{"product_id":"mr-and-mrs-by-briggs","title":"Mr. and Mrs. By Briggs","description":"\u003cp\u003eClare A. Briggs (1875 Ð 1930)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBriggs was best known for his later comic strips When a Feller Needs a Friend, Ain't It a Grand and Glorious Feeling ? , The Days of Real Sport, and Mr. and Mrs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis longest-lasting and most famous comic was Mr. and Mrs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mr.\" was Joe Green, and \"Mrs.\" was his wife, Vi. They also had a young son named Roscoe. Joe and Vi argued a lot. They weren't as bad as Leroy and Loretta Lockhorn, but their relationship was characterized more by mutual antagonism than affection. Neither was especially good-looking, or appealing in any other way. They were middle-aged and dumpy, and seldom made clever or interesting remarks, unless you count their barbs at each other. Roscoe was de-emphasized except in the early years, and virtually disappeared as the series went on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eClare Briggs was a pioneer of American newspaper comics, best-known for his features 'A. Piker Clerk', 'Mr and Mrs' and 'When A Feller Needs A Friend'. Born in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, as the son of a farm machinery salesman, Briggs left his rural home in Lincoln, Nebraska, as a young man to try his luck at cartooning.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clare Briggs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44936835137697,"sku":"9781111137161","price":28.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/p6kpq85-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1748474883","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/mr-and-mrs-by-briggs","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}