'Broom Hilda'.
Russell Myers studied at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma. In 1960, he was employed by the Hallmark Company as illustrator and editor of greeting cards. On 19 April 1970, he launched the strip 'Broom-Hilda', about a wacky witch who claims to be married to Attila the Hun. As of 2015, this strip is distributed by Tribune Media Services. In 1985-87, Myers additionally created 'Perky and Beans', a strip about the generation conflicts between a grandfather and his granddaughter. Myers lives and works near Medford, Oregon.
On 10 May 2024, Russell Myers entered the Guiness Book of Records with the record for "longest-running daily cartoon strip by a single author." At that point, he had drawn 'Broom-Hilda' for 54 years and 35 years straight and solo! He leaves previous record holders behind, like Frank Dickens ('Bristow', 51 years), Charles M. Schulz ('Peanuts', 49 years) and Marc Sleen ('Nero', 45 years). Yet Myers is still behind Ed Payne ('Billy the Boy Artist', 56 years), Fred Lasswell ('Barney Google & Snuffy Smith', 59 years), Jim Russell ('The Potts', 62 years) and Russ Johnson ('Mr. Oswald', 62 years, though this was a monthly comic.).
'Broom-Hilda' was parodied by Howard Cruse in the section 'Playboy Funnies' of Hugh Hefner's Playboy (December 1979).
'Broom Hilda'. Italian-language version.