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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Herb and Jamaal by Stephen Bentley
Home and Away by Steve Sicula
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Dani Rice
said, 6 months ago
Poor Herman – he can’t win. She probably brow-beat him to let her drive today!
whmIII said, 6 months ago
Next time ride in the trunk…
Perkycat said, 6 months ago
I got a ticket one time when my husband was directing me and said ‘make a u-turn here’. Wrong place for that.
jadoo823 said, 6 months ago
@Perkycat
…lol, my brother almost got a ticket for an illegal left turn that his wife told him to take…when the cop got to his window, he said “AAAAH!!! My WIFE told me to turn here!!” The cop must have been amused, because he didn’t give him the ticket, and said, “You should ALWAYS listen to your wife. Except for this time.”
Veteran said, 6 months ago
Being a Trooper I have actually heard that excuse.
Had one stop where the wife got out yelling at her husband about buying this new fangled radar detector.
It was advertised to prevent you from getting caught speeding. At the time they were expensive about 200 bucks.
I had caught him for speeding.
You see radar detectors only work if a radar signal is going out. We use a standby mode. Flick the switch and send out the beam. It travels speed of light so it is out and back before you can react to the beeping of the detector.
This radar brand guaranteed to keep you from getting a ticket. I started to do the citation when she got out yelling at him for blowing all that money on that piece of junk. She grabbed it off the dash and threw it against a rock wall in the road cut. Shattering it into pieces. She stomped and fussed got back in the car still fussing.
In the mean time I was still standing there with her husband the driver. He had the most pitiful look on his face. I said “Tell you what. For the hell you are going to catch from her. I am just going to warn you this time. Maybe you won’t get too much of a chewing out.”
He thanked me got back in the car and drove off. She was right at his ear and I could hear her yelling as they drove off.
Perkycat said, 6 months ago
@Veteran
That’s funny! You should have given her a ticket for littering. Always love your stories.
truecanadianliberal said, 6 months ago
@Veteran
You are the kind of cop (and I mean KIND cop) I only wish we had more of. In BOTH our countries.