List of films based on comic strips

This is a list of films based on comic strips and characters first appearing in them, including single panel gag cartoons appearing in newspapers and magazines, and webcomics. The practice of creating films based on comic strips dates back to the early years of film itself. In recent years, due to advances in special effects, big budget films based on comic books have become more common.

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Feature films

A

• Based on The Addams Family:
  • The Addams Family (1991)
  • Addams Family Values (1993)
  • Addams Family Reunion (1998)

B

• Based on Barney Google and Snuffy Smith:
  • Private Snuffy Smith (1942)
  • Hillbilly Blitzkrieg (1942)

• Based on Blondie:
  • Blondie (1938)
  • Blondie Meets the Boss (1939)
  • Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939)
  • Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)
  • Blondie on a Budget (1940)
  • Blondie Has Servant Trouble (1940)
  • Blondie Plays Cupid (1940)
  • Blondie Goes Latin (1941)
  • Blondie in Society (1941)
  • Blondie Goes to College (1942)
  • Blondie's Blessed Event (1942)
  • Blondie for Victory (1942)
  • It's a Great Life (1943)
  • Footlight Glamour (1943)
  • Leave It to Blondie (1945)
  • Life with Blondie (1945)
  • Blondie's Lucky Day (1946)
  • Blondie Knows Best (1946)
  • Blondie's Big Moment (1947)
  • Blondie's Holiday (1947)
  • Blondie in the Dough (1947)
  • Blondie's Anniversary (1947)
  • Blondie's Reward (1948)
  • Blondie's Secret (1948)
  • Blondie's Big Deal (1949)
  • Blondie Hits the Jackpot (1949)
  • Blondie's Hero (1950)
  • Beware of Blondie (1950)

• Based on Brenda Starr:
  • Brenda Starr (1976, telefilm)
  • Brenda Starr (1989)

• Based on Bringing Up Father:
  • Bringing Up Father (1928)
  • Vihtori ja Klaara (1939, Finland)
  • Bringing Up Father (1946)
  • Jiggs and Maggie in Society (1948)
  • Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1948)
  • Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters (1949)
  • Jiggs and Maggie Out West (1950)

D

• Based on Dennis the Menace:
  • Dennis the Menace: Dinosaur Hunter (1987, telefilm)
  • Dennis the Menace (1993)
  • Dennis the Menace Strikes Again (1998, direct-to-video)
  • Dennis the Menace: Cruise Control (2002, telefilm)
  • A Dennis the Menace Christmas (2007, direct-to-video)

• Based on Dick Tracy:
  • Dick Tracy (AKA Dick Tracy, Detective) (1945)
  • Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
  • Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)
  • Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
  • Dick Tracy (1990)

• Based on Dondi:
  • Dondi (1961)

E

• Based on Ella Cinders:
  • Ella Cinders (1926)

F

• Based on Flash Gordon:
  • Flash Gordon (1936)
  • Flash Gordon (1980)
  • Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All (1982, telefilm)

• Based on Friday Foster:
  • Friday Foster (1975)

G

• Based on Garfield:
  • Garfield (2004)
  • Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)
  • Garfield Gets Real (2007, direct-to-video)
  • Garfield's Fun Fest (2008, direct-to-video)
  • Garfield's Pet Force (2009, direct-to-video)

• Based on Gasoline Alley:
  • Gasoline Alley (1951)
  • Corky of Gasoline Alley (1951)

H

• Based on Harold Teen:
  • Harold Teen (1928)
  • Harold Teen (1934)

• Based on Heathcliff:
  • Heathcliff: The Movie (1986)

J

• Based on Jane:
  • The Adventures of Jane (1949)
  • Jane and the Lost City (1987)

• Based on Joe Palooka:
  • Palooka (1934)
  • Joe Palooka, Champ (1946)
  • Gentleman Joe Palooka (1946)
  • Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947)
  • Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad (1948)
  • Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (1948)
  • Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (1949)
  • Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch (1949)
  • Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey (1950)
  • Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950)
  • Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle (1950)
  • Joe Palooka in Triple Cross (1951)

• Based on Jungle Jim:
  • Jungle Jim (1948)
  • The Lost Tribe (1949)
  • Mark of the Gorilla (1950)
  • Captive Girl (1950)
  • Jungle Jim in Pygmy Island (1950)
  • Fury of the Congo (1951)
  • Jungle Manhunt (1951)
  • Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952)
  • Voodoo Tiger (1952)
  • Savage Mutiny (1953)
  • Valley of the Headhunters (1953)
  • Killer Ape (1953)
  • Jungle Man-Eaters (1954)
  • Cannibal Attack (1954)
  • Jungle Moon Men (1955)
  • Devil Goddess (1956)

