 Frise chatted with the frequent visitors to the office . He worked at his own pace and often tore up work @-@ in @-@ progress in dissatisfaction and submitted his strips at the last moment . Frise 's tardiness caused such delays in production and distribution that editorial director Harry C. Hindmarsh once demanded Joseph E. Atkinson have something done about it . Atkinson replied , " Harry , The Star Weekly does not go to press without Mr. Frise . " 
