feature is still titled Barney Google and Snuffy Smith. Snuffy Smith, who was initially introduced as a supporting player in 1934, has now been the comic strip's central character for over 60 years. Google was reintroduced to the strip in 2012, and has been seen very occasionally since, making several week-long appearances.
These cameos were often years apart-from a period between 19, Barney Google wasn't seen in the strip at all. An increasingly peripheral player in his own strip beginning in the late 1930s, Google was officially "written out" in 1954, although he would occasionally return for cameo appearances. It added several terms and phrases to the English language and inspired the 1923 hit tune "Barney Google (with the Goo-Goo-Googly Eyes)" with lyrics by Billy Rose, as well as the 1923 record, "Come On, Spark Plug!"īarney Google himself, once the star of the strip and a very popular character in his own right, has been almost entirely phased out of the feature. The initial appeal of the strip led to its adaptation to film, animation, popular song and television. Since its debut on June 17, 1919, the strip has gained a huge international readership, appearing in 900 newspapers in 21 countries. Bunky and Barney Google and Snuffy Smith (July 26, 1942)Ĭupples & Leon, Hyperion Press, Kitchen Sink Press, IDW Publishingīarney Google and Snuffy Smith, originally Take Barney Google, F'rinstance, is an American comic strip created by cartoonist Billy DeBeck.
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