''Gil'' is a syndicated

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written and illustrated by the American cartoonist

Norm Feuti Norm Feuti (born May 14, 1970) is an American cartoonist best known for his nationally syndicated comic strips ''Retail'' and '' Gil''. Feuti grew up in Pascoag, Rhode Island, where he and his older sister were raised by their single mother, ...

. It is distributed by

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. On 2 December 2013, Feuti announced that ''Gil'' would cease publication at the end of the year. However, on May 11, 2014, Feuti announced that ''Gil'' would return as a Sunday-only comic in the ''

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''. On January 1, 2023, Feuti announced that the Providence Journal decided to stop carrying the feature at the end of 2022.

Setting

Gil the title character, is a chubby elementary school student who is usually picked last in school for sports. He lives with his divorced factory working mother Cheryl. Gil prefers instead to live in a nuclear family, thinking it would give him

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. He is shown visiting his father Frank every week.

Cast

Gil A chubby and cheerful eight-year-old boy, who loves

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and

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. He is an only child who lives with his mother and visits his father on alternate weekends. Shandra Gil's best friend, neighbor, and classmate. Shandra's parents also are divorced. She has signature puffy pigtails and a very sensible attitude. She is a loyal friend and a very supportive confidante. Cheryl Gil's mom is a very hardworking

single mother A single parent is a person who has a child or children but does not have a spouse or live-in partner to assist in the upbringing or support of the child. Reasons for becoming a single parent include divorce, break-up, abandonment, becoming wid ...

who works full-time in a

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. Frank Gil's dad is shown to be a lazy underachiever. Morgan is Gil's mean-spirited classmate and

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. Troy Cheryl's boyfriend Voltron Gil and Cheryl's

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Mr. Klopec Gil's neighbor, who usually is seen on the porch of the apartment building

Footnotes

External links

''Gil'' official siteNorm Feuti's Cartoons
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