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 $$$. The “Hero” was Possum, featured dozens of characters, including the Schmoo.
CarlosG over 9 years ago
Grew up (B `42) reading this. He satirized all bureaucracy. Remember how he did a number on the McCarthy hearings, while they were in progress – and got away with it. The swampland comic (tied up in tremendous knots after his passing) which was for better than L`l Abner, will never run in a paper; they are sold in book form, with a lot of repetition from book to book, and $$$. The “Hero” was Possum, featured dozens of characters, including the Schmoo.
Guilty Bystander over 9 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 9 years ago
Not too sure why you’d want to knock someone off their own petard.
HeidiTentee over 9 years ago
I wonder if there are any cartoonists today with the courage to mock our current King.