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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win said, 4 months ago
Temping…
beviek
said, 4 months ago
Looks like this isn’t going to be No. 13.
Linguist said, 4 months ago
One of Andy Capp’s proteges !
I had an employee in his fifties, who worked for me for three years. It was the longest time he’d ever kept a job in his entire life ! I fired him.
rshive said, 4 months ago
And you have a reference from each employer?
J. Short
said, 4 months ago
As hit-man for the Mafia, times have been good.
AlexPK85 said, 4 months ago
In Obama"s economy take what you can get.
whmIII said, 4 months ago
I guess it beats unemployment…
Veteran said, 4 months ago
But is he “EXPERIENCED”
Only Jimi Hendrix knows for sure.
RUBBER DUCKY said, 4 months ago
12 jobs so far this year…and January ain’t over yet ???
ButWaitCallNow said, 4 months ago
@Veteran
And Linguist. I had to fire a radio DJ once because he refused to adapt to our new format. His argument was,
" I have 10 years experience." I was letting him go because he had one year of experience 10 times.
Linguist said, 4 months ago
@ButWaitCallNow
I used to love the know-it-all kids fresh out of college, with their BA’s and MA’s . All that education instantly qualified them to tell other employees with 10 or 20 years experience, how to do their jobs.
This was especially galling to the people I worked with in the advertising/marketing fields and in the film/television industry.
Joe/Jill College either adapted ( and very quickly ) or were looking for a new job.
win said, 4 months ago
@Linguist I worked in electronics manufacturing logistics, we also had our “favorite” know-it-alls i.e. the new employee from a previous [insert Fortune 500 company name here] workplace continually saying, “Well, where I used to work we did it this way…” My usual response was “Yeah, but you’re not working there anymore.”
Veteran said, 4 months ago
Oh in my line of work I heard that all the time from new troops. I would go OH you were born doing this? I spent all my college studying Geology. I can give you a good discription of the geologic history of the rock you just tossed at me. But learning this job has taken me on a 32 year journey and I still see something new everyday. Just when you think you seen it all suddenly you are faced with a naked man running down the road. Very confused individual. Never did find his clothes.
truecanadianliberal said, 4 months ago
@AlexPK85
Yeah, because if conservatives have their way, they will bring back the BUSH economy—-and NOBODY wants THAT!
Idiot.