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.HTHE COMIC STRIP "THE WIZARD OF ID".FIR
ST APPEARED IN 1964 AND IS NOW.PUBLISHED
IN OVER 1,000 DAILY AND.WEEKLY NEWSPAPE
RS. IN THE TWENTY.YEARS SINCE ITS INCEPT
ION, THE.STRIP HAS WON THE NATIONAL CART
OON.SOCIETY'S "BEST HUMOR" AWARD A.TOTAL
OF 4 TIMES. (THIS AWARD IS.THE EQUIVALE
NT OF AN "OSCAR" IN THE.CARTOON WORLD)..
THE NAME OF THE STRIP IS A PARODY OF.THE
POPULAR "WIZARD OF OZ". HOWEVER,.THE NA
TURE OF THE CHARACTERS IS SUCH.THAT IT I
S THE KING, RATHER THAN THE.WIZARD WHO I
S THE CENTRAL CHARACTER..HIS SIZE AND PE
RSONALITY MAKE HIM.THE BRUNT OF MUCH OF
THE STRIP'S.HUMOR. OTHER CHARACTERS IN T
HE.STRIP HAVE EQUALLY AS MUCH APPEAL.IN
THEIR OWN RIGHT: THE BELEAGUERED.WIZARD
AND HIS SPIRIT; HIS LARGE,.RATHER DOMINE
ERING WIFE, BLANCHE;.THE BEAUTIFUL MAID
GWEN AND THE.OBJECT OF HER UNREQUITED LO
VE, THE.COWARDLY SIR RODNEY; THE INCESSA
NTLY.INEBRIATED COURT JESTER, BUNG; THE.
INTERMINABLY INCARCERATED SPOOK; A.HOST
OF OTHER CARICATURES, INCLUDING.THE SOME
WHAT LESS THAN SCRUPULOUS.LAWYER LARSEN
E. PETTIFOGGER, AND.THE OBSEQUIOUS DUKE,
ALWAYS TRYING.TO CURRY THE KING'S FAVOR
..THE STRIP IS DRAWN BY BRANT PARKER.AND
WRITTEN BY JOHNNY HART. FOR THE.MOST PA
RT, THE ORIGINAL CHARACTERS.HAVE BEEN RE
TAINED, WITH SOME.CHANGES TO THEIR APPEA
RANCES.OVER THE YEARS. THEIR UNIVERSAL.P
OPULARITY (THE STRIP REACHES.ABOUT 30,00
0,000 READERS OF ALL.AGES), HAS RESULTED
IN THEIR BEING.IN DEMAND FOR USE IN MER
CHANDISING.AND ADVERTISING IN THE U.S. T
HE.PAPERBACK COLLECTIONS HAVE BEEN.TRANS
LATED INTO NINE LANGUAGES..P.XRPZZCPR.GP
R.SPRPWPSP.R.RER.R
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