Barney Google (character)
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| Barney Google | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | King Features Syndicate |
| First appearance | Take Barney Google, F’rinstance (17 June 1919) |
| Created by | Billy DeBeck |
| Voiced by | Paul Frees (1963) Allan Melvin (1963) |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Human |
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Barney Google is a character created by Billy DeBeck in 1919. He is the former protagonist of the comic strip Barney Google and Snuffy Smith. He is depicted as a "goggle-eyed, moustached, gloved and top-hatted, bulbous-nosed, cigar-chomping shrimp" (according to comics historian Bill Blackbeard). Barney, along with his racehorse Spark Plug were among the most popular characters of the 1920s. In 1934, however, a hillbilly-like Appalachian character named Snuffy Smith was introduced to the strip. Eventually, Snuffy eclipsed Barney in popularity, and by 1954, the strip officially titled Snuffy as its new protagonist. Barney rarely made appearances in the strip afterward, becoming a semi-regular character in 2012.[1][2][3]
References
- ↑ DeBeck, Billy (1977). Barney Google (1919–1920) (1st ed.). United States of America: Hyperion Press. ISBN 978-0883556313. Search this book on
- ↑ Harvey, R. C. (2012-02-23). "Barney Google and Snuffy Smith: Billy DeBeck, Fred Lasswell, and John Rose - Page 2 of 2". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
- ↑ kingfeaturesadmin (2012-02-23). "An Interview with Cartoonist John Rose on the Return of Barney Google – King Features Syndicate". Retrieved 2026-07-16.
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