Thanks for doing this. I met Chris very briefly, many years ago, at one of the original Comic Art Conventions in NYC. He signed my copy of his comic book, which featured, among other creations of his youth, "Gloria Snockers and the 3 Bears," a twisted fairy tale that ended with the beauteous Gloria dismembering the bears with a chain saw ("Die! Die painfully, bears!"). Those were the days. Anyway, he seemed a nice fellow, and still does. I'm glad he got to do Hagar, a terrific character to work with, and still in great style.
I really must clarify, that the "Gloria Snockers" chainsaw cartoon was not at all gory or distasteful -- quite the opposite, Chris did it all in a "cute" drawing style, like "Hagar" but wilder -- that's what made it great. I still have it somewhere.
(This is Tom, not Sandra.) Great interview with Mr. Browne!! I bet you have met quite a lot of the classic comic strip artists, Bruce!! Did you ever get to meet Charles Schulz before he retired and then died? I hope you did get to meet him!! That would have been really GREAT....to meet him and see him working. Thanks for presenting these great comic strip artists on your show, Bruce!!! Take care. Tom
Grew up on Hagar the Horrible!!! I actually remember when it debuted in ‘72 cuz I was old enough to already have established the daily routine of asking for the comics section when my parents seems to be “done with the paper” (the primary way we got “the news” & syndicate cartoons ... serious old school) 🤗... gonna research when this was 1st filmed/aired
RIP Chris Browne, (May 16, 1952 - February 5, 2023) who took over for his father Dik Browne in 1988. The elder Browne created Hägar the Horrible in 1973.
I wanted to do this so bad and spent years sending in what I thought was a great strip, It never happened. I use to visit the daily news and became friends with a cartoonist named Bill Kresse. He helped so much by telling me to work in the advertising business and draw cartoons at night. I am still in touch with him to this day. I am 53 now, I met him when I was 17. The comic strip world is not even worth going after anymore. There are better ways to make a living in the creative field.
Draw what you love....seems most cartoonists who ha work that resonated fr decades simply drew their family, and friends in semi autobiographical fashion. Brilliant advice. I followed it myself on my own comic and won a free iPad.
when the show i had not seeing before and hagar the horrbie had be chris browne his dad own workings back then too, and seeing had his had to doing it too,
