# Punny comic strip names **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-strips\ **Created:** [April 21, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-comic-strip-names/940466 "2021-04-21T17:39:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-comic-strip-names/940466/21 "2021-04-22T15:20:07Z")
In Harvey comics (remember those?) the little fat girl was named Lotta Plump. She appeared alongside Richie Rich (“The Poor Little Rich Boy”) and Dot Polka (who always wore polka dots). ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-comic-strip-names/940466/22 "2021-04-22T15:38:53Z")
Wonder Woman had Etta Candy as a sidekick. She was overweight. Of course, the Riddler’s real name is Edward Nigma (E. Nigma) In one JLA comic, Aquaman used the alias “C. King.” [![](https://img.ifunny.co/images/9827370c711eba405430115ab7a41a65949f593e08b834a633d55b54c53e071e_1.jpg) ](https://img.ifunny.co/images/9827370c711eba405430115ab7a41a65949f593e08b834a633d55b54c53e071e_1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-comic-strip-names/940466/23 "2021-04-22T15:50:39Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > In one JLA comic, Aquaman used the alias “C. King.” I can imagine what a lot of ten-year-olds added to their copies, too. 🤭 Reminds me of the joke about the census taker and the late Chinese tennant: “No, I’m just sitting here, watching TV…” ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-comic-strip-names/940466/24 "2021-04-22T16:13:59Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Churchy LaFemme from _Pogo_ > Senator Jack S. Phogbound from _L’il Abner_ > > Before comics, there was the political satirist Orpheus C. Kerr. > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I admit, I’m a bit out of it today, but I don’t get any of these puns. “Churchy LaFemme” = “[cherchez la femme](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherchez_la_femme)” “Jack S Phogbound” = “Jack is fogbound” an appropriate name for a politician. Don’t know about the last one, except maybe “C. Kerr” = “seeker” ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-comic-strip-names/940466/25 "2021-04-22T16:19:01Z")
Jack. S. Phogbound = Jackass Fogbound. Orpheus C. Kerr = Office seeker. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-comic-strip-names/940466/26 "2021-04-22T16:33:26Z")
What’s the joke? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-comic-strip-names/940466/27 "2021-04-22T16:54:12Z")
Andy Capp. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-comic-strip-names/940466/28 "2021-04-22T17:30:54Z")
Well, you see, the late Mr King, whose first name was Fu, no longer lived at that address. So when the census taker asked the new resident… “Are you Fu King?” … he got the answer given above. 😄 The mother of my best friend in fifth grade told this joke (along with many others) one night when I was steeping over. She was a lot of fun! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-comic-strip-names/940466/29 "2021-04-22T17:34:06Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Andy Capp. This one is best when you say it with a Cockney accent! 😁 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-comic-strip-names/940466/30 "2021-04-22T17:39:37Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > In one JLA comic, Aquaman used the alias “C. King.” I remember that (and have that issue). It surprised me later to learn that Aquaman actually has a legitimate alternate identity – his legal name is _Arthur Curry_ (at least as of the Silver Age) – I assume the writer of the JLA story either didn’t know that, or had Aquaman going “incognito” at the time > **[Aquaman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaman)** > > Aquaman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger, the character debuted in More Fun Comics #73 (November 1941). Initially a backup feature in DC's anthology titles, Aquaman later starred in several volumes of a solo comic book series. During the late 1950s and 1960s superhero-revival period known as the Silver Age, he was a founding member of the Justice League. In the 1990s Modern Age, writers interpreted Aquaman's cha... ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-comic-strip-names/940466/31 "2021-04-22T17:45:03Z")
While the slang that originated it has fallen by the wayside, A. Mutt from _Mutt and Jeff_ (often considered the first regular comic strip) is a pun. “Mutt” at the time meant “a slow racehorse,”\* particularly appropriate for a strip that started out with horseracing focus. It also meant “a fool” as well as “a mongrel dog.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-comic-strip-names/940466/32 "2021-04-22T17:47:06Z")
