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Ziggy Creator Wilson, 80, RIP

Artist Tom Wilson Jr. draws a Ziggy cartoon celebrating the strip’s 35th anniversary at his home in Loveland, Ohio. Tom Wilson Sr, the creator of hard-luck comic strip character Ziggy has died, he was 80. Spokesman Josh Peres with Universal Uclick, the Kansas City, Missouri, syndication company formerly known as Universal Press Syndicate, says Wilson Sr. died Friday after a long illness. Wilson’s son, Tom Wilson Jr., who has produced the panel since 1987, says his father died of pneumonia at a Cincinnati hospital. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

Question: Any Ziggy fans out there? And/or: Which current, long-running cartoon strip is your favorite?

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