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Chip Sansom began preparing to become The Born Loser at the age of 14 when his father, the late Art Sansom, first created The Born Loser comic strip. That was 1965. After years of observing and assisting his father, Chip is now in the role he was destined for - cartoonist for The Born Loser.
Appearing in more than 1.300 newspapers in 35 countries, The Born Loser is translated into nine languages. A classic comic strip, it is a favorite with readers in all demographic groups, consistently finishing at the top of comic surveys. The Born Loser began 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.
After his graduation from Case-Western Reserve University and a short stint in the business world, Chip began apprenticing for his father 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. Today, Chip continues the style of the strip exactly as his father created it. The Born Loser is a six-time National Cartoonists Society award nominee. It was named Best Humor Strip by the NCS in 1991 and 1987.
Plus Licens represents United Feature Syndicate and Newspaper Enterprise Association for syndication rights to The Born Loser in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia.
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