Creator Jim Unger joked that the syndication of this panel in East Germany brought down the Berlin Wall
[DOC] [TLE] Herman cartoonist Jim Unger dies - Entertainment - CBC News [PAR] May 30, 2012 ... Jim Unger, the Canadian creator of the offbeat comic strip Herman, died ... Unger 
twice won the best syndicated panel award from the U.S. ... Herman became the 
first newspaper cartoon syndicated in Communist East Germany in 1990 ...