Grew up (B `42) reading this. He satirized all bureaucracy. Remember how he did a number on the McCarthy hearings, while they were in progress – and got away with it. The swampland comic (tied up in tremendous knots after his passing) which was for better than L`l Abner, will never run in a paper; they are sold in book form, with a lot of repetition from book to book, and $$$. The “Hero” was Possum, featured dozens of characters, including the Schmoo.
CarlosG over 10 years ago
Grew up (B `42) reading this. He satirized all bureaucracy. Remember how he did a number on the McCarthy hearings, while they were in progress – and got away with it. The swampland comic (tied up in tremendous knots after his passing) which was for better than L`l Abner, will never run in a paper; they are sold in book form, with a lot of repetition from book to book, and $$$. The “Hero” was Possum, featured dozens of characters, including the Schmoo.
Guilty Bystander over 10 years ago
Yeah, funny how no Senator or even Ike could knock McCarthy off his petard but a couple of cartoonists (Capp and Walt Kelly) and Edward R. Murrow did.
dsrickel over 10 years ago
Not too sure why you’d want to knock someone off their own petard.
HeidiTentee over 10 years ago
I wonder if there are any cartoonists today with the courage to mock our current King.