Creator Jim Unger joked that the syndication of this panel in East Germany brought down the Berlin Wall
He 
joked that, "Six months later the (Berlin) Wall came down; I think... [DOC] [TLE] Bado's blog: Herman creator Jim Unger dies at 75 [PAR] May 31, 2012 ... Cartoonist Jim Unger, the man behind Herman, dies at 75 in ... Unger twice won 
the National Cartoonist Societys award for best syndicated panel.