The Smith Family Comic Archive Project

A 501(c)(3) nonprofit preserving The Smith Family, the syndicated comic strip created by George and Virginia Smith (1950–1994). We digitize the strip and the Smiths' magazine cartoons and share them free with students, researchers, and the public.

Friday, October 9, 2026

Our Gumint, the World's Number One Boom Boom Peddler

A Smith Family strip on weapons sales. Georgie and Tish talk about the government selling billions of dollars of military hardware abroad, and Tish asks a question about a garbage compactor.

The Smith Family strip: a child boasts that the government sells 10 billion dollars of military hardware abroad and calls it the world's number one boom boom peddler, then asks a friend if they ever got their head caught in a garbage compactor.




The Smith Family strip by Mr. and Mrs. George Smith.




The Smith Family strip by Mr. and Mrs. George Smith.