About Frank and Ernest

Playful punsters with a "frank and earnest" attitude.

For more than three decades, Frank & Ernest has continued its tradition of innovative humor that has delighted millions of readers daily. Frank & Ernest stars Frank and Ernest, playful punsters with the ability to appear as any person, place or thing in any time period. The constant element is the pair's "frank and earnest" iconoclastic

attitude. Frank & Ernest is read by more than 25 million people every day, making it one of today's most popular comics. Creator Bob Thaves was a master of the twisted phrase and skewed outlook.
A true innovator, Thaves' Frank & Ernest was the first comic panel presented in a strip format. It was the first to vary the roles of its characters and the first to use block lettering. It was also the first to use comic book-style digital coloring for the Sunday pages. Frank & Ernest was one of the first comic strips to have its own Web site, www.frankandernest.com, which has included several components including the first 3-D interactive comics based on a comic strip.

Thaves, who held both bachelors and masters degrees in psychology from the University of Minnesota, began cartooning as a kid and never stopped. He created Frank & Ernest while working as a consultant in industrial psychology in California. Bob Thaves died in August, 2006 and Frank and Ernest continues to be produced by Bob's son, Tom Thaves, who had collaborated with his father on the comic strip since 1997.