The Menomonee Falls Guardian

The Menomonee Falls Guardian was a tabloid published in the mid-1970s by Street Enterprises (based in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin) that reprinted humor comic strips from the United States and the UK. (The Guardian's sister publication, The Menomonee Falls Gazette, focused on reprints of adventure strips.)[3] The Guardian was edited by Mike Tiefenbacher.[4]

The Menomonee Falls Guardian
Typeweekly (June 1973– February 1976),
monthly (March 1973–August 1976)
Formattabloid newspaper
Founder(s)Jerry Sinkovec and Mike Tiefenbacher[1]
PublisherStreet Enterprises
EditorMike Tiefenbacher
FoundedJune 28, 1973
Ceased publicationAugust 1976
CityMenomonee Falls, Wisconsin
CountryU.S.
Circulation1,300[2]
Sister newspapersThe Menomonee Falls Gazette
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The Menomonee Falls Guardian is popular among comic strip collectors. Back issues are frequently put up for sale on eBay.

Publication history

The first issue appeared June 28, 1973, with new issues published weekly until February 23, 1976, when it became a monthly publication, running until August 1976.

Four issues of The Menomonee Falls Guardian Special, featuring Alley Oop, were published from 1973–1975.

The Menomonee Falls Guardian published 146 issues in total.[3]

List of comic strips

The following is a complete list of comic strips that were reprinted in The Menomonee Falls Guardian, along with the issues they appeared in:

gollark: Yes, you are now doublebanned.
gollark: Scamming is a rather odd way to put it, honestly...
gollark: *Terrariola is banned*
gollark: So why would YOU be okay with it?
gollark: Terrariola: remember when I did that and you complained?

See also

References

Notes
  1. Svoboda, Wayne. "Dynamic Duo Fights Fiercely," Milwaukee Sentinel (Aug. 27, 1976).
  2. Sinkovec, Jerome (October 14, 1974). "Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation". The Menomonee Falls Guardian (69). Street Enterprises.
  3. Michigan State University Libraries: Index to the Comic Art Collection
  4. Tiefenbacher entry, Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999. Accessed Feb. 4, 2016.

Sources
  • T. Hegeman, editor. An Index to Articles Appearing in the Menomonee Falls Gazette and the Menomonee Falls Guardian (Oneonta, N.Y. : T. Hegeman, 1979). Created for CAPA-alpha #175; also distributed in APA-I #20.
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