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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AussieDownUnder said, 3 months ago
Ah the Oz carbon tax strikes again, again, again and again.
Jo Clear said, 3 months ago
The Electric man comith, you cant run far enough Herman….
bpullin said, 3 months ago
Carbon tax does nothing for air quality or anything else. Just another United Nations / AlGore scam for stealing wealth.
Ned Snipes said, 3 months ago
Pollution, CHARGE it!
whmIII said, 3 months ago
Lights out….
route66paul said, 3 months ago
Calif tried that years ago. All of the dry cleaning plants were bought out by big oil and then closed down. The refineries got their credits and the bought out dry cleaner plant owners got start up money to build ultra expensive not polluting as much plants.
It helped the building trades more than any.
truecanadianliberal said, 3 months ago
@bpullin
Of course. And global warming is not real, nor are melting polar ice caps.
I defended you the otehr day. Don’t make me regret it.
jadoo823 said, 3 months ago
@truecanadianliberal
…‘climate change’ is certainly real, however, what is being disputed is whether it is natural or man-made…my personal opinion is it is 90% natural, 10% human contribution, and not a damn thing we do would change it one way or another…
DavidHuieGreen said, 3 months ago
@truecanadianliberal
Do we really NEED polar ice caps?
DavidHuieGreen said, 3 months ago
@jadoo823
“my personal opinion is it is 90% natural, 10% human contribution, and not a damn thing we do would change it one way or another…”
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Surely we could greatly reduce our carbon contribution if we held our breaths — err, excuse me — if we converted completely to nuclear power.
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One other thing we did which was interesting is reduce sulfur dioxide emissions from smoke stacks. The sulfur used to form sulfates in the atmosphere which blocked some incoming radiation, making the planet cooler (along with a few other interesting side effects).
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That said, how did you arrive at the 90/10 percentages? Pulled from the air as “personal opinion” implies or actually based on real facts? Even there, without previously existing greenhouse gases, the earth would maintain an average temperature of about 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Which is to say it would be frozen solid. As it is, it averages something like 57 degrees or 25 degrees higher. So if our contribution were ten percent, that would be 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Me not know. Just wondering.
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Herman can fix it.
jadoo823 said, 3 months ago
@DavidHuieGreen
…“pulled from the air?” no. although i am not, and never have claimed to be, a scientist of any sort, i have taken enough university science courses to generally understand the various and sundry articles that do come out “for” and “against” the possible causes of climate change. i have based my “personal opinion” on the articles i have read over the years. That’s why i called it my personal opinion, not a scientific study. It’s not written in stone, i will always read any new articles regarding new studies on the subject, should they come my way. And i would have no problem changing my personal opinion if i can be convinced otherwise.
It may not have been your intention, but i feel you believe that as a member of the general public without a science degree, i am not entitled to an opinion on the subject. Well, I am entitled to one. you don’’t have to like it, agree with it, or listen to it for that matter, but please do not try to imply that because i am not a scientist i can’t have an opinion.
If the climate change community (“for” or “against”) doesn’t want the general public to hold opinions about their work, they should stop publishing articles where the general public can get hold of them, you know, newspapers, on-line forums, magazines…
truecanadianliberal said, 3 months ago
@jadoo823
I appreciate both of your opinions and with an exchange of ideas like this, problems find solutions. Thank you both.