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''The Bungle Family'' was an American gag-a-day comic strip, created by Harry J. Tuthill, that first appeared in 1918. Originally titled ''Home, Sweet Home'', it first appeared as part of a series of rotating strips in the ''New York Evening Mail''. ==Characters and story== Called "the finest, most inventive and socially critical of the family strips" by comics historian Bill Blackbeard, ''The Bungle Family'' was a popular domestic comedy that emphasized dialogue and realistic situations. The titular patriarch of the strip, long-suffering, cantankerous George Bungle, voiced the petty frustrations and joys of the common man during the Jazz Age and through the Depression.〔Blackbeard, Bill (1976). "The Bungle Family". ''The World Encyclopedia of Comics'' (ed. Maurice Horn). New York: Chelsea House. ISBN 0-87754-030-6〕 Seen only sporadically in 1918, the strip was published daily and was nationally syndicated by the end of 1919. ''Home, Sweet Home'' followed the adventures of Mabel (later Josephine) and George, a young couple beset on all sides by in-laws, neighbors and businessmen. Tuthill took the strip to the McNaught Syndicate when the ''Evening Mail'' was sold in 1924, changing the name to ''The Bungle Family'' and adding daughter Peggy Bungle to the cast. A Sunday page was in existence by September 9, 1923. Comics historian Don Markstein described life among the Bungles: In the mid-1930s, Tuthill serialized exotic adventures and introduced a large supporting cast over the next several years—moves that were accompanied by a huge surge of public interest in the strip. Around this time, Tuthill began incorporating fantasy and time travel into the strip.〔(''The Bungle Family'', Hogan's Alley #13 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Bungle Family」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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