Bringing Up Father

Bringing Up Father
Bringing Up Father (January 31, 1920)
Author(s)George McManus
Current status/scheduleConcluded
Launch dateJanuary 2, 1913 (January 2, 1913)
End dateMay 28, 2000 (2000-05-28)
Alternate name(s)Maggie & Jiggs
Syndicate(s)King Features Syndicate
Genre(s)Humor

Bringing Up Father is an American comic strip created by cartoonist George McManus. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, it ran for 87 years, from January 2, 1913, to May 28, 2000.

The strip was later titled Jiggs and Maggie (or Maggie and Jiggs), after its two main characters. According to McManus, he introduced these same characters in other strips as early as November 1911.[1]

  1. ^ Goulart, Ron, editor. The Encyclopedia of American Comics. Facts on File, 1990.