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 (19) (Please sign in to comment)
Linguist said, 3 months ago
The kid’s hittin’ the bottle, already !
Pacopuddy said, 3 months ago
“He was about 20” tall, officer; bald, wearing a blue baby-gro, oh – and he had the chubbiest little cheeks. Made you just ache to squeeze ’em"
J. Short
said, 3 months ago
I see diabetes in your future.
emjaycee said, 3 months ago
@J. Short
or severe lacto-intolerance.
echoraven said, 3 months ago
I don’t get it.
coz69 said, 3 months ago
Me neither…
RockChalkJayhawk said, 3 months ago
Yep, his future’s bottled up.
jadoo823 said, 3 months ago
@echoraven
…he stole them from the other babies? “not worried about HIS future…” – probably going to be a CEO…?
burleigh2 said, 3 months ago
I think the joke is that people gave the baby bottles because he was so cute… I think? :-s
echoraven said, 3 months ago
@jadoo823
This makes sense.
Loy Wells said, 3 months ago
@echoraven
Klepto!
Loy Wells said, 3 months ago
@echoraven
Klepto!
Loy Wells said, 3 months ago
@coz69
Klepto!
Loy Wells said, 3 months ago
@jadoo823
Other than what you have been told, have you any original data to support that response? Maybe you should try to get a job and see what the real world is about.
whmIII said, 3 months ago
Maybe you can recycle the empties…