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@tauycreek is updated by Brian Hall.

Brian was born and raised in Douglas County, Kansas and worked a number of customer service jobs before landing a career as a pseudo-educator. They blend humor with personal anecdotes and observations along with research on comics and Kansas history with a main focus on the comic strip The Born Loser. They wrote the novel Harter Union and the recently finished Vagabond Girl.

They live in Topeka, Kansas with their spouse, two dogs, and two cats. They also have an adult son.

About Tauy Creek

Tauy Creek (pronounced /toy/) is a tributary of Ottawa Creek in Franklin County, Kansas. It was named for John Tecumseh "Tauy" Jones, who lived along the creek and helped found Ottawa University. The online version of Tauy Creek was founded in 2008 and features commentary on the comic strip The Born Loser, originally called "Losers Are Made, Not Born", and other features, like Story Series, until 2019. The Born Loser returned in late 2020, and classic strips starting in 1965 would begin in 2022.

Today, the site is updated mostly daily with classic and current The Born Loser comic strips with a variety of other features being updated on Saturday starting in 2024.

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About The Born Loser

The Born Loser was created in 1965 by Arthur "Art" Sansom. It originally featured no recurring characters but soon came to feature Brutus Thornapple, his wife Gladys and son Wilberforce. Sansom's son, Chip, began assisting him on strips in 1977 and took over the strip after Art passed away in 1991. The Born Loser is currently owned by United Features Syndicate and distributed by Andrews McMeel for Universal Press Syndicate. You can view the original strip here. You can also follow The Born Loser on Facebook.

The Born Loser by Art & Chip Sansom. Published November 23, 2024.

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