It's a Ziggy World

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About It's a Ziggy World

As you zigzag your way through life, remember - It's a Ziggy world!

Comic character Ziggy, by Tom Wilson, first appeared in 1969. A man of few words, Ziggy always seems to know how to make us laugh and tug on our heart strings.

This group is for those of us with a bit of Ziggy within us, who enjoy the simple things in life.

From Wikipedia:
Ziggy is a cartoon created by Tom Wilson, an American Greetings executive. The character was originally inspired by the comic "Zigfried Schlump" drawn by a college student with the pseudonym "clawmute" at the University of Akron, in Ohio. Craig Yoe, an employee of American Greetings at that time, collected some of these and showed them to Tom Wilson, who was inspired to recast the character as Ziggy.

Ziggy is a small, bald, pants-less, barefoot, almost featureless character (save for his large nose) who seems to have no job, hobbies, or romantic partner, just a menagerie of pets: Fuzz, a small white dog; Sid, a cat afraid of mice; Josh, a discouraging parrot; Goldie, a fish; and Wack, a duck. The appeal of the cast is juxtaposed with the endless stream of misfortunes which befall Ziggy. The character is frequently depicted in surreal or arbitrary situations, though many jokes mine typical comic strip pop culture territory, such as computers and the perils of modern life. Other pop cultural references can be found in the archives; for instance, a 1989 strip revealed Ziggy's last name is Stardust, a reference to the 1972 David Bowie album.

Ziggy first appeared in the 1969 collection When You're Not Around, published by American Greetings. The newspaper strip began in June 1971. In 1987 the strip was taken over by Tom Wilson II.

The animated 1982 Christmas television special Ziggy's Gift, which contained the Harry Nilsson song "Give, Love, Joy", won an Emmy Award.

There are annual calendars produced as well as various books and promotional items