Caspar Milquetoast

The Timid Soul
Milquetoast in Webster's The Timid Soul (Boston Daily Globe, January 13, 1926)
Author(s)H. T. Webster
Herb Roth (1953)
Current status/scheduleConcluded daily panel
Launch datec. 1925
End dateApril 4, 1953
Alternate name(s)Caspar Milquetoast
Syndicate(s)World Feature Service (c. 1925–1931)
New York Herald Tribune Syndicate (1931–1953)
Genre(s)Humor

Caspar Milquetoast is a fictional character created by H. T. Webster for his comic strip The Timid Soul.[1] Webster described Caspar Milquetoast as "the man who speaks softly and gets hit with a big stick". The character's name is derived from a bland and fairly inoffensive food, milk toast, which, light and easy to digest, is an appropriate food for someone with a weak or "nervous" stomach.

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