The Born Loser began in 1965 as a strip with no central characters that revolved around the loser theme. Gradually, it developed into the comic we see today, starring lovable loser Brutus Thornapple, his wife Gladys, mother-in-law Ramona Gargle, boss Rancid Veeblefester, dim-witted son Wilberforce and the mischievous neighbor Hurricane Hattie O'Hara.
Artist Chip Sansom began apprenticing for his father, Born Loser creator Art Sansom, in 1977. He became a full-time assistant, and gradually took on an ever-increasing role in the drawing and gag-writing duties until his father passed away in 1991.
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artybee said, 7 months ago
Now that’s the world’s oldest gag.
KA7DRE said, 7 months ago
Uri Geller would be proud.
AshburnStadium said, 7 months ago
Hate to take this political (but non-partisan), but once upon a time, I’d only drink “election-strength” coffee twice a year.
I was the judge of elections at my local polling place. In Pennsylvania, our polls are open from 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM. The judge has to be there at 6:30 to get the machines ready (when I started, they were mechanical machines that had to be cranked about 150x to raise the machines into position) and fill out paperwork.
Afterwards, we election officials (myself, a majority inspector, a minority inspector, a minority inspector’s clerk, a machine operator and a constable, appointed by the local constable) had to read all the counters on the back of the machine, transcribe them to the paperwork, post results, and then I had to drive to the county seat with all the paperwork.
By that time, it was 10:00 PM, and then I had to make an appearance at the local county party’s after-party. By the time I got home, it was past midnight!
AshburnStadium said, 7 months ago
Yes, it WAS the county seat. The Bucks County courthouse, when viewed from the air, has a strong resemblance to a toilet. I swear that place is built like a brick (out)house! ;-)
Knightman
said, 7 months ago
He must of got some of Doc’s Nuclear Coffee!
kaecispop said, 7 months ago
@AshburnStadium
I would not call this comment political. Instead it shows a part of the large amount of work that is done to insure that we still have the ability to exercise our right ( and responsibility) to vote and participate in our government. Regretfully, not enough people participate by voting.
whmIII said, 7 months ago
Running out of material, are we…
Allan said, 7 months ago
Doctor Toon’s Coffee makes yet another unnamed appearance on GoComics! L
Jeff0811 said, 7 months ago
Makes you wonder how long the cup will last.
bmonk said, 7 months ago
@Jeff0811
It depends whether he got an unobtanium cup or not. He could be in trouble…
Josh Lyons said, 7 months ago
Gee Doctor Toon, change the quality!
boldyuma said, 7 months ago
Three Stooges gag (1935 Columbia short) was one of the
first times I saw this gag…woo..woo ..woo .woo
JayJayYay said, 7 months ago
LOL!
truecanadianliberal said, 7 months ago
@AshburnStadium
I am very sorry (and very worried) that you Americans are still using machines that can be hacked by Republican computer hackers (Democrats believe in fair elections) to skew or distort the results as was done in 2000 and 2004, Ashburn. Surely this practice has been proven faulty?