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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Hägar the
Horrible is the title and the name of the protagonist of a comic strip
syndicated by King Features Syndicate. Created by Dik Browne, it is now
drawn by his son Chris Browne. It first appeared in February 1973, was
immediately a success, and as of 2010 is distributed to 1,900 newspapers
in 58 countries in 13 languages. The strip is a caricature of and loose
interpretation of Viking and medieval Scandinavian life.