13 Facts About Snuffy Smith

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, originally Take Barney Google, F'rinstance, is an American comic strip created by cartoonist Billy DeBeck.

Snuffy Smith, who was initially introduced as a supporting player in 1934, has now been the comic strip's central character for over 60 years.

Snuffy Smith was so popular that his name was added to the strip's title in the late 1930s, while the top-billed Barney Google became an increasingly peripheral character in what once was his own comic.

Snuffy Smith still appears infrequently, but is more of an occasional supporting player.

Snuffy Smith is an ornery little cuss, sawed-off and shiftless.

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Snuffy Smith makes "corn-likker" moonshine in a homemade still and is in constant trouble with the sheriff.

Snuffy Smith wears a broad-brimmed felt hat almost as tall as he is, has a scraggly mustache and a pair of tattered, poorly patched overalls.

Snuffy Smith has some proclivity toward stealing chickens, which led to a brief but effective use of his character in a marketing campaign by the Tyson Foods corporation in the early 1980s.

Snuffy Smith created these "Snuff Out Wildfires Before They Start" ads for the Knoxville News-Sentinel and the Tennessee Press Association after devastating wildfires hit eastern Tennessee.

Snuffy Smith currently appears in 21 countries and 11 languages.

Snuffy Smith makes a brief appearance in Clifford D Simak's novel Out of Their Minds.

In 1960, King Features made plans to have Snuffy Smith serving hot dogs and chili at Snuffy's Shantys [sic] across the country, the plan of a Columbus, Georgia, franchiser who had hoped to have 700 shanties operating by 1970.

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith each had a spotty history in comic books, starting with the first issue of David McKay's Ace Comics.