When did the Funky Winkerbean comic first appear?”
Funky Winkerbean: Funky Winkerbean is a comic strip created by high school teacher Tom Batiuk (pronounced “BAT-ick”), which debuted on March 26, 1972. The strip is centered on Westview High School and initially focused on several of its students: the title character, Funky Winkerbean, Crazy Harry Klinghorn, Barry Balderman, Bull Bushka, Cindy Summers, Junebug, Leslie P. “Les” Moore, majorette Holly Budd (daughter of Melinda Budd, original majorette for Westview High) and Lisa Crawford. Original form: Characters who served as the school faculty included its Principal, Mr. Burch; guidance counselor (and future Principal) Fred Fairgood; teacher (and Fred’s future wife) Ann Randall; Coach Jack Stropp (now retired); Cliff, the security guard; and, the still-famous, always-uniformed band director Harry L. Dinkle (who refers to himself as “The World’s Greatest Band Director,” and is featured in a running gag whereby every “Battle of the Bands” except the first one occurs during a monsoon). Be
Funky Winkerbean is a comic strip created by high school teacher Tom Batiuk (pronounced “BAT-ick”), which debuted on March 26, 1972. The strip is centered on Westview High School and initially focused on several of its students: the title character, Funky Winkerbean, Crazy Harry Klinghorn, Barry Balderman, Bull Bushka, Cindy Summers, Junebug, Leslie P. “Les” Moore, majorette Holly Budd (daughter of Melinda Budd, original majorette for Westview High) and Lisa Crawford. While the strip’s namesake was a visible character, the one whose misadventures began to make him the focus was all-around hapless nice guy Les Moore. Batiuk reserved some of his best visual gags for Les, such as his serving as Hall Monitor while sitting at a desk with a vintage machine gun bolted to it (his symbol of authority). Les, not an impressive physical specimen, had a few battles with rope-climbing in Gym class; once, he made it to the top, was afraid to try to climb down, and had to hang on while an entire Westv
