This week’s pick is “Edge City,” a daily newspaper comic strip written and drawn by the husband and wife team[…]
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Minorities in comics and animation: Marcus Jones (“FoxTrot”)
This week’s entry focuses on Marcus Jones, the best friend of Jason Fox in Bill Amend’s comic strip “FoxTrot.” Background[…]
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Minorities in comics and animation: “Dykes to Watch Out For”
This week’s entry is on the comic strip “Dykes to Watch Out For,” a comic strip by Alison Bechdel that ran from 1983 to 2008.
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“FoxTrot” has a new aluminum LCD “iFruit”
Reading today’s “FoxTrot” comic strip, it looks like the Fox family’s upgraded their iMac (or rather, “iFruit”) yet again—from a[…]
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Black animated and comic characters: Franklin (“Peanuts”)
Today’s noteworthy Black cartoon/comic character is Franklin, from “Peanuts.” Background First appearing in 1968, Franklin was usually shown as a[…]
Read more Sliding timelines in cartoons: “FoxTrot”
A look at how the concept of a floating timeline has affected “FoxTrot,” the long-running newspaper comic strip by Bill Amend.
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