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About the Author

Dik Browne was born in Manhattan on August 11, 1917. He spent a year at the Cooper Union Art School before taking his first job with a newspaper in 1936. As a copy boy with the New York Journal, he tried to become a reporter but accepted a transfer to the art department. There, he drew maps and show more charts, and went on to do the same for more money at Newsweek magazine. In 1942, he joined the army becoming a staff sergeant, and drawing more maps and charts for an engineering unit. After the war, Browne went into advertising illustration at Johnstone & Cushing art service and became well known in the field for such creations as the Birdseye bird, Chiquita Banana, and a revitalized version of the Campbell Soup kids. From 1950 to 1960, he also drew The Tracy Twins, a humorous adventure strip, for Boys Life. His work for this strip, and for a candy ad, brought him to the attention of King Features Syndicate. He was asked to collaborate with Mort Walker on a comic strip called "Hi and Lois." His art for Hi and Lois went on to earn him the National Cartoonists Society's Best Humor Strip plaque in 1959, 1960, and 1972, and its Reuben as Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year in 1962. He was the NCS president in 1963. In 1973, Browne created "Hagar the Horrible," a strip about a barbarian with the problems of a henpecked suburbanite. Hagar, also distributed by King, experienced one of the fastest increases in readership in comics history, selling to over 600 papers in its first two years.The NCS voted Browne a second Reuben for Hagar in 1973, and three more Best-Humor Strip awards in 1977, 1984, and 1986. Robert and Chris, Brownes two sons, assisted with the Hagar strip for a number of years before Brownes death in 1989, and have continued the strip since that time. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Series

Works by Dik Browne

Hagar the Horrible #2 (1975) 58 copies
Hagar's Knight Out (1977) 38 copies
The Best of Hagar the Horrible (1981) 36 copies, 2 reviews
Hagar Hits the Mark (1977) 24 copies
Animal Haus! (1981) 16 copies
Hagar the Horrible in a Fix (1986) 15 copies
Hägar der Schreckliche, Üb' immer Treu . . . (1993) — Cover artist — 14 copies, 1 review
Hi and Lois: Family Album (1973) 14 copies
The Best of Hi and Lois (1986) 13 copies
Hi and Lois: Modern Chaos (1989) 13 copies
Hagar the Horrible Tries Again (1986) 12 copies, 1 review
Hi and Lois: House Calls (1988) 12 copies
Hi and Lois (1970) 11 copies, 1 review
Hagar the Horrible Has a Go (1986) 10 copies
Harald Hirmuinen (1992) 10 copies
Sleepbusters (Hi and Lois) (1987) 10 copies
Hi and Lois: Family Ties (1982) 9 copies
Hi and Lois: On the Grill (1977) 7 copies
Eerste dikke Hägar (1987) 7 copies
We're Doing Lunch (1991) 6 copies
Hägar Gesamtausgabe: 1 (2007) 6 copies
Hi and Lois: Say Cheese (1987) 6 copies
Silly Sailing (1990) 5 copies
Hagar (1992) 5 copies
Dressed to kill (1986) 5 copies
In hot pursuit (1987) 5 copies
I Dream Of Genie!? (1991) 4 copies
Hi and Lois: Mama's Home (1982) 4 copies
Hägar der Schreckliche (2009) 4 copies
Hagar o Horrível 1 (2005) 4 copies
Hägar the Horrible: Who Dares Wins — Author — 3 copies
Achttiende dikke Hägar (1996) 3 copies
Let the Good Times Roll (1979) 3 copies
Derde dikke Hägar (1990) 3 copies
Hagar Festival (1999) 2 copies, 1 review
The land of lost things, (1973) — Illustrator — 2 copies
Hi and Lois: Up Two Late (1991) 2 copies
Hi and Lois: Play Ball! (1991) 2 copies
Jorden er flad! 2 copies
Tweede dikke Hägar (1988) 2 copies
Il grande Hagar (1991) 2 copies
Hold it, Hagar 2 copies
Hagar Dunor - Tome 3 (2017) 2 copies
Achtste dikke Hägar (1991) 2 copies
Hägar is ziek! (1992) 2 copies
Negende dikke Hägar (1992) 2 copies
Hagar I: Superman (1983) 2 copies
So Who Needs Friends (1979) 2 copies
- mellem tvende have! (1985) 2 copies
Zevende dikke Hägar (1991) 2 copies
Viikinkiä sarvesta (2002) 2 copies
Hagbard Handfaste (1977) 1 copy
Vierde dikke Hägar (1990) 1 copy
Kisser (1985) 1 copy
Pocket 3 1 copy
Pocket 4 1 copy
Hi and Lois: Sleep-Can (1987) 1 copy
Pocket 13 1 copy
Pocket 12 1 copy
Pocket 11 1 copy
Pocket 10 1 copy
Pocket 9 1 copy
Pocket 8 1 copy
Pocket 7 1 copy
Pocket 6 1 copy
Pocket 5 1 copy
Olafo el Amargado (1987) 1 copy
OLAFO EL AMARGADO 12 (1987) 1 copy
Hagar Il Vichingo — Author — 1 copy
Olafo, el amargado (1987) 1 copy
Pocket 2 1 copy
Pocket 1 1 copy
Hägar de barbaar 4 (1984) 1 copy
Gut gegeben! (1992) 1 copy
Jeg - Hårek (1993) 1 copy
Hägar Dünor (1983) 1 copy
Hagar strip-album 3 (1983) 1 copy
Hagar hin frygtløse (1975) 1 copy
Olaf el vikingo (1991) 1 copy
Save Our Souls (1987) 1 copy
Schicksalsschläge (1989) 1 copy
Sorts 1 copy
Olafo,el terrible. (1981) 1 copy
Zesde dikke Hägar (1991) 1 copy
Hårek Berserk 3 (1977) 1 copy

Associated Works

Classics Illustrated Junior # 509: Beauty and the Beast (1972) — Illustrator — 10 copies
Classics Illustrated Junior # 504: The Pied Piper (1842) — Illustrator — 6 copies
Hägar the Horrible [1989 TV short] (1989) — Original characters — 2 copies

Tagged

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Common Knowledge

Legal name
Browne, Richard Arthur Allan
Birthdate
1917-08-11
Date of death
1989-06-04
Gender
male
Education
Cooper Union (School of Art)
Occupations
cartoonist
Awards and honors
Reuben Award (1962 | 1973)
Relationships
Browne, Chris (son)
Browne, Chance (son)
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
New York, New York, USA
Places of residence
New York, New York, USA
Place of death
Sarasota, Florida, USA
Associated Place (for map)
New York, USA

Members

Reviews

10 reviews
Perfect for certain conditions. The humor is a bit dated and some jokes get lost in translation but oh well... I got it for a euro or two.
½
"Hagar the Horrible" is a "mainstream" sort of strip, like "Beetle Bailey", "Hi and Lois", "B.C." and many others that are so popular in America. It's safe, predictable, has a set gimmick or formula that it doesn't deviate from, and is never of questionable taste. "Hagar" is one of the better of these, though, being about a Viking who makes his living by raiding and pillaging. But he's a nice guy, a family man who takes a yearly bath. I do like this strip; it's sometimes quite funny, and show more even very occasionally of questionable taste. show less
A light look at parenthood, slightly dated but not enough to spoil the fun!
For a book about a cartoon character with a horned helmet, this book has a surprising amount of information about the real Norse warriors we call "vikings".

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Statistics

Works
479
Also by
3
Members
2,563
Popularity
#10,020
Rating
½ 3.7
Reviews
9
ISBNs
510
Languages
11

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