Goodman Beaver
Goodman Beaver is a fictional character who appears in comics created by American cartoonist Harvey Kurtzman. Goodman is a naive and optimistic Candide-like character, oblivious to the corruption and degeneration around him. The character was partially inspired by Voltaire’s Candide and Harold Gray’s comic strip character Little Orphan Annie. Goodman was a semi-autobiographical character, reflecting Kurtzman’s disillusioning experiences in the...
