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Todd The Dinosaur
''Todd the Dinosaur'' written and drawn by Patrick Roberts, is an American gag-a-day comic strip about a 7 year old '' Tyrannosaurus'' attending elementary school. Being only second graders, his classmates accept Todd as they would anyone else. The strip first appeared in 2001 in '' The Oklahoman'' and is published by King Features Syndicate. It has also appeared in '' Record-Journal'', '' Herald News'' and '' San Francisco Chronicle''. It participated in the second Earth Day Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally by EarthDay.org (formerly Earth Day Network) including 1 b ... comic event of King Features. During one day, 37 of their creators used their comics to advance an environmental theme. Characters Todd: Todd is a 7-year-old, Tyrannosaurus who lives with his friend Trent. He is known to have a "ravenous appetite" and will e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gag-a-day
A gag-a-day comic strip is the style of writing comic cartoons such that every installment of a strip delivers a complete joke or some other kind of artistic statement. It is opposed to story or continuity strips, which rely on the development of a story line across a sequence of the installments. Most Print syndication, syndicated comics are of this type.''The Art of Cartooning & Illustration'', 2014, p.98/ref> Another term for this distinction is non-serial (gag-a-day) vs. serial strips. Compared to single-panel cartoons ("gag panels"), gag-a-day comic strips can deliver a better timing for the narrative of a joke. The distinction between continuity and gag-a-day strip may be blurred: a continuous story may still be delivered in the gag-a-day format. In fact, Lynn Johnston recommends it for story strips, to keep the readership and engage new audience which may be not very familiar with the background of the story.''Cartoon Success Secrets: A Tribute to 30 Years of Cartoonist Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |