Legacy
DeBeck's main strip, in the hands of Fred Lasswell, continued long after its creator's death. In 1989, the strip was still running in 900 newspapers in 21 countries, and it continues to this day in different hands since Lasswell's 2001 death. Charles M. Schulz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip, is famously nicknamed "Sparky" after DeBeck's racehorse character, and DeBeck's drawing style has been an influence on such cartoonists as Robert Crumb and Bobby London.
The Barney Google Sunday page for September 18, 1938 was placed in the time capsule at the 1939 World's Fair.
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