![]() Grelber is never seen except for his eyes and perpetually grinning teeth, always peering out from a hollow log perched on the edge of a cliff.Nerwin is often drawn wearing a propeller beanie, giving him the look of a stereotypical comic strip representation of a bratty juvenile delinquent, and he has also been known to frequently behave as such. Irwin broke the fourth wall to address readers. Nerwin Troll is Irwin's smart-aleck nephew, attaining the name from a newspaper contest as a blend of "nerd" and "Irwin".He bears the scar of a youth spent in movie theaters: He's hopelessly addicted to popcorn. Worldly, egotistical and sarcastic, he enjoys playing practical jokes on the other characters, particularly Broom-Hilda. Gaylord Buzzard is a neurotic intellectual who wears thick, horn-rimmed glasses, spats and (sometimes) a fez for reading.Perpetually innocent and naïve to the point of imbecility, he is a simple-minded, sweet-natured, nature-loving character - very unlike Broom-Hilda. Irwin Troll has much hair, but little intelligence.She asks if she can get a set with the months of the year. The clerk suggests a set of underwear, each one bearing the days of the week. A hint to her rough-hewn side occurs in one strip where she is buying underwear. She served in the United States Marine Corps for two days and was discharged for unnecessary roughness (glimpses of her underpants reveal a USMC label). ![]() Early in the strip's run, she gave up cigar smoking and beer. She is perpetually looking for a new husband, but, due to her abrasive nature, the quest has thus far been unsuccessful. According to the strip's official site, Broom-Hilda is Attila the Hun's ex-wife. She wears a black dress, black shoes, striped stockings (one perpetually drooping) and a black hat with a daisy on top. Broom-Hilda (a pun on Brünnhilde) is a witch with green skin, long, stringy hair, and a wart on the end of her nose.Broom-Hilda is capable of time travel, reappearing in various centuries throughout history to chat with (burlesque versions of) diverse historical figures. Locales change drastically from day to day-and background details can change from panel to panel within the same strip, while the characters remain stationary (much like the backgrounds in Krazy Kat). Broom-Hilda was reprinted in several collections during the 1970s and 1980s.Īlthough events mostly take place during the present in an unidentified forest, the setting changes. Introduced on April 19, 1970, it became an immediate success. Caplin, acting as Myers' business manager, submitted these to the Chicago Tribune Syndicate. He described the main character to Myers, who responded with a sketch of the witch and several samples. The original idea for Broom-Hilda came from Elliot Caplin, brother of Li'l Abner cartoonist Al Capp. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, it depicts the misadventures of a man-crazy, cigar-smoking, beer-guzzling, 1,500-year-old witch and her motley crew of friends. For the shieldmaiden and valkyrie Brünnhilde, see Brunhild.īroom-Hilda is an American newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist Russell Myers.
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