Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, originally Take Barney Google, for Instance, [1][note 1] is an American comic strip created by cartoonist Billy DeBeck. Since its debut on June 17, 1919, [3] the strip has gained a large international readership, appearing in 900 newspapers in 21 countries.

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith is one of the longest-running comic strips in history. It stars Snuffy Smith, a bodacious hillbilly, who lives in the Appalachian town of Hootin’ Holler with his tolerant, loving wife Loweezy, their son, Tater and their nephew Jughaid.

Tater, the baby. This strip has the distinction of having the longest continuous daily run of any American newspaper comic still appearing in print, as The Katzenjammer Kids (begun in 1897) has been in reprints since 2006 and was Sunday-only for most of its run, while Gasoline Alley (begun in 1918) started out as a Sunday-only panel.

Mar 27, 2014 · This week, "Ask the Archivist" is inspired by a reader's question and offers a fond look at the different characters that have appeared in the comic strip, "Barney Google and Snuffy Smith."

Feb 17, 2012 · But when Barney went to visit Hootin’ Holler, readers became delighted by the funny, folksy denizens of this sleepy little town, and bit by bit, Snuffy Smith and the rest of his family and neighbors settled down to stake their claim to the comic strip for good.

Snuffy Smith. In 1934, an even greater change took place when Barney and his horse visited the North Carolina mountains and met a volatile, equally diminutive moonshiner named Snuffy Smith. Hillbilly humor was extremely popular at the time (as Al Capp was proving with Li'l Abner). The strip increasingly focused on the southern Appalachian ...

Snuffy Smith is a newspaper comic about a hillbilly community. It originally began in the 1930s as Barney Google, but once the Smith clan was introduced, Barney was eventually written out in favor of the more-popular Smith.

Tater appears in 11 issues View all Barney Google and Snuffy Smith. 6 appearances; Basserne. 2 appearances; Tempo Books. 1 appearances; Barney Google and Snuffy Smith. 1 appearances;

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, originally Take Barney Google, F'rinstance, is an American comic strip created by cartoonist Billy DeBeck. Since its debut on June 17, 1919, the strip has gained a huge international readership, appearing in 900 newspapers in 21 countries.

Charlton's comic-book version of the long-running comic strip featuring the hillbilly antics of Snuffy Smith. Uriah the mailman starts walking on stilts to keep his hindquarters safe from Snuffy's dog Bullet. When Tater refuses to eat his vittles, Loweezy takes him to Doc Pritchart.