In the 60's there was a strip called "The Lighter Side." The ones I say were Sunday Newspaper funnies. The characters were
mostly overweight adults with round heads. The cartoonist also did some political cartooning for a Chicago Paper in the 50's.
Am I close? Since I am now over forty, I can't remember things anymore.
The only "Lighter Side" I'm familiar with was a feature by Dave Berg that ran in Mad Magazine from 1961 until Berg's death
this past May. I don't recall that it ever ran in newspapers, though that is possible, or whether Berg ever did any political
cartooning. Berg was born in Brooklyn and was living in California when he died, but I don't think he was ever a Chicago
resident.
You can see a sample of Berg's work (including a "Lighter Side" segment)
at http://www.lambiek.net/berg_david.htm
If this isn't the "Lighter Side" that you remember, then I suspect that
there was another strip with the same title that appeared locally in Chicago,
but didn't get neational exposure. If I find any more information, I'll
let you know.
Thank you for the reply - My memory failed me. The name was "Grin and Bear it" by George Lichty. The strip was national
but did he write political cartoons for the Chicago Tribune in the late 50's?
George Lichty (real name George Maurice Lichtenstein) drew "Grin and Bear It" from 1932 until the early 1970s. He did do
cartooning for the Chicago Times in the early '30s, and the San Franciso Chronicle in the '40s and '50s, but I don't know whether
he ever did any work specifically for the Chicago Tribune.
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