Health Capsules is a comic strip syndicated by United Feature Syndicate since February 20, 1961. The comic panel answers reader's health-related questions, accompanied by a humorous illustration. Health Capsules is currently produced by Bron Smith.
Publication history Health Capsules was originally produced by Dr. Michael A. Petti and cartoonist Jud Hurd, beginning in 1961 until 2002,Hurd, Jud. "Health Capsules," Cartoon Success Secrets: A Tribute to 30 Years of Cartoonist Profiles (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2004), pp. 52–53. when it was taken over by Bron Smith.
Hurd was awarded the National Cartoonist Society Special Features Award for Health Capsules in 1978.
Contents GoComics characterizes Health Capsules this way:
Each comic ends with the caption "Health Capsules is not intended to be diagnostic in nature."
References
External links Health Capsules at GoComics Health Capsules section of Bron Smith's website