The Smith Family, August 4, 2026

 

How George and Virginia Smith Come Up with Ideas

We think it will be evident to our readers, after they've finished the following account by GEORGE SMITH, how he and his wife, VIRGINIA, have managed to come up with ideas for THE SMITH FAMILY comic strip over the past 40 years and have thus accomplished a very rare feat in our profession! THE SMITH FAMILY is currentty distributed by the UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE.

BY GEORGE & VIRGINIA SMITH

 

Mom, If Subjugation and Exploitation of the Weak Is Savagery

MOM, IF SUBJUGATION AND EXPLOITATION OF THE WEAK IS SAVAGERY, HOW COME I GOTTA BRING OUT THE GARBAGE ALL THE TIME YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER WE ARE STILL LIVING IN THE PRIMITIVE UNCIVIL- IZED PHASE OF HISTORY.

 

The Oregonian Portland, Oregon · Monday, April 25, 1960

 

Guy on TV: "The Grandeur of Reason Incarnate"

Guy on TV described us as "the grandeur of reason incarnate in existence..." just before the news came on

 

Now, the Most Important Point of My Whole Speech!

“Now, the most important point of my whole speech!” Distributed by The George Matthew Adams Service, Inc., 1960

 

"GOODNESS!! IF THIS GETS OUT OF HAND, WHO WILL MAKE TOMORROW'S BOMBS?"

 

1954

 

Do you think people should be allowed to carry guns?"

 

"Goodness! What a vicious species!