Bob Barnes (cartoonist)
Robert Leslie Barnes was an American comic strip artist most notable for his marriage-themed gag panel The Better Half.
Barnes' first syndicated panel was Laugh of the Week / Laff of the Week from 1947 to 1951 succeeded by Double-Take from 1952 to 1957. Barnes launched The Better Half with the Register and Tribune Syndicate in 1956, doing the strip until his death from cancer on November 12, 1970. A few strips appeared after his death, continuing until 1971.
He received the National Cartoonists Society Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award for The Better Half in 1958.