About Ferdinand

Ferd'nand is the classic "silent" comic strip, starring a wide-eyed cherubic mime, his wife, son and dog. Every day is a new adventure for the title character as he confronts life and fate with wonderful expressiveness. From circus performer to bank cashier to orchestra conductor, Ferd'nand has spent almost six decades as the pantomiming protagonist of middle class life.

A timeless classic, Ferd'nand is one of the 10 longest-running comic strips still being drawn. Originally created in 1937 by Danish film animator Henning Dahl Mikkelsen for Presse-Illustrations-Bureau (PIB) in Copenhagen, the strip gained wide popularity in Europe, so PIB brought it to America, where United Feature Syndicate began distributing it in 1947. Mikkelsen moved to California and continued to draw the strip until his death in 1982. Today, Ferd'nand continues to be drawn in "Mik's" style by Henrik Rehr. Rehr was born and raised in Denmark and came to the United States in 1992.