The Very Best of Hagar the Horrible

New York: Wallaby Books - A Simon & Schuster Division of Gulf & Western Corporation, 1982. First Printing Stated . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8 1/2" x 5 . Browne, Dik. 126 Un-numbered pages. A March, 1982 Wallaby Books Edition. As new book with near flawless black and white illustration pages. 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 in February 1973, and was an immediate success. Since Browne's death in 1989 his son Chris Browne has continued the strip. 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 America through a loose interpretation of Viking Age Scandinavian life. Hägar is a shaggy, scruffy, overweight, red-bearded Viking. He regularly raids England and sometimes France. These characteristics make Hägar endearing to the reader: Hägar's horned helmet, rough beard and shaggy tunic make him look somewhat like a caveman or Opera-Viking, but you also know Hägar has a soft underbelly occasionally exposed. Here on these pages are the Very Best of Hagar the Horrible.