Hägar the Horrible is the title and the name of the protagonist of a print syndication currently syndicated by King features Syndicate comic strip created by the late Dik Browne and currently drawn by son Chris Browne. It first appeared in February 1973, was immediately a success and is currently distributed to 1,900 newspapers in 58 countries, in 13 languages. The strip is a caricature of and loose interpretation of Viking and medieval Scandinav...
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Hägar the Horrible is the title and the name of the protagonist of a print syndication currently syndicated by King features Syndicate comic strip created by the late Dik Browne and currently drawn by son Chris Browne. It first appeared in February 1973, was immediately a success and is currently distributed to 1,900 newspapers in 58 countries, in 13 languages. The strip is a caricature of and loose interpretation of Viking and medieval Scandinavian life as presented in Henrik Ibsen's play The Vikings at Helgeland. The strip appears most commonly in black and white.
Hägar the Terrible was the nickname given to the late Dik Browne by his sons, who apparently bore an uncanny resemblance to the Hägar character, although Hägar is shorter, stouter and comically clueless and short-tempered. However, it wasn't until later that Dik Browne's sons abruptly changed the title of his work in reverence of his death. The name is pronounced Hay-gar by Chris Browne.
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