Kudzu (comic strip)

Kudzu was a daily comic strip by Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Doug Marlette about rural Southerners. Distributed by Universal Press Syndicate, the strip ran from June 15, 1981 to August 26, 2007.

Kudzu
Doug Marlette's first Kudzu Sunday strip in 1981 toured Bypass.
Author(s)Doug Marlette
Current status/scheduleConcluded daily & Sunday strip
Launch dateJune 15, 1981 (June 15, 1981)
End dateAugust 26, 2007 (August 26, 2007)
Syndicate(s)Universal Press Syndicate
Genre(s)Humor, the South

The title came from the kudzu vine which was introduced to the Southern United States (and initially encouraged) as a soil erosion control plant, but soon became an out-of-control invasive species.

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