Is “Arthur Curry” a pun? 🤔 I know who Arthur _Currie_ was: > **[Arthur Currie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Currie)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > General Sir Arthur William Currie, GCMG, KCB (5 December 1875 – 30 November 1933) was a senior officer of the Canadian Army who fought during World War I. He had the unique distinction of starting his military career on the very bottom rung as a pre-war militia gunner before rising through the ranks to become the first Canadian commander of the Canadian Corps. Currie's success was based on his ability to rapidly adapt brigade tactics to the exi... ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-comic-strip-names/940466/33 "2021-04-22T17:50:52Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > > [@RealityChuck](#): > > > > In one JLA comic, Aquaman used the alias “C. King.” > > I remember that (and have that issue). It surprised me later to learn that Aquaman actually has a legitimate alternate identity – his legal name is _Arthur Curry_ (at least as of the Silver Age) – I assume the writer of the JLA story either didn’t know that, or had Aquaman going “incognito” at the time > > [Aquaman - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaman) I think that they hadn’t established Arthur Curry when they used C. King. Aquaman didn’t have a secret identity for many years. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-comic-strip-names/940466/34 "2021-04-22T17:51:56Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > While the slang that originated it has fallen by the wayside, A. Mutt from _Mutt and Jeff_ (often considered the first regular comic strip) is a pun. “Mutt” at the time meant “a slow racehorse,”\* particularly appropriate for a strip that started out with horseracing focus. It also meant “a fool” as well as “a mongrel dog.” I thought about _ **Mutt and Jeff** _, but the only meaning I knew other than a mongrel dog was the “hip” police slang for “low-life criminal” used in some cop shows. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-comic-strip-names/940466/35 "2021-04-22T17:55:39Z")
> **[Etta Kett](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_Kett)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Etta Kett is a long-running comic strip created by Paul Robinson, which ran from December 7, 1925 to November 9, 1974. > The original distribution in December 1925 was with the Putnam Syndicate, moving over to the Central Press Association in 1927, which was purchased in 1930 by King Features Syndicate. > The strip had several toppers during its run: Etta Kett Play Fashions, How to Draw Cartoons and Lovebyrds. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-comic-strip-names/940466/36 "2021-04-22T17:59:28Z")
Superman said “Who would be stupid enough to think his identity could be concealed with just a pair of…oh.” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-comic-strip-names/940466/37 "2021-04-22T19:31:31Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I think that they hadn’t established Arthur Curry when they used C. King. Aquaman didn’t have a secret identity for many years. You can think it, but it’s not the case. They established Curry as Aquaman’s father in Adventure #260 in 1959. Robert Bernstein was the writer The Justice League comic cited is #27 from May, 1964. Aquaman had been Arthur Curry for five years by then. Gardner Fox was the writer ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-comic-strip-names/940466/38 "2021-04-22T21:25:43Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > _Rick O’Shay_ (from Wikipedia): “The strip is set in the Western town of Conniption where Rick O’Shay is the deputy [sheriff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheriff), since the town is too small to have a full sheriff. His best friend is gunslinger Hipshot Percussion. Other key characters include gambler Deuces Wilde, dance hall owner Gaye Abandon… nurse, Ophelia Pulse… banker Mort Gage and a boy named Quyat Burp…” > > I still miss it. Me too. Remember the Christmas and Easter Sunday strips where Hipshot would politely decline the townspeople’s offers to attend church as he rode out of town, then went up to the hills where he looked up and spoke to “Boss”? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-comic-strip-names/940466/39 "2021-04-23T11:40:39Z")
Little Lulu’s last name was Moppet. The rich kid in the comic was Wilbur van Snobbe, and his girlfriend was Gloria Darling. The Truant Officer was Mr MacNabbem. The owner of the local deli was Mr Kohlkutz, and the man who owned the drugstore was Mr Pestle. There was a magician named Mysto. Lulu had an uncle named Crispy Bacon, who owned a station (ranch) in the Australian Outback. Not exactly puns, but Lulu’s mom and dad (like the Wilsons in _ **Dennis the Menace** _) were named George and Martha, like the Washingtons. _ **Asterix** _ is full of punny names. A partial list: Obelix makes and delivers monuments. His dog, who is fixated on bones, is Dogmatix. Getafix is a druid who makes magic potions. Chief Vitalstatistix has ample vital statistics, and his wife is Impedimenta. Cacofonix is a bard who is tone deaf. The village fishmonger is Unhygenix. The smith who makes weapons is Fulliautomatix. The Romans have names like Marcus Ginantonicus, Crismus Bonus, Dubious Status, Nefarious Purpus, and Obsequious. An Olympic athlete is called Gluteus Maximus. Two Egyptian architects are named Artefis and Edifis, and the scribe with a shaved head is Krukut (“Crewcut,” geddit?). The leaders of the Britons, Caledonians, and Hibernians are Mykingdomforanos, MacAnix, and O’veroptimistix. And these are in just the English editions of the books! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-comic-strip-names/940466/40 "2021-04-23T11:47:49Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Little Lulu’s last name was Moppet. And she told little Alvin stories about Witch Hazel. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-comic-strip-names/940466.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-comic-strip-names/940466.md?page=3)