Blondie (comic strip) over all he surveys, with one notable exception—his formidable and domineering wife, Cora. Blondie and Dagwood's best friends are their next-door neighbors Herb and Tootsie Woodley, although Dagwood and Herb's friendship is frequently volatile. Lou is the burly, tattooed owner of Lou's Diner, the less-than-five-star establishment where Dagwood often eats during his lunch hour. Other regular supporting characters include the long-suffering mailman, Mr. Beasley; Elmo Tuttle, a pesky neighborhood kid who often asks Dagwood to play; and a never-ending parade of overbearing door-to-door salesmen. There are several running gags in "Blondie", reflecting the trend after Chic Young's death for the
James Bond (comic strip) Express"), and the "Daily Star". Additionally, John McLusky returned to team up with Jim Lawrence for five comic strips. One strip, "Doomcrack", is unusual in that it featured artwork by Harry North, who at the time worked for "MAD Magazine" on its film parodies. The 1983 strip "Polestar" was abruptly terminated by the "Daily Star" midway through its run and was not completed, although the complete story did appear in non-UK newspapers and was followed by several more complete serials before the James Bond comic strip officially came to an end. Since first publication in the "Daily Express", the comic