Chic Young (1924–1930) Paul Fung (1930–1932) Bil Dwyer (1932–1936)
Current status/schedule
Concluded daily strip
Launch date
June 25, 1924
End date
January 1936
Syndicate(s)
Newspaper Feature Service (King Features Syndicate)
Genre(s)
Humor
Dumb Dora is a comic strip published from 1924 to 1936 distributed by King Features Syndicate.[1] The term "dumb Dora" was a 1920s[2] American slang term for a foolish woman;[3][4] the strip helped popularize the term.
^Holtz, Allan (2012). American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. p. 137. ISBN 9780472117567.
^The Washington Herald (January 30, 1922), p. 6.
^"Slang of the 1920". local.aaca.org. Archived from the original on 18 June 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^Beard, Robert. "A Historical Dictionary of American Slang - alphaDictionary.com". www.alphadictionary.com. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
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