Melvin Lazarus was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of two comic strips, Miss Peach (1957–2002) and Momma (1970–2016). Additionally, he wrote two novels. For his comic strip Pauline McPeril, he used the pseudonym Fulton, which is also the name of a character in his first novel, The Boss Is Crazy, Too.
Lazarus in 1973
Mell Lazarus' Miss Peach of May 29, 1960.
Momma is an American comic strip by Mell Lazarus that ran from October 26, 1970, to July 10, 2016.
The cover of a Momma collection