Fred Basset
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This article is about the UK-based comic strip. For the Hamish and Andy Show greyhound, see Fred Basset (greyhound). For the architect, see Fred Bassetti.
Fred Basset is a comic strip about a male basset hound. The cartoon was created by Scottish cartoonist Alex Graham and published first in the Daily Mail on 8 July 1963.[1]
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Fred Basset | |
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Author(s) | Alex Graham (1963–1993) Arran Keith (1993–present) |
Illustrator(s) | Michael Martin (1993–present) |
Website | www |
Current status/schedule | Current daily strip |
Launch date | 8 July 1963 |
Alternate name(s) | Wurzel in Germany, Lillo il Cane Saggio (Lillo the wise dog) in Italy, Lorang in Norway, Laban in Sweden, and Retu, Pitko or Koiraskoira in Finland |
Syndicate(s) | Chicago Tribune Syndicate (1960s–2001) Universal Press Syndicate/Universal Uclick/Andrews McMeel Syndication (2001–present) |
Genre(s) | Humor |
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Fred's cartoon strips are renamed as Wurzel in Germany, Lillo il Cane Saggio (Lillo the wise dog) in Italy, Lorang in Norway, Laban in Sweden and Retu, Pitko or Koiraskoira in Finland.[2]