HERMAN®, the hilarious groundbreaking cartoon feature that appears in hundreds of newspapers worldwide, continues despite the sad passing of creator Jim Unger.
Unger, who died in June 2012, left a legacy of more than 8,000 HERMAN comics and a large following that’s still going strong today. In order to keep the laughs coming, Unger passed the comedic torch to cartoonist David Waisglass and illustrator Roly Wood. Waisglass had been working closely with Unger on HERMAN since 1997, when Waisglass stopped work on his own syndicated comic, FARCUS®, to assist his mentor and manage HERMAN.
Unger’s outrageous humor and distinct illustrative style was an industry, with millions of HERMAN book collections sold in more than 25 countries. Born in London, Unger floated from job to job — including soldier, policeman, office clerk and repo man — before realizing his phenomenal comedic and drawing talent.
In 2010, Wood joined the team to help create new Sunday strips with Waisglass and Unger. Unger told friends and family that he'd never before met anyone who could draw HERMAN as well as, if not better, than himself! Unger loved the new material and began contributing more and more new gags until his death.
Although Unger wanted to publicly credit his creative partners, Waisglass and Wood strongly believed that the focus should remain on the work and its originator.
The positive response from fans, friends and the entire Unger family has been terrific, encouraging the creative duo to continue the work that Unger started.
"Roly and I are deeply committed to honoring Jim's comic legacy and his original brand of cartoon humor," says Waisglass. "It was his greatest wish that HERMAN live on and continue to make us laugh."
Universal Uclick distributes the best of Jim Unger's classic cartoons along with new HERMAN material.
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Comments (25) (Please sign in to comment)
fear-ciuil said, almost 2 years ago
You know, I’m not loving all the “undocumented features” in the goComics redesign. Like only being able to see half this comic, or the godawful dithering on 9 Chickweed Lane, or Frog Applause not updating properly….
SusanSunshine
said, almost 2 years ago
So much for his taxes (apparently) for THIS quarter.
Kent Paul Dolan said, almost 2 years ago
Or many cartoons coming up missing images. This one is a new failure mode,, though. I wonder if an online newspaper version of the comic for this day has this issue? Yes, it is botched in the newspaper versions too. I reported the problem to the President of Universal Uclick, for all the good it is likely to do.
xanthian.
Allan said, almost 2 years ago
I guess, we’ll get to see how this pans out … a piece today, Thursday, Friday and Saturday … a ‘build your own comic’ I guess. L
GLENN KIRKPATRICK
said, almost 2 years ago
WHAT HAPPENED TO HEATHCLIFF AND HERMAN? THE CARTONS ARE SO BIG THEY WON’T FIT ON THE PAGE.
GLENN
Chuck Clevenger said, almost 2 years ago
I can only see the lower left quarter of the panel. ????
dave49491
said, almost 2 years ago
I can only see the lower corner as well—and I’m paying for “premium”
calspace
said, almost 2 years ago
I believe it says, “Can you get married and have a dependent by September?”
Ned Snipes said, almost 2 years ago
so much for new and improved eh!?
olddog1 said, almost 2 years ago
Even copy and paste doesn’t work today, but did yesterday. Maybe they found out and stopped it.
December Brooks
said, almost 2 years ago
Everyone has mistakes guys geez
ferritt123 said, almost 2 years ago
Same here, calspace! I don’t get it either!
lcleveland said, almost 2 years ago
The number of things in life to TRULY be concerend about and a lot of people are getting totally bent out of shape about a COMIC!! GROWN UP PEOPLE!!!!! I agree with December Brooks – sheesh, everyone makes mistakes.
GeneralMod
said, almost 2 years ago
Technical difficulties, folks – please stand by…
…and thanks for your patience.
-Mod
dbig 1oohh said, almost 2 years ago
Yes,thats true.But when you pay for it you’re expected to get what you pay for and we aren’t getting the complete package. This technical difficulty is really taking a long time,but I do have the patience to wait.But if it goes on longer than a whole quarter, I’m sure I won’t be the only paying customer ranting