Bit of trivia.

Early on, a fellow named Barney Google joined the cast with Snuffy Smith and the strip became know as "Barney Google and Snuffy Smith." In 1954, Barney Google left the strip, and no one seems to know what became of him. Well, after trying a variety of new careers that didn't work out for him, recently he started an internet search engine. . . .

Don Firth