Bringing Up Father is an American comic strip createdby cartoonist George McManus Here theFIFTH series edited in 1921 New layout byComic Books Restore The strip centers on an immigrant Irishman named Jiggs, a former hod carrier who came into wealth in the United States by winning a million dollars in a sweepstakes Now nouveauriche, he still longs to revert to his former working class habits and lifestyle His constant attempts to sneak out with his old gang of boisterous, roughedged pals, eat corned beef and cabbage (known regionally as Jiggs dinner), and hang out at the local tavern were often thwarted by Maggie, his formidable, socialclimbing (and rollingpin wielding) harridan of a wife, their lovely young daughter Nora, and infrequently their lazy son Ethelbert, later known as Sonny Also a character presented in the strip (portrayed as a miserly borrower) was named, fittingly, Titus Canby (tight as can be)