What can I say about Herman. great Comic great single panel comic strip that ran from 1975 to 1992. it was basically a strip of some old dude in a variety of settings whether mostly from modern times although there were strips from another time era. It had just this stupid looking guy and the artist Jim Unger never drew any eyes on the character. In one of his books he want on to explain he drew Herman as some sort of vision he has for every day blowhards out There and what he thinks of them. These strips are always great for a quick simple laugh and I love the drawing style of Unger keeping it pretty much the same.The characters he drew all had the same shmuck look it and I don't think there really was a Herman character per say except in Ungers mind we humans are all dumb Hermans.
Like me the author thinks all old geriatric people are a joke in how they handle life and interact with others in public and this clear disdain is vivid in these numerous panels. Unger know no limits of settings and sometimes many of these panels made no sense if people followed on a daily basis. One day Herman would be in a pharmacy and the next day panel he is in a boxing ring. regardless this is a great all time strip where the author came out of retirement several times from pleas of fans who wanted more of this faceless blow wad.
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