Muggs and Skeeter was an American gag-a-day daily comic strip by Wally Bishop which ran from 1927 to 1974.

[2] In April 1936,[3] the strip was taken over by King Features (by that point the corporate parent of the Central Press Association) and re-titled Muggs and Skeeter.

[4] Comic strip historian Allan Holtz hypothesized that King Features bullpenner Bil Dwyer ghosted Muggs and Skeeter during World War II,[5] while Wally Bishop was serving in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters.

Bishop continued to draw Muggs and Skeeter until 1974, when he retired the strip after a run of 47 years.

[6] At first stories centered around Muggs McGinnis, notable for his striped shirt and sweater vest printed with a large letter M. Gradually, the strip introduced Muggs' younger brother Skeeter, and the boys' enormous dog Hoiman[7] (e.g., "Herman" — Skeeter spoke with a Brooklyn accent).