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Richard Arthur Allan Browne (August 11, 1917 – June 4, 1989) was an American cartoonist, best known for writing and drawing Hägar the Horrible and Hi and Lois. [1]
Oct 21, 2023 · 1. Who was Dik Browne, and what are his most famous works? Dik Browne, whose full name was Richard Arthur Allan Browne, was an American cartoonist born on August 11, 1917. He is best known for creating and illustrating two popular comic strips: “Hägar the Horrible” and “Hi and Lois.” 2. What is Dik Browne’s background and early career?
Dik Browne based the characters on his family. His son Chris said, "And he was a big man like me. He was three hundred pounds and six feet two and had a flaming red beard."
HÄGAR IS NAMED AFTER HIS CREATOR. Richard Arthur “Dik” Browne got his start drawing courtroom sketches for New York newspapers; he debuted a military strip, Ginny Jeep, for servicemen after...
Early cartooning career. In the late 1930s, Dik Browne also drew his first comic strip, 'Muttle the Gonif', by request of a writer called Meringdorf. Starring a Jewish refugee boy, the work was inspired by the novels of Sholem Alachem, but in a contemporary setting. Meringdorf wrote the texts in Hebrew.
Oct 22, 2023 · Dik Browne was the original creator of Hägar the Horrible and worked on the strip from 1973 until his retirement in 1988. After Dik Browne’s retirement and subsequent passing, his son, Chris Browne, took over the strip from 1989 until his passing in 2023.
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Jun 5, 1989 · Dik Browne, the creator of ``Hagar the Horrible,'' has died of cancer at age 71. He died Sunday at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Fla., the New York-based King Features Syndicate announced.
