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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Linguist said, 5 months ago
Trust me, with that gut, you won’t !
exoticdoc2 said, 5 months ago
Won’t help, too much dead space…unless you are smart enough to breath out through your nose and in through your mouth for a one-way flow…and even then if you go very deep the pressure will not let you expand your chest. Oh, just go hiking instead and you won’t have to worry about it.
naturally_easy said, 5 months ago
@exoticdoc2
Must be hard to lighten up enough to laugh when you put that much thought into a one-panel cartoon.
whmIII said, 5 months ago
Fat floats…,
battle of plattsburgh said, 5 months ago
breath deeply.
Veteran
said, 5 months ago
My dad could identify with him. My dad only had one and half lungs. Part of one collapsed when he had pneumonia as a baby and they had to drain the lung. The lower lob collapsed. He could not float as he found out later when he tried to join the Navy in 1940. The Navy had a requirement you had to be able to stay afloat for 15 minutes. He sank immediately. So the Navy would not take him. Best part was when he went US Merchant Marines. He had to jump off a thirty foot high tower into water that had oil set ablaze on the surface. Naked. Off he went and straight to the bottom. He stood there looked over and saw a ladder so he ambled over and climbed up to the surface. All the time the diver watched in disbelieve. After he got out the commander came over and said “Son, just want to remind you its a long way across the bottom of the ocean to get to shore.” My dad replied “I will just have to hold my breath longer.” The commander laughed. My dad served from 1940 to 1945 in the service.
Torpedoed twice. Dodged kamakazies. Avoided mines. Shot down a JU87 dive bomber on D-Day. Sat in the invasion fleet off the coast of Japan the day they dropped the bomb. He saw the flash on the horizon and felt a warm breeze some time later. Never knew what it was till published. The ship had ammo and c-rations. Orders where to ground the ship on the beach. Cut the hull and off load. His captain told the crew from that point they now would belong to the Army to serve as replacements.
Every day now we loose those individuals of that great generation. Try to get their stories before all that is lost.
I am sure they all have tales like that to tell. Maybe not the scariest part but the humor even in wartime.
Linguist said, 5 months ago
@Veteran
Every day now we loose those individuals of that great generation. Try to get their stories before all that is lost.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
My local newspaper does a feature page at least once a week telling the story of a specific WWII, Korean, or Vietnam Vet , with pictures of them then and now . I think it’s a terrific way to honor these warriors and to preserve these mico-bytes of history be for age and attrition takes them away.
If you still have a local newspaper that cares about the history of your community, encourage them to do something similar. These stories are important and need to be told, even if the vet doesn’t think he did anything important. They are important !
Jungfrau said, 5 months ago
Sadly, Linguist, I’ve been harping on what you’ve suggested for years ‘n years.
When entering my car in carshows, I run across “vets” with their ball caps on with whatever service they were in, ’specially now the Korean War vets. I’ve met my share of WW 2 vets, have acouple in our car club. Seems to me that the guys ’n gals from that “forgotten” war in Korea are being forgotten at a must faster pace. It makes me wonder at times about the vets from Desert Storm, etc.?
renewed1 said, 5 months ago
@Veteran
Your dad was a man of integrity. While in the Navy, I knew a lot of people doing their best to get out any way they could. I was the only one in the room the day I received my discharge that was getting an honorable discharge. It was sad.
olddog1 said, 5 months ago
Thi won’t work. A couple of us tried as kids. Belle about 2-3 feet you can’t inhale.
octagon said, 5 months ago
@Veteran
My late father, an Army Master Sargeant, served honorably in the South Pacific during WWII and was a Bronze Star recipient. I think of him all the time and am so proud.
Bobzilla said, 5 months ago
Everybody knew what had to be done, did it and why they were doing it.