Moon Mullins | |
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Author(s) | Frank Willard, Ferd Johnson |
Current status/schedule | Concluded |
Launch date | June 19, 1923 |
End date | June 2, 1991 |
Syndicate(s) | Chicago Tribune Syndicate |
Publisher(s) | Dover Publications, Whitman Publishing, Cupples & Leon |
Genre(s) | Humor |
Moon Mullins is an American comic strip which had a run as both a daily and Sunday feature from June 19, 1923, to June 2, 1991. Syndicated by the Chicago Tribune/New York News Syndicate, the strip depicts the lives of diverse lowbrow characters who reside at the Schmaltz (later Plushbottom) boarding house. The central character, Moon (short for Moonshine), is a would-be prizefighter—perpetually strapped for cash but with a roguish appetite for vice and high living. Moon took a room in the boarding house at 1323 Wump Street in 1924 and never left, staying on for 67 years. The strip was created by cartoonist Frank Willard.