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Tuesday, November 27, 2025

This Day in Arf History: Walter Berndt’s Birthday

Walter Berndt was born on this day in 1899. Berndt penned the comic strip Smitty in 1924, which ran through 1973. Smitty was an office boy who went on brief adventures in a boxing league, baseball, camping, trips to the nation’s capitol. Berndt also drew a spin-off starring Smitty’s kid brother, Herby. He won the Reuben Award in 1969 for this strip.


— C. Yoe (in the funny papers)

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 27th, 2007 at 12:01 am.
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2 Responses to “This Day in Arf History: Walter Berndt’s Birthday”

  1. Rich Says:
    November 27th, 2007 at 3:42 pm

    I loved reading Smitty along with Moon Mullins in the NY Daily News.

  2. craig Says:
    December 1st, 2007 at 11:42 am

    rich, i’ve been reading a bunchof old smitty strips from the forties lately. actually a very good read with nice art. i’m not sure it’s wacky enough for the arf books but i might post a bunch on the blog.

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