Zip the Pinhead ... William Henry Johnson (c. 1857 or c. 1842[nb 1] – April 9, 1926), known as Zip the Pinhead, was an American freak show performer known for his tapered head.

Apr 6, 2023 · Billed as “Zip The What Is It?,” he was gazed upon by millions of people and touted as the survivor of a lost tribe discovered in the Amazon during the exploration of the River Gamba. The truth …

Read the Zippy The Pinhead comic strip from January 22, 2026, and check out other Zippy The Pinhead comics by Bill Griffith.

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Once slaves, William and Mahalia Johnson, William’s parents, agreed to let Somerville’s Van Emburgh’s Circus display their “pinhead” looking son for money. He was later made famous in 1860 by P.T. …

Barnum had Johnson's haircut shaped so that it tapered to a point, accentuating his already-sloping brow, and billed him as "Zip the Pinhead." As Johnson aged, he eventually gave up traveling with the …

His most well-known creation is ‘Zippy the Pinhead’ (as in ‘Zippy for President’), a polka-dotted clown suit-wearing human with a pointy head who first appeared in the first issue of Real Pulp in 1970.

Known for its non-linear style, quirky dialogue, experimental graphics, and social satire, the Zippy the Pinhead comic strip has entertained and interested a loyal following of readers since its inception in …

Zippy the Pinhead is a fictional character who is the protagonist of Zippy, an American comic strip created by Bill Griffith. Zippy's most famous quotation, "Are we having fun yet?", appears in Bartlett's …

Nov 27, 2020 · As you may have guessed, the term Pinhead is not an acceptable one anymore. I ran (well not literally) into several problems when researching ‘Zip the Pinhead’. You see, there was …