Ziggy (comic)

Refimprove|date=October 2007Infobox comic strip
title= Ziggy


caption= Ziggy and his dog Fuzz
author= Tom Wilson
url= [http://www.ziggy.com Ziggy.com]
status= running daily
first= 1969
last=
syndicate= Universal Press Syndicate
publisher=
genre= humor

"Ziggy" is a cartoon created by Tom Wilson, an American Greetings executive. The character was originally inspired by the comic "Zigfried Schlump" drawn by a college student with the pseudonym "clawmute" at the University of Akron, in Ohio. Craig Yoe, an employee of American Greetings at that time, collected some of these and showed them to Tom Wilson, who was inspired to recast the character as Ziggy.

Ziggy is a small, bald, pantless, almost featureless character (save for his large nose) who seems to have no job, hobbies, or romantic partner, just a menagerie of pets: Fuzz, a small white dog; Sid, a cat afraid of mice; Josh, a discouraging parrot; Goldie, a fish; and Wack, a duck. The appeal of the cast is juxtaposed with the endless stream of misfortunes which befall Ziggy. The character is frequently depicted in surreal or arbitrary situations, though many jokes mine typical comic strip pop culture territory, such as iPods, computers and the perils of modern life.

Ziggy first appeared in the 1969 collection "When You're Not Around", published by American Greetings. The newspaper strip began in June 1971. In 1987 the strip was taken over by Tom Wilson II.

The animated 1982 Christmas television special "Ziggy's Gift", which contained the Harry Nilsson song "Give, Love, Joy", won an Emmy Award.

=External links=
* [http://www.gocomics.com/ziggy/ Ziggy at GoComics]
* [http://www.ziggy.com/ Ziggy]