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Mr. Mum is a portly, bald and bespectacled character, who—as his name suggests—remains mum as he observes various odd, surprising or even surreal scenes. He is sometimes accompanied by his similarly silent dog. Mum is described as a "bystander on life's outer limits," and the feature's "anything-can-happen" humor paved the way for later titles like Herman, The Far Side, Bizarro and Rhymes With Orange. After the feature ceased publication, Phillips created a few dozen large, full-color paintings based on ideas from the comic series.

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  • The Strange World of Mr. Mum
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  • Mr. Mum is a portly, bald and bespectacled character, who—as his name suggests—remains mum as he observes various odd, surprising or even surreal scenes. He is sometimes accompanied by his similarly silent dog. Mum is described as a "bystander on life's outer limits," and the feature's "anything-can-happen" humor paved the way for later titles like Herman, The Far Side, Bizarro and Rhymes With Orange. After the feature ceased publication, Phillips created a few dozen large, full-color paintings based on ideas from the comic series.
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  • Mr. Mum is a portly, bald and bespectacled character, who—as his name suggests—remains mum as he observes various odd, surprising or even surreal scenes. He is sometimes accompanied by his similarly silent dog. Mum is described as a "bystander on life's outer limits," and the feature's "anything-can-happen" humor paved the way for later titles like Herman, The Far Side, Bizarro and Rhymes With Orange. Because it was a pantomime cartoon, its humor translated well internationally. Dutch comics historian Ger Apeldoorn noted that Mr. Mum was "one of the weirdest of the silent strips (excluding the Dutch masterpiece from the same period, Professor Pi by Bo van der Born)... Mr. Mum is a curious man in a weird world, who never gets involved but only observes with ever growing amazement." After the feature ceased publication, Phillips created a few dozen large, full-color paintings based on ideas from the comic series.
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