Moon Mullins

Based on Frank Willard's long-running newspaper strip, this short-lived 1940s series from American Comics Group brought the boisterous, hard-luck world of Moon Mullins to the comic-book page. Over six issues, Willard himself penned and drew the adventures of his iconic, cigar-chomping title character, a lazy but good-hearted schemer often found in the boarding house run by his formidable Aunt Emmy. While the strip was a beloved institution, this particular comic-book iteration offers a compact, period-specific glimpse of the character's enduring blue-collar humor.