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.