HI AND LOIS

'''Hi and Lois''' is a comic strip about a suburban family. It debuted on October 18, 1954 and is distributed by King Features.
The fictional characters 'Hiram ("Hi") and Lois Flagston' are typical American suburbanites. They have four children: a stereotypically slovenly teen named Chip, rambunctious twins named Dot and Ditto, and a baby named Trixie, who loves talking to "sunbeam," a ray of sunlight. They also have a large shaggy dog named Dawg. Their neighbors are the Thurstons, the fat and lazy "Thirsty" and his skinny wife Irma.
The Flagstons first appeared in Mort Walker's strip ''Beetle Bailey''. They spun off into their own strip, written by Walker and drawn by Dik Browne. Lois Flagston (née Bailey) is Beetle Bailey's sister, and the two strips make occasional crossovers. One of these occurred on the strip's 40th anniversary in 1994, when Beetle visited his sister Lois and her family. Chip resembles his Uncle Beetle in appearance (especially the eyes) and attitude.
The strip made efforts to keep up with the times, such as housewife Lois Flagston taking up a career in real estate in 1980. In previous decades the strip was acclaimed; in 1962 it earned Dik Browne a Reuben Award from the National Cartoonists Society.
The strip faced some controversy given the changes in morals since its debut in the 1950s. Once, editors insisted that belly buttons could not appear; in protest, Browne included a box of dimpled navel oranges.
Now produced by the sons of the original creative team, the script written by Brian and Greg Walker and drawn by Robert "Chance" Browne.
The strip is apparently a favorite of the character known as Comic Book Guy on The Simpsons. He has referred to it on a few occasions, once sarcastically asking Bart " Are you the creator of Hi and Lois? Because you are making me laugh." He also once intended to host a signing with the strip's creators at his store, but it was moved to the Springfield Coliseum, presumably due to overwhelming demand.

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★ ''Hi and Lois'' at King Features

★ Toonopedia entry