Sid the Sexist Sid the Sexist Sid the Sexist (real name Sidney Aloysius Smutt) is a character from the British satirical comic "Viz", first appearing in issue 9 in October 1982. The strip was created and mostly drawn by Simon Donald until he left the magazine in 2003, when Paul Palmer took over as artist. According to Donald, "Sid is a man who is unable to communicate with women. He is desperate to impress them, but is totally lacking in social skills. He thinks he must use foul and offensive chat-up lines on women to impress his friends, but can't see why they
The Ambassador (comic strip) The Ambassador (comic strip) The Ambassador is a short-lived newspaper comic strip created by Otto Soglow in 1933. In 1931, Soglow introduced his Little King character in "The New Yorker". William Randolph Hearst was determined to see "The Little King" syndicated by his own King Features Syndicate, but contractual obligations prevented the transfer of the strip. Soglow solved the conflict by selling Hearst a temporary, nearly-identical strip: "The Ambassador". When Soglow's contract with "The New Yorker" expired in 1934, "The Little King" was able to immediately resume as a King Features Sunday strip on September 9 of that year, only