GoComics is a website launched in 2005 by the digital entertainment provider
Uclick
Uclick LLC was an American corporation (a division of Andrews McMeel Universal) selling "digital entertainment content" for the desktop, the web and mobile phones. Uclick operated several consumer websites, including the comic strip and editoria ...
. It was originally created as a distribution portal for
comic strips on mobile phones, but in 2006, the site was redesigned and expanded to include online strips and
cartoons. GoComics publishes
editorial cartoon
A political cartoon, a form of editorial cartoon, is a cartoon graphic with caricatures of public figures, expressing the artist's opinion. An artist who writes and draws such images is known as an editorial cartoonist. They typically combine a ...
s, mobile content, and
daily comics.
[Dwyer, Ed]
"CULTURE: The Funny Papers: Newspapers may be in trouble, but the comic strip is alive and well — and flourishing online,"
''Saturday Evening Post'' (November 7, 2016).
Comics are arranged into feature pages, which display the current comic strip with a 30-day archive, or the entire archive for paying members. Other features such as descriptions of strip characters, biographical information about cartoonists and links to other recommended feature pages are often included.
As of 2016, GoComics had more than 44,000 subscribers worldwide.
In addition to the contents of the page on the site, users can have strips sent to them by email on a daily basis (for a fee, starting August 29, 2013). Users can also comment on, collect, tag, and share their favorite comics.
GoComics strips and panels
The following are some, but not all, of the comic strips and panels GoComics features:
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The Academia Waltz
''The Academia Waltz'' was Berkeley Breathed's first comic strip, published daily from 1978 to 1979 in ''The Daily Texan'' at The University of Texas at Austin, where he was a student. The strip focused primarily on college life, although it som ...
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Adam@Home
''Adam@home'' (previously titled ''Adam'') is an American syndicated gag-a-day comic strip created by Brian Basