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The Wizard of Id has been enchanting audiences since 1964, but the real wizards behind this comic classic were artist Brant Parker and writer Johnny Hart.
The pair began paving the path to the Kingdom of Id in 1950, when Parker, a staff artist for the Binghamton Press in upstate New York, was asked to judge a high school art contest. Among the entrants was a teenager by the name of Johnny Hart, whose work so impressed Parker that he arranged a meeting.
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Alain Harper (מיכאל בן-אברם)
said, 7 months ago
They can storm castles but not defeat the Huns?
Adam Nedens(Snoopster) said, 7 months ago
Great work, men! I’ll take the Starbursts!
Llewellenbruce said, 7 months ago
There’s probably needles in the candy.
Jenna Rose said, 7 months ago
Hopefully they got some peanut butter cups.
PoorPig said, 7 months ago
I was hoping for a Trojan horse pinata.
BigChiefDesoto said, 7 months ago
@Alain Harper (מיכאל בן-אברם)
It’s a trick they learned from Hagar the Horrible.
Sportymonk said, 7 months ago
I’ll take the green Starbursts
Alexikakos said, 7 months ago
Hagar is a female name. From the Hebrew by way of Arabic.
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How it ended up being given to a male comic strip viking is something you’d have to ask the late Dik Browne (via seance) or his son Chris.
Eirik Hanssen said, 7 months ago
Not to speak on behalf of the Brownes, but …
Names can coincide. For instance, we have the female name Kim, from Kimberly, the male name Kim, from Joakim, and the notorious Korean family name Kim.
Nor is it unheard of for Norse names to coincide with Hebrew names. Famously, David may also have been a Norse name, from Dagvid. (Evidence is suggestive, but not conclusive.)
And spelling was not standardized (hah!), particularly as many of the Norse names were taken down by others. Eirik Blodøks (Bloodaxe), an early king of Norway, was later twice king of the Northumbria, and the Danes took his name down as Eric.
The name of Hägar might well be Hergeir in a different spelling.
(Possibly even more to the point, there’s a 16th century farm in Norway called Hægar, but I have no idea how its name is derived. Could be a red herring.)
Citizen GROG!
said, 7 months ago
Big deal. Where are the peanut butter cups?
Knightman
said, 7 months ago
Rodney the Great scores again! And yeah GROG! where ARE the peanut butter cups?
William Pursell
said, 7 months ago
Aye and what Great costumes Too…..Soldiers of Id costumes were on sale by the dozen.
Jungfrau said, 7 months ago
What’s happened to the Milk Duds???
potrerokid1532 said, 7 months ago
@Alexikakos
The “a” has two dots over it, giving it a different sound ( ie: “eh”, instead of “ah” ). And, it COULD be an ancient Scandinavian name, too. Maybe you can explain why, in modern Greek, the letter “gamma” is often pronounced like a “Y”!!!!!
Rickapolis said, 7 months ago
Snickers. I want the Snickers.