Hi and Lois is a comic strip about a suburban
family. It debuted on October 18, 1954 and is
distributed by King Features.

Hiram ("Hi") and Lois Flagston are typical
American suburbanites. They have four children: a
slovenly teen named Chip, rambunctious twins named
Dot and Ditto, and a baby named Trixie. They also
have a large shaggy dog named Dawg. Their
neighbors are the Thurstons, the fat and lazy
"Thirsty" and his skinny wife Irma.

The Flagstons first appeared in Mort Walker's
strip Beetle Bailey. They spun off into their own
strip, written by Walker and drawn by Dik Browne.
Lois Flagston (née Bailey) is Beetle Bailey's
sister and the two strips make occasional
crossovers. One of these occurred on the strip's
40th anniversary in 1994, when Beetle visited his
sister Lois and her family.

Today many consider Hi and Lois to be rather
dated, although it has made some efforts to keep
up with the times, such as housewife Lois Flagston
taking up a career in real estate in 1980.
However, in previous decades the strip was
acclaimed; in 1962 it earned Dik Browne a Reuben
Award from the National Cartoonists Society.

The strip is now written by Brian and Greg Walker
and drawn by Robert "Chance" Browne, the sons of
the original creative team.