Hagar the Horrible

Hägar the Horrible is the title and main character of an American comic strip created by cartoonist Dik Browne and syndicated by King Features Syndicate. It first appeared on February 4, 1973 and the next day in daily newspapers, and was an immediate success. Following Browne's retirement in 1988, his son Chris Browne continued the strip until his 2017 retirement, with artwork by Gary Hallgren. Currently, it is written and drawn by staff members of Browne Creative Enterprises, run by Bob Browne and his sister Tsuiwen "Sally" Browne-Boeras, the two surviving children of Dik Browne. As of 2010, Hägar is distributed to 1,900 newspapers in 56 countries and translated into 12 languages. The strip is a caricature commenting on modern-day life in the United States through a loose interpretation of Viking Age Scandinavian life.