Bud Blake

About

Tiger

Remember when kids were kids and growing up was fun? Well, it still is for fans of Tiger. Created by Bud Blake, Tiger has captured the charm and humor of childhood for more than 50 wonderful years. A winner of the National Cartoonists Society's prestigious "Best Humor Strip of the Year" Award, Tiger is known throughout the industry for its warm humor and skillful rendering.

Characters

Tiger

As the "cap-over-his-eyes" star of the strip, Tiger is not so much a leader as he is the catalyst. He's got his younger brother to teach, his best friend to wrestle with, a dog and a fishing pole. What else could a kid possibly want?

Punkinhead

The epitome of a younger brother. When he's not following Tiger around, he's discovering the world as only a child can. Still at the innocent age of learning right from wrong, or is it right from left?

Hugo

Tiger's best friend but also his biggest opponent and we mean "biggest"! The "Mr. Fix-it" of the gang, Hugo has a huge appetite for life, especially the parts that are edible.

Bonnie

Hugo's outspoken yet brutally honest "girlfriend." This brash brunette is never at a loss for words, especially at the expense of others.

Suzy

She's everything that Bonnie isn't blonde, feminine, innocent and liked by everyone. That makes them rivals!

Julian

The brain of the bunch. Also the musician, the encyclopedia, the arbitrator. Not your average kid.

Stripe

Named by Punkinhead because he has "round stripes" (more commonly known as spots). Every kid needs a faithful dog by his side. And they don't get any more faithful than good ol' Spot ... er ... Stripe.

Author

Bud Blake

Bud Blake created Tiger in 1965 as a result of doing something we have all dreamed about: He walked out on his job.

Blake was the executive art director for the Kudner Agency in New York City, a top-line firm. But all the time spent commuting, at meetings, on administrative details and traveling meant less and less time at the drawing board, where he was happiest. So Blake left, going to his personal drawing board to create a series of one-panel cartoons that he brought to King Features Syndicate, which signed him on to do a daily panel called Ever Happen to You? He also was doing free-lance work at the time for a variety of advertising accounts and magazines such as Business Week and Family Circle.

But Blake still wasn't satisfied. He dreamed of a daily and Sunday comic strip. Pencil in hand, he watched his children and the neighborhood kids at play, and created Tiger, which King Features Syndicate started distributing in May of 1965.

Blake was born and grew up in Nutley, N.J. He was fond of woodcarving, so he left high school to work the carnivals, state fairs, boardwalks and so on as a demonstrator for a penknife company. He attended various art schools and between art jobs was occasionally a drugstore soda jerk or a lifeguard. He joined Kudner in 1937.

He took time out for a three-year stint with the infantry during World War II.

The National Cartoonists Society selected Tiger three times as the year's best humor strip. Blake, who died in 2005, was nominated multiple times for the society's top honor, the Reuben Award.

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