Dik Browne (1917–1989)
Author of Hagar the Horrible's Very Nearly Complete Viking Handbook
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
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Works by Dik Browne
Der kleine grosse Hägar-Superband: Hägar hat die Welt erobert - Das Neueste vom gewaltigen Wikinger (1988) 15 copies
O Melhor De Hagar. O Horrível - Volume 3. Coleção L&PM Pocket (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2005) 8 copies
Hägar der Schreckliche: Auf sie mit Gebrüll / Gut gekämpft ist halb gewonnen / Dem Mutigen gehört… (2008) 7 copies
Hägar der Schreckliche: Da werden Weiber zu Hyänen / Wer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt / Mehr Glück als Verstand (1994) 6 copies
Hägar, der Schreckliche. Band 07 - 09. Auf Geht's. Üb immer Treu und Redlichkeit. Klar zum Entern! (2008) 5 copies
Onni on vaihtuvaista 5 copies
Hägar der Schreckliche: Lieber Hammer als Amboß. Jedem das Seine. Seines Glückes Schmied (2008) 4 copies
Hägar der Schreckliche: Ohne Schweiß kein Preis / Steter Tropfen höhlt den Stein / Eine Hand wäscht die andere (2008) 4 copies
Hägar, der Schreckliche. Band 13 - 15. Trautes Heim. Auf zu neuen Taten. Wer rastet, der rostet (2008) 3 copies
Hägar the Horrible 3 copies
Hägar the Horrible: So Who Needs Friends? — Author — 3 copies
Hägar der Schreckliche: Sieg und Niederlagen. Viel Feind, viel Ehr. Alle Mann an Bord (2008) 3 copies
Hägar the Horrible: Says It With Flowers — Author — 3 copies
Hägar the Horrible: The Conquering Hero — Author — 3 copies
Hägar the Horrible: Who Dares Wins — Author — 3 copies
Hägar der Schreckliche Gesamtausgabe 06: Tagesstrips 1981 bis 1983 (Hägar der Schreckliche, Band 6) (2009) 3 copies
Harald Hirmuinen minialbumi 1990 : 1 2 copies
Dikke Hägar. Tiende dikke Hägar 2 copies
Harald Hirmuinen minialbumi 9 2 copies
The best of Hagar, the horrible 2 copies
Harald Hirmuinen: Sarjakirja 106 2 copies
Hagbard og basilisken 2 copies
Harald Hirmuinen minialbumi 8 2 copies
Hold it, Hagar 2 copies
Harald Hirmuinen minialbumi 6 2 copies
O MELHOR DE HAGAR O HORRÍVEL 2 copies
Hägar der Schreckliche. Liebe geht durch den Magen. Das Wikinger- Buch vom Schlemmen. ( Cartoon). (1993) 2 copies
Hagar Dunor - Tome 3 1 copy
Olafo el amaergado 3 1 copy
HAGAR THE HERO 1 copy
Il grande Hagar 1 copy
Harald Hirmuinen menopäällä 1 copy
Hagar på Banen 1 copy
OLAFO EL AMARGADO 9 1 copy
Hagar. 100%vichingo 1 copy
Hagar, o Horrível 1 1 copy
Jorden er flad 1 copy
Hagar. Samlede værker / 1 copy
Hagar Dunor - Tome 5 1 copy
Olafo el Terrible 1 copy
Vijftiende dikke Hägar 1 copy
Olafo el Terrible 2 1 copy
Pocket 3 1 copy
Pocket 2 1 copy
Pocket 1 1 copy
Harald Hirmuinen menopäällä 1 copy
De familie Achterop. 4 1 copy
Pocket 4 1 copy
De rattenvanger van Hameln 1 copy
Pocket 13 1 copy
Pocket 12 1 copy
Pocket 11 1 copy
Negende dikke Hägar 1 copy
Veertiende dikke Hägar 1 copy
De familie Achterop. [6] 1 copy
Hårek Berserk 1975 1 copy
Hägar heeft beet 1 copy
Zestiende dikke Hägar 1 copy
Hårek - Julen 1992 1 copy
Pocket 10 1 copy
Sorts 1 copy
Pocket 8 1 copy
Olafo El Amargado 3 1 copy
Hägar Dünor Le Viking 1 copy
Pocket 7 1 copy
Pocket 6 1 copy
Pocket 5 1 copy
Hagar le viking album no 2 1 copy
OLAFO EL AMARGO 1 copy
Hårek - Julen 1997 1 copy
Olafo El Terrible. 2 1 copy
OLAFO EL AMARGADO 4 1 copy
Pocket 9 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Browne, Richard Arthur Allan
- Birthdate
- 1917-08-11
- Date of death
- 1989-06-04
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Sarasota, Florida, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
- Education
- Cooper Union (School of Art)
- Occupations
- cartoonist
- Relationships
- Browne, Chris (son)
Browne, Chance (son) - Awards and honors
- Reuben Award (1962 | 1973)
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- Popularity
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