Lola (comic strip)

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Lola
Author(s)Todd Clark
Steve Dickenson (Sundays only, 1999–2008) [1]
Website www.gocomics.com/lola
Current status/scheduleOngoing daily & Sunday strip
Launch date1999;24 years ago (1999)
Syndicate(s) Tribune Media Services (1999–2005) [2]
United Feature Syndicate (2005–present)
Genre(s)Humor

Lola is an American gag-a-day comic strip by Todd Clark syndicated since 1999. [1] It is published daily and centers on the eponymous Lola Rayder, [3] an old widow who moved in with her son and his family [4] after the death of her husband, Crawford. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Clark entry, Lambiek's Comiclopedia. Accessed Nov. 13, 2018.
  2. ↑ E&P Staff "‘Lola’ Comic Moves to United Today," Editor & Publisher (May 9, 2005).
  3. ↑ Todd Clark (c). Lola. August 7, 2014, Universal Uclick.
  4. 1 2 "About Lola". Universal Uclick. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
  5. ↑ Todd Clark (c). Lola. August 4, 2014, Universal Uclick.
  6. ↑ Todd Clark (c). Lola. July 10, 2014, Universal Uclick.
  7. ↑ Todd Clark (c). Lola. July 26, 2014, Universal Uclick.
  8. 1 2 Todd Clark (c). Lola. July 23, 2014, Universal Uclick.
  9. ↑ Todd Clark (c). Lola. July 3, 2014, Universal Uclick.
  10. ↑ Todd Clark (c). Lola. July 17, 2014, Universal Uclick.
  11. ↑ Todd Clark (c). Lola. July 19, 2014, Universal Uclick.
  12. ↑ Todd Clark (c). Lola. July 20, 2014, Universal Uclick.
  13. ↑ Todd Clark (c). Lola. July 6, 2014, Universal Uclick.


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