Brevity (comic strip)
| Brevity | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Guy Endore-Kaiser & Rodd Perry Dan Thompson |
| Website | www |
| Current status/schedule | Current Gag-a-day panel |
| Launch date | January 3, 2005 |
| Syndicate(s) | United Feature Syndicate / Andrews McMeel Syndication |
| Publisher(s) | Andrews McMeel Publishing |
| Genre(s) | humor |
Brevity is a single-panel newspaper comic strip created by Guy Endore-Kaiser and Rodd Perry, and currently drawn by Dan Thompson.
Publication history
[edit]Brevity originally began on Comics Sherpa (a site which helps beginning comic strips make their work public over the web).[1] Endore-Kaiser cited Gary Larson's The Far Side as an inspiration. The strip was originally intended to be called Cow Tools, in homage to a notorious Far Side cartoon, but the authors were forced to change it after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from lawyers representing Larson.[2] The strip debuted with United Feature Syndicate in 55 newspapers on January 3, 2005. Today, Brevity is published in over 130 newspapers in the US and Canada.[citation needed] There are currently four published collections and one treasury.
In the past few years GoComics.com has allowed visitors to submit comments on each strip.
Books
[edit]There are four collections and one treasury published by Andrews McMeel Publishing.
| Title | Release Date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| Brevity | September 1, 2006 | ISBN 978-0-7407-6042-6 |
| Brevity 2 | August 1, 2007 | ISBN 978-0-7407-6840-8 |
| Brevity Remix: A Brevity Treasury | June 1, 2008 | ISBN 978-0-7407-7228-3 |
| Brevity 3 | October 21, 2008 | ISBN 978-0-7407-7360-0 |
| Brevity 4 | April 21, 2009 | ISBN 978-0-7407-7361-7 |
References
[edit]- ^ Williams, Greg (28 September 2003). "High Hopes". Tampa Tribune.
- ^ Wineke, William R. (3 January 2005). "Cartoon with shades of 'Far Side' debuts today, also 'Mutts' is added to State Journal pages by popular demand". Wisconsin State Journal.
In fact, Endore-Kaiser and Perry, 34, originally wanted to call their cartoon "Cow Tools," after a famous Larson cartoon, but that proved too much for Larson's lawyers, who sent them a cease-and-desist letter.
External links
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