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15-453: Radio Patrol may refer to: Radio Patrol (comic strip) , a 1933–1950 police comic strip Radio Patrol (serial) , a 1937 Universal movie serial based on the comic strip Radio Patrol (1932 film) , an American pre-Code crime film Radio Patrol (1951 film) , a Mexican crime drama film Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

30-584: A charge from Reed Brennan Media Associates, the online merchant for DailyINK. Each week, Reed Brennan Media Associates, a unit of the Hearst Corporation, edited and distributed more than 200 features for King Features. Contemporary DailyINK strips ran the gamut from The Amazing Spider-Man to Zits . The vintage strips initially included Bringing Up Father , Buz Sawyer , Flash Gordon , Krazy Kat , The Little King , The Phantom and Rip Kirby . King Features editor Jay Kennedy introduced

45-464: A strip in his King Features Syndicate to compete. The strip, which started in 1933 in the Boston Record , was originally called Pinkerton, Jr. , since the main character was a boy named Pinky. (Dick Tracy also had a boy as a key character at the time.) The new strip was popular with Boston readers and the main character shortly became Sergeant Pat, while Pinky grew older quite rapidly. Sergeant Pat

60-502: Is a police comic strip carried in newspapers from August 7, 1933, to December 16, 1950, in the dailies, with a Sunday strip that ran from November 25, 1934, to October 20, 1946. It was created by artist Charles Schmidt and writer Eddie Sullivan, who both worked for the Boston American . Sullivan was a newspaper reporter who specialized in crime reporting. Because of the popularity of Dick Tracy , William Randolph Hearst wanted

75-518: The Archivist" posts exploring comic strip history. The "Last 7" feature enables the reader to see a week's worth of comics on a single page. On the right side of the home page, collapsible activity boxes show what’s happening on the site: “Most Saved Today” lists the strips DailyINK users have added to their scrapbooks. “Most Active” indicates which strips are being shared on Facebook, Twitter and StumbleUpon. “Recent Comments” shows what users are saying about

90-495: The Magician , Office Hours , Quincy and Radio Patrol . On November 15, 2010, a subscription rate increase to $ 19.99 was announced, effective December 15, 2010, with applications available on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, plus a "new and improved" DailyINK in 2011. The redesign was by Blenderbox. Features added in 2011 included original publication dates, forum topics and a blog, mostly promotional but also with authoritative "Ask

105-459: The dailies. In 2012, Jackys Diary was dropped from DailyINK, and the Archivist explained, "Unfortunately, we no longer have the rights to publish the strip." In April 2012, DailyINK began carrying the original Mort Walker and Dik Browne Hi and Lois in addition to the current Hi and Lois by Chance Browne , Brian Walker and Greg Walker. On January 13, 2012, the DailyINK app was voted as

120-469: The editor who assigned Schmidt and Sullivan to create the comic strip, was a personal friend of Hearst, and in Citizen Kane Howey's was fictionalized as Jed Leland ( Joseph Cotten ). As with other strips of the period, Radio Patrol was adapted into different media, including a 1930s radio show. The 12-chapter Universal Pictures movie serial, Radio Patrol (1937), starring Grant Withers as Pat,

135-526: The fantastic or supernatural. The realistic bent even included accurate geography in its depictions of Boston and the New England countryside. Whenever artist Charlie Schmidt bought a new car, it was drawn into the strip as Sergeant Pat's new cruiser. One day Schmidt was at his dentist's office. The dentist wanted to know how come he wasn't one of the characters in the popular strip. Schmidt replied, "Because I already have one fat guy in it." Walter Howey ,

150-402: The original site. Therefore a zoom function is no longer needed." Despite this claim, small details are sometimes lost because the strips cannot be enlarged. Traditionally, Sunday strips have always been published larger than daily strips , and that tradition continues here. However, Bill Griffith 's Zippy , in an odd technological twist by DailyINK, is displayed small on Sunday and large in

165-407: The service early in 2006, commenting: In December 2013, Daily INK was relaunched as part of the new Comics Kingdom website. With 11,000 subscribers by June 2010, more vintage strips were added to DailyINK, including Barney Google , Beetle Bailey , Big Ben Bolt , Brick Bradford , The Heart of Juliet Jones , Jackys Diary , The Katzenjammer Kids , Little Iodine , Mandrake

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180-429: The strips. The "Scrapbook" feature allows one to save individual favorites to a personalized scrapbook for later viewing. A tiny calendar above each strip makes it possible to read or reread all strips of the previous year. On the site, the strips appear larger than they do in emails, as noted in the site's FAQ: "The new DailyINK site displays comics much larger than before. In fact, they’re bigger now than when zoomed on

195-484: The title Radio Patrol . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Radio_Patrol&oldid=1259204992 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Radio Patrol (comic strip) Radio Patrol

210-401: Was a composite of many of the real-life Boston Police Department officers Sullivan knew personally. When the strip was picked up by King Features Syndicate in 1934, it was retitled Radio Patrol . The central characters were Sergeant Pat, his partner Sam and policewoman Molly Day. Later retitled Sgt. Pat of Radio Patrol , the strip is notable for its serious tone, with little evidence of

225-449: Was directed by Ford Beebe and Clifford Smith. In June 2010, Radio Patrol was added to King Features' DailyINK email service, which was later transitioned to ComicsKingdom.com. DailyINK Confronted by newspaper cutbacks, King Features began explore new venues, such as placing comic strips on mobile phones. In 2006, it launched DailyINK, an online service which initially billed subscribers $ 15 annually. A subscription showed up as

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