▁nick name ▁" Sk ip " ▁after ▁Per cy ▁C ros by ' s ▁com ic ▁strip ▁character ▁" S ki ppy ". ▁ ▁First ▁publication ▁ ▁William son ' s ▁first ▁published ▁cart oon ▁was ▁in ▁Har vey ▁Kurt z man ' s ▁Help ! ▁magazine ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 1 . ▁The ▁cart oon ▁was ▁accepted ▁by ▁then ▁Help ! ▁editor ▁Gl oria ▁Stein em . ▁The ▁cart oon ▁was ▁of ▁two ▁New ▁Orleans ▁tr ash ▁can s . ▁One ▁was ▁l abeled ▁" N eg ro ▁Tr ash " ▁the ▁other ▁" White ▁Tr ash ". ▁Sub sequently , ▁com ed ian ▁Dick ▁Gregory ▁went ▁on ▁The ▁Ton ight ▁Show ▁and ▁showed ▁the ▁cart oon ▁on ▁national ▁television , ▁launch ing ▁William son ▁into ▁the ▁main stream . ▁ ▁Under ground ▁com ix ▁ ▁William son ▁moved ▁to ▁Chicago ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁and ▁almost ▁immediately ▁te amed ▁up ▁with ▁Jay ▁Lyn ch ▁to ▁publish ▁the ▁under ground ▁newspaper ▁The ▁Chicago ▁Mir ror . ▁( Will iam son ▁and ▁Lyn ch ▁remained ▁friends ▁for ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁their ▁lives .) ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 8 , ▁William son , ▁Lyn ch , ▁and ▁Robert ▁Cr umb ▁re ch rist ened ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Mir ror ▁as ▁Bij ou ▁F unn ies , ▁which ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁and ▁longest ▁running ▁under ground ▁com ix ▁titles . ▁William son ' s ▁character ▁Sn appy ▁Sam my ▁Sm oot ▁became ▁popular ▁enough ▁to ▁appear ▁( play ed ▁by