K

• Based on King of the Royal Mounted:
  • King of the Royal Mounted (1936)

L

• Based on Li'l Abner:
  • Li'l Abner (1940)
  • Li'l Abner (1959)
  • Li'l Abner (1971, telefilm)

• Based on Little Annie Rooney:
  • Little Annie Rooney (1925)

• Based on Little Iodine:
  • Little Iodine (1946), possibly a lost film

• Based on Little Nemo:
  • Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989 Japan/1992 United States)

• Based on Little Orphan Annie:
  • Little Orphan Annie (1932)
  • Little Orphan Annie (1938)
  • Annie (1982)
  • Annie: A Royal Adventure! (1995, telefilm)
  • Annie (1999, telefilm)

M

• Based on Mandrake the Magician:
  • Mandrake Killing'e karsi (1967, unauthorized Turkish film)
  • Mandrake (1979, telefilm)

• Based on Marmaduke:
  • Marmaduke (2010)

• Based on Modesty Blaise:
  • Modesty Blaise (1966)
  • My Name Is Modesty (2003)

• Based on The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green:
  • The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2005)

N

• Based on Nono-chan:
  • My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)

O

• Based on Over the Hedge:
  • Over the Hedge (2006)

P

• Based on Peanuts:
  • A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)
  • Snoopy, Come Home (1972)
  • Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977)
  • Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back!!) (1980)

• Based on The Phantom:
  • The Phantom (1961, telefilm)
  • The Phantom (1996)

• Based on Pogo:
  • Pogo for President: 'I Go Pogo' (1980)

• Based on Popeye:
  • Popeye (1980)
  • Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy (2004, animated)

• Based on Prince Valiant:
  • Prince Valiant (1954)
  • Prince Valiant (1997)^[1]

R

• Based on Red Ryder:
  • Tucson Raiders (1944)
  • Marshal of Reno (1944)
  • The San Antonio Kid (1944)
  • Cheyenne Wildcat (1944)
  • Vigilantes of Dodge City (1944)
  • Sheriff of Las Vegas (1944)
  • Great Stagecoach Robbery (1945)
  • Lone Texas Ranger (1945)
  • Phantom of The Plains (1945)
  • Marshal of Laredo (1945)
  • Colorado Pioneers (1945)
  • Wagon Wheels Westward (1945)
  • California Gold Rush (1946)
  • Sheriff of Redwood Valley (1946)
  • Sun Valley Cyclone (1946)
  • Conquest of Cheyenne (1946)
  • Santa Fe Uprising (1946)
  • Stagecoach to Denver (1946)
  • Vigilantes of Boomtown (1947)
  • Homesteaders of Paradise Valley (1947)
  • Oregon Trail Scouts (1947)
  • Rustlers of Devil's Canyon (1947)
  • Marshal of Cripple Creek (1947)
  • Ride, Ryder, Ride (1949)
  • Roll, Thunder, Roll (1949)
  • The Fighting Redhead (1950)
  • The Cowboy and the Prizefighter (1950)

• Based on Reg'lar Fellers:
  • Reg'lar Fellers (1941)

S

• Based on Sad Sack:
  • The Sad Sack (1957)

• Based on Skippy:
  • Skippy (1931)
  • Sooky (1931)

• Based on The Spirit:
  • The Spirit (1987, telefilm)
  • The Spirit (2008)^[2]

• Based on Sweet Gwendoline:
  • The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak (1984)

T

• Based on Tailspin Tommy:
  • Mystery Plane (1939)
  • Sky Patrol (1939)
  • Danger Flight (1939)

• Based on Tamara Drewe:
  • Tamara Drewe (2010)

• Based on Tillie the Toiler:
  • Tillie the Toiler (1927)
  • Tillie the Toiler (1941)

W

• Based on Willie and Joe (Bill Mauldin):
  • Up Front (1951)
  • Back at the Front (1952)

Short films

Theatrical

• Based on Abie the Agent:
  • Iska Worreh (1917)
  • Abie Kabibble Outwitted His Rival (1917)

