Mr. Abernathy - January 20, 1963

Mr. Abernathy by Ralston Jones and Frank Ridgeway - (King Features Syndicate) Sunday, January 20, 1963 (Sliver-Age)
A humorous three-tier, eleven-panel example featuring the title character in six of ten panels (panel one is a title stat and not counted). Mr. Abernathy was created by writer Frank Ridgeway and artist Ralston Jones in 1957. The two collaborated on the strip until Jones retired in 1980. Ridgeway continued the strip as both writer and artist until his death in 1994.