KNOWN FOR THE LITERARY CHARACTERS HE CREATED IN HIS NEWSPAPER COLUMNS

archy," a reincarnated poet and philosophical cockroach who types letters to the author in lower case letters (as he is unable to operate the shift mechanism on a typewriter) and "mehitabel," a free-spirited alley cat (and archy's friend). Writing for several different newspapers, he introduced archy and mehitabel in 1916. see also ARCHY AND MEHITABEL.