Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Jim Unger, RIP

Jim Unger - the creator of "Herman" - has died. From the linked article:
...the understated genius who pondered the banal and frustrating moments of everyday life — and turned them into daily laugh-out-loud comic strip rituals for millions of readers — died in his sleep at his B.C. home Tuesday. Unger, who left behind two daughters, was 75.

His dry-humoured character, Herman, would become the everyman for readers, who often threw out their daily paper after flipping to the only item that really mattered.
I haven't subscribed to a newspaper for years, but when I did, I never missed Herman. Here is a small sample.

(H/T: Cap'n Heinrichs)

3 comments:

RebeccaH said...

Oh crap. One of my favorite comic strips.

*sigh* *grumble* *how soon, o Lord*

mojo said...

Kliban and Pizzaro for me.

Merilyn said...

Sad to hear that, I enjoyed his humour.