Robert Leslie Barnes (March 8, 1913 – November 12, 1970)[4] was an American comic strip artist most notable for his marriage-themed gag panel The Better Half.
Barnes launched The Better Half with the Register and Tribune Syndicate in 1956, doing the strip until his death from cancer on November 12, 1970.
[3] He received the National Cartoonists Society Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award for The Better Half in 1958.
[5] His wife, Ruth, collaborated with him on his work, and took over writing The Better Half upon his demise.
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