[DOC] [TLE] Barney Google and Snuffy Smith - Wikipedia [PAR] Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, originally Take Barney Google, F'rinstance, is 
an American comic strip created by cartoonist ... Spark Plug was such a star 
during the 1920s that children who enjoyed the comics were liable to get "Sparky
" for a nicknamefor example, Charles M. "Sparky" Schulz, who grew up to 
create... [DOC] [TLE] Billy DeBeck - Wikipedia [PAR] William Morgan DeBeck (April 15, 1890  November 11, 1942), better known as 
Billy DeBeck, was an American cartoonist. ... Spark Plug was a merchandising 
phenomenon, and has been called the Snoopy of the 1920s. .... In 1923, Billy 
Rose penned a Tin Pan Alley pop hit called "Barney Google (with the Goo-Goo-
Googly... [DOC] [TLE] Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Barney Google [PAR] Barney Google and Spark Plug: their relationship. ... The cartoonist, Billy DeBeck, 
is said to have been working in newspaper comics only ... Barney a gift of a horse 
named Spark Plug  and that's when DeBeck's strip took off running. Sparky's 
first race became one of comics' first national media events, eagerly anticipated... [DOC] [TLE] Let the Games Begin! - Pigskin Peanuts - The Learning Centers at ... [PAR] old, an uncle nicknamed him Sparky after the horse Spark Plug from the Barney 
Google comic strip, and throughout his youth he and his father shared ... 1948
1950 Schulz sold 17 panel cartoons to The Saturday Evening Post. 1950 After
... [DOC] [TLE] Charles M. Schulz Biography - Charles M. Schulz Museum [PAR] It was a poetic ending to the life of a devoted cartoonist who, from his earliest ... 
nicknamed him Sparky after the horse Spark Plug from the Barney Google... [DOC] [TLE] 20 Things You Didn't Know About Charles Schulz | Huffington Post [PAR] Nov 26, 2013 ... Today is the birthday of American cartoonist Charles Monroe Schulz, that 
beloved ... Schulz's childhood nickname, Sparky, was given to him by his uncle 
and refers to the horse Spark Plug in Billy DeBeck's comic strip, Barney Google. 
... Schulz named many of the other Peanuts characters after his friends. [DOC] [TLE] King Features Syndicate v. Fleischer et al. (299 F. 533) [PAR] toy horse which they have fashioned after, labeled, and sold as 'Spark Plug' ... 
included a characteristic representation of a new grotesque and comic race 
horse called ... exact reproduction of the horse 'Spark Plug,' or 'Sparky,' as 
copyrighted by the ... cartoons, which consisted of a male character, 'Barney 
Google,' and the... [DOC] [TLE] Cartoon Art Museum  Sparky Awards [PAR] Schulz was nicknamed Sparky after the horse Sparkplug featured in the comic 
strip Barney Google. The Cartoon Art Museum would not exist without... [DOC] [TLE] Cartoon Art Museum: Sparky Awards [PAR] Schulz was nicknamed "Sparky" after the horse Sparkplug featured in the comic 
strip Barney Google. The Cartoon Art Museum would not exist without... [DOC] [TLE] 10 Facts About Charles Schulz, the Creator of the 'Peanuts' Gang ... [PAR] Nov 5, 2015 ... Shortly after he was born, Schulz's uncle called him 'Sparky. ... Incidentally, the 
name came from a cartoon horse, Spark Plug, who was a popular (and then-
recent addition) to the newspaper comic strip Barney Google, by Billy... [DOC] [TLE] CHARLES M. SCHULZ by Carlie Buck on Prezi [PAR] May 21, 2015 ... Why Was Charlie Brown Named Charlie Brown? ... and was given the nickname, 
"Sparky" after Sparkplug, the horse in the Barney Google comic strip. ... Naming 
his cartoon "Peanuts" was not Charles M. Schulz's first choice. [DOC] [TLE] Origins of Google | Andreas.com [PAR] Barney Google rode a horse (see above) named Spark Plug, (nicknamed Sparky
). ... Spark Plug and kids who really liked Spark Plug were often nicknamed 
Sparky. ... The kid suggested Google, after his favorite comic strip. ... Snuffy Smith 
continues as a cartoon character with occasional appearances by Barney Google
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Question: This cartoonist was nicknamed "Sparky", after Sparkplug the Horse in "Barney Google"
Answer: Charles Schulz