a US
comic strip created in 1933 by Vincent T. Hamlin (1899-1993) and drawn by him until his
retirement in 1971, when it was taken over by another artist. The
main character is Alley Oop, a caveman with limitless
energy and unswerving morality, who lives in the land of Moo. Another
character in the strip,
Professor Wonmug, introduces a
time machine that carries Alley and his girlfriend Oola forward to the twentieth century and backward again to other eras in search of adventure.