Grin and Bear It was a daily comic panel created by George Lichtenstein under the penname George Lichty. Initially distributed by United Feature Syndicate in 1932, it was syndicated by Field Enterprises beginning in 1940. Field Enterprises was sold in 1984 to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation , which then in turn was sold in 1986 to King Features Syndicate which distributed the feature until its last episode on May 3, 2015.