• Based on Ally Sloper:
  • Ally Sloper (1898)
  • Sloper's Visit to Brighton (1898)
  • series of six live-action shorts (1921)

• Based on Barney Google and Snuffy Smith:
  • series of 12 live-action shorts (1928–1929), starting with Horsefeathers (1928)
  • series of four animated shorts (1935–1936), starting with Tetched in the Head (1935)

• Based on Buster Brown:
  • series of five shorts (1914), starting with Buster Brown on the Care and Treatment of Goats (1914)
  • series of 50 live-action shorts (1925–1929), starting with Educating Buster (1925)

• Based on Canyon Kiddies:
  • Mighty Hunters (1940)

• Based on Desperate Desmond:
  • series of seven live-action shorts (1911–1912), starting with Desperate Desmond Almost Succeeds (1911)

• Based on Henry:
  • Betty Boop with Henry, the Funniest Living American (1935)

• Based on Hogan's Alley:
  • Trouble in Hogan's Alley (1900)

• Based on Joe Palooka:
  • series of nine two-reel live-action shorts (1936–37), starting with For the Love of Pete (1936)

• Based on The Katzenjammer Kids:
  • The Katzenjammer Kids in School (1898)
  • The Katzenjammer Kids Have a Love Affair (1900)
  • series of eight live-action shorts (1912), starting with The Katzenjammer Kids (1912)
  • series of 37 animated shorts (1916–1918), starting with The Chinese Cook (1916)
  • series of five animated shorts (1920), starting with Knock on the Window, the Door Is a Jamb (1920)
  • The Captain and the Kids (1938–1939) series of 15 animated shorts

• Based on Krazy Kat:
  • multiple series of animated shorts (both sound and silent films)

• Based on Lady Bountiful:
  • Lady Bountiful Visits the Murphys on Wash Day (1903)

• Based on Let George Do It:
  • series of 40 live-action shorts (1924–1929), starting with Why George! (1924)

• Based on Little Jimmy
  • Betty Boop and Little Jimmy (1936)

• Based on Little Nemo:
  • Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and his Moving Comics aka Little Nemo (1911, included in the National Film Registry)

• Based on Li'l Abner:
  • series of five animated shorts (1944), starting with Amoozin' But Confoozin' (1944)

• Based on Little Annie Rooney:
  • Little Annie Rooney (1931)

• Based on The Little King:
  • series of 12 animated shorts (1933–1934), starting with AM to PM (1933)
  • Betty Boop and the Little King (1936)

• Based on Mike and Ike (They Look Alike):
  • series of 24 live-action shorts (1927–1929), starting with Dancing Fools (1927)

• Based on Mischievous Willie:
  • Mischievous Willie's Rocking Chair Motor (1902)

• Based on Mr. Jack:
  • Mr. Jack in the Dressing Room (1904)

• Based on Mutt and Jeff:
  • animated and live action shorts

• Based on Nancy:
  • School Daze (1942)
  • Nancy's Little Theater (1942)
  • Doing Their Bit (1942)

• Based on The Newlyweds/Snookums:
  • series of 37 live-action shorts (1926–1929), starting with The Newlyweds' Neighbors (1926)

• Based on The Outbursts of Everett True:
  • series of live-action shorts starting with Everett True Breaks Into The Movies (1916)

• Based on Popeye:
  • Popeye the Sailor (1933–1957, animated)

  two-reel Technicolor shorts:

  • Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936, included in the National Film Registry)
  • Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937)
  • Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1939)

• Based on Reg'lar Fellers:
  • Happy Days (1936)

• Based on Smitty:
  • series of 10 live-action shorts (1928–1929), starting with No Picnic (1928)

• Toonerville Folks

• Based on Toots and Casper:
  • series of 12 live-action shorts (1928–1929), starting with Fooling Casper (1928)

• Based on Uncle Mun:
  • Uncle Mun and the Minister (1912)
  • A Thrilling Rescue by Uncle Mun (1912)

• Wille Westinghouse

Television specials

• Based on B.C.:
  • B.C.: The First Thanksgiving (1973)
  • B.C.: A Special Christmas (1981)

• Based on Blondie:
  • Blondie & Dagwood (1987)
  • Blondie & Dagwood: Second Wedding Workout (1989)

• Based on Cathy:
  • Cathy (1987)
  • Cathy's Last Resort (1988)
  • Cathy's Valentine (1989)

• Based on Dennis the Menace:
  • Dennis the Menace in Mayday for Mother (1981)

• Based on Doonesbury:
  • A Doonesbury Special (1977)

• Based on The Family Circus:
  • A Special Valentine with the Family Circus (1978)
  • A Family Circus Christmas (1979)
  • A Family Circus Easter (1982)

• Based on The Far Side:
  • Gary Larson's Tales from the Far Side (1994)
  • Tales from the Far Side II (1997)

• Based on For Better or For Worse:
  • For Better or for Worse: The Bestest Present (1985)
  • For Better or for Worse: The Last Camping Trip (1992)
  • For Better or for Worse: A Christmas Angel (1992)
  • For Better or for Worse: A Valentine from the Heart (1993)
  • For Better or for Worse: The Good-for-Nothing (1993)
  • For Better or for Worse: The Babe Magnet (1994)
  • For Better or for Worse: A Storm in April (1995)

• Based on Garfield:
  • Here Comes Garfield (1982)
  • Garfield on the Town (1983)
  • Garfield in the Rough (1984)
  • Garfield's Halloween Adventure (1985)
  • Garfield in Paradise (1986)
  • Garfield Goes Hollywood (1987)
  • A Garfield Christmas (1987)
  • Happy Birthday, Garfield (1988)
  • Garfield: His 9 Lives (1988)
  • Garfield's Babes and Bullets (1989)
  • Garfield's Thanksgiving (1989)
  • Garfield's Feline Fantasies (1990)
  • Garfield Gets a Life (1991)

• Based on Hägar the Horrible:
  • Hägar the Horrible (1989)

• Based on Little Orphan Annie:
  • Little Orphan Annie's A Very Animated Christmas (1995)

• Based on Peanuts:
  • see List of Peanuts media: TV specials

• Based on Pogo:
  • The Pogo Special Birthday Special (1969)

• Based on A Wish for Wings That Work: (characters originated in Bloom County)
  • A Wish for Wings That Work (1991)

• Based on Ziggy:
  • Ziggy's Gift (1982)

Serial films

• Based on Ace Drummond:
  • Ace Drummond (1936)

• Based on The Adventures of Smilin' Jack:
  • The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)

• Based on Brenda Starr:
  • Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945)

• Based on Brick Bradford:
  • Brick Bradford (1947)

• Based on Bruce Gentry:
  • Bruce Gentry (1949)

• Based on Buck Rogers: (character originated in pulp magazines)
  • Buck Rogers (1939)

• Based on Dick Tracy:
  • Dick Tracy (1937)
  • Dick Tracy Returns (1938)
  • Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)
  • Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc (1939)

• Based on Don Winslow of the Navy:
  • Don Winslow of the Navy (1942)
  • Don Winslow of the Coast Guard (1943)

• Based on Flash Gordon:
  • Flash Gordon (1936)
  • Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)
  • Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)

• Based on Jungle Jim:
  • Jungle Jim (1937)

• Based on King of the Royal Mounted:
  • King of the Royal Mounted (1940)
  • King of the Mounties (1942)

• Based on Mandrake the Magician:
  • Mandrake the Magician (1939)

• Based on The Phantom:
  • The Phantom (1943)
  • The Adventures of Captain Africa (1955) (rights to character expired during production)

• Based on Radio Patrol:
  • Radio Patrol (1937)

• Based on Red Barry:
  • Red Barry (1938)

• Based on Red Ryder:
  • Adventures of Red Ryder (1940)

• Based on Secret Agent X-9:
  • Secret Agent X-9 (1937)
  • Secret Agent X-9 (1945)

• Based on Tailspin Tommy:
  • Tailspin Tommy (1934)
  • Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery (1935)

• Based on Terry and the Pirates:
  • Terry and the Pirates (1940)

• Based on Tim Tyler's Luck:
  • Tim Tyler's Luck (1937)

Other

• Caveman: V.T. Hamlin & Alley Oop^[3] (2005, comic strip documentary)
• The Fantastic Funnies^[4] (1980, comic strip documentary)
• God Hates Cartoons (2002, DVD compilation of animated shorts)

Contents
Top   A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Short films   Television specials   Serial films   Other   See also   References   External links

See also

• Comic strip
• Lists of film source material
• List of films based on comics
• List of films based on cartoons
• List of films based on radio series
• List of films based on television programs
• List of television series based on comic strips

References

External links

• Comics2Film
• Superheroes Lives