Distributed by Tribune Content Agency,[1] it depicts the misadventures of a man-crazy, cigar-smoking, beer-guzzling, 1,500-year-old witch and her motley crew of friends.
Broom-Hilda is capable of time travel, reappearing in various centuries throughout history to chat with (burlesque versions of) diverse historical figures.
Broom-Hilda was one of the comic strips featured on their show, along with Dick Tracy, Moon Mullins, Emmy Lou, The Captain and the Kids, The Dropouts, Nancy and Smokey Stover.
[2] The show featured animated versions of several famous comic strips, including Tumbleweeds, Alley Oop and Nancy.
The character also made a brief animated appearance in The Fantastic Funnies (1980), a TV special that aired on CBS showcasing newspaper cartoonists.
[3] In 2004, it was announced that there would be a Broadway musical[4] based on the comic strip characters, written by Martin Charnin (Annie) and Kurt Andersen (Spy magazine).