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Minorities in cartoons: Wee Pals

February 9, 2012December 10, 2021 Anthony

A few panels from a Sunday “Wee Pals” strip. This week’s entry is “Wee Pals,” a comic strip written and drawn by Morris “Morrie” Turner.

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Minorities in cartoons: “A Couple of Guys”

January 26, 2012December 11, 2021 Anthony

This week’s entry is Dave Brousseau’s “A Couple of Guys,” a comic strip that ran from 1996 to 2018 in various LGBT/alternative papers, as well

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Minorities in comics and animation: “Edge City”

September 8, 2011December 10, 2021 Anthony

Art by Terry LaBan. This week’s pick is “Edge City,” a daily newspaper comic strip written and drawn by the husband and wife team of

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Minorities in comics and animation: Marcus Jones (“FoxTrot”)

August 18, 2011December 10, 2021 Anthony

This week’s entry focuses on Marcus Jones, the best friend of Jason Fox in Bill Amend’s comic strip “FoxTrot.” Background Marcus, like Jason, has a

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Minorities in comics and animation: “Dykes to Watch Out For”

June 23, 2011December 10, 2021 Anthony

This week’s minorities in comics/animation entry is the first LGBT-themed one. Thus, it seems fitting to select one of the best LGBT strips created, Alison

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“FoxTrot” has a new aluminum LCD “iFruit”

June 5, 2011December 10, 2021 Anthony

Reading today’s “FoxTrot” comic strip, it looks like the Fox family’s upgraded their iMac (or rather, “iFruit”) yet again—from a 2007 white LCD iMac model

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Black animated and comic characters: Franklin (“Peanuts”)

February 3, 2011December 10, 2021 Anthony

Today’s noteworthy Black cartoon/comic character is Franklin, from “Peanuts.” Background First appearing in 1968, Franklin was usually shown as a friend and classmate of Peppermint

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Sliding timelines in cartoons: “FoxTrot”

January 9, 2011February 4, 2022 Anthony

An updated version of this post is available here. By their nature, cartoon characters of course don’t age. While this is good from a marketing

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