Curtis is a nationally syndicated comic strip written and illustrated by Ray Billingsley, with a predominantly African American cast.
[1] The comic strip portrays the daily life of a middle-class family living in a large American city, especially that of Curtis, the eponymous main character.
[4] For his efforts in educating young people about smoking, Billingsley has earned multiple awards from the American Lung Association.
[8] During the holiday season, Billingsley sometimes deviates from his usual characters to present special two-to-three week stories celebrating the Festival of Kwanzaa.
Once an annual tradition in the strip, these specials became irregular in the mid-2010s, with Ray Billingsley citing declining reader interest in them.