Luther (comic strip)

Luther
Author(s)Brumsic Brandon Jr.
Current status/scheduleConcluded
Launch date1968
End date1986
Syndicate(s)Newsday Specials (1968–1970)
Los Angeles Times Syndicate (1970–1986)
Publisher(s)Paul S. Eriksson
Genre(s)comedy-drama

Luther is an American syndicated newspaper comic strip published from 1968 to 1986, created and produced by cartoonist Brumsic Brandon Jr. The series, about an African-American elementary-school child, was the second mainstream comic strip to star an African-American in the lead role, following Dateline: Danger! (1968-1974), the first to do so. Another predecessor, Wee Pals (1965-2014), featured an African-American among an ensemble cast of different races and ethnicities.