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One of the most innovative comics of all time has returned: Herman, the groundbreaking offbeat humor panel created by Jim Unger. In 1992, after 20 years of cartooning and with more than 6.000 original comics to his credit, Unger had finally decided to retire and enjoy life in the Bahamas. But not for long: in 1997, due to popular demand, United Feature Syndicate brought back classic Herman comics with 10 years of Unger's best work.
Although Unger has no plans to return to full-time cartooning, he has carefully 'updated' and revised his comic collection, and hopes to sprinkle in a few new comics from time to time. So grab onto your funny bone and get re-acquainted with Herman, one of the most hilarious comic strips ever to be syndicated in newspapers. Herman, which Unger intended to name "Attila, The Bum", was first distributed by Universal Press Syndicate. Herman's success was overwhelming - best-selling books with over two million copies sold, 600 newspapers with 40 million readers in 25 countries, and twice honored by the National Cartoonists Society as "Best Syndicated Panel".
Unger was born in London just in time for World War II and the Blitz. From the beginning, he was able to make friends and family laugh as they dug shrapnel from the furniture. There were a number of jobs, including being a soldier in the British Army, a London Bobby and car repo man, before Unger emigrated to Canada to work on a small newspaper.
Plus Licens represents United Feature Syndicate and Newspaper Enterprise Association for syndication rights to Herman in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia.
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