{"product_id":"hagar-the-horrible-the-first-50-years-9781787741454","title":"Hagar the Horrible: The First 50 Years","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe world's best-known Viking returns for a collection celebrating his 50th anniversary.\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing the first ten epic years hand-picked by Dik Browne's son, Chris Browne.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's time to set sail with the worlds mildest marauding Viking, H\u003ci\u003eä\u003c\/i\u003egar the Horrible and his hapless (and helpless) sidekick, Lucky Eddie and his long suffering family, his wife Helga and his duck Kveck. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection is a celebration of the first 50 years of Hägar's epic, never-ending quest to put meat, mead and loot on the family table, while doing as little as possible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe collection presents over 1000 daily cartoon strips, including 600 hand-picked by Dik Browne's son Chris Browne. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing a foreword by Chris Browne, a feature by Brian Walker on the history of H\u003ci\u003eä\u003c\/i\u003egar, and an article about the almost animated movie. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerfect for fans of Peanuts and newspaper gag strips, this collection is ideal of all ages and as.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDik Browne \u003c\/b\u003e(August 11, 1917 - June 4, 1989), born Richard Arthur Allan Browne in New York City, was a popular American cartoonist, best known for writing and drawing \u003ci\u003eHägar the Horrible\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHi and Lois\u003c\/i\u003e. Browne attended Cooper Union and got his start at the New York Journal American as a copy boy and later worked in the art department. He joined the army, producing work for the engineering unit and created \u003ci\u003eJinny Jeep\u003c\/i\u003e, a comic strip about the \u003ci\u003eWomen's Army Corps\u003c\/i\u003e. In the 1940s, he worked as an illustrator for Newsweek as well as for an advertising company, where he created the trademark logo for Chiquita. In 1954, Browne and cartoonist Mort Walker co-created the comic strip \u003ci\u003eHi and Lois\u003c\/i\u003e, a spin-off of Walker's popular \u003ci\u003eBeetle Bailey\u003c\/i\u003e strip, featuring Beetle's sister, brother-in-law and their family. Walker wrote the strip, which Browne illustrated until his death. In 1973, Browne created \u003ci\u003eHägar the Horrible\u003c\/i\u003e about an ill-mannered, red-bearded medieval Viking.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Titan Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51384500879634,"sku":"9781787741454","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b6479507-ee25-40d5-90a2-57712f7bca92.jpg?v=1750175980","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hagar-the-horrible-the-first-50-years-9781787741454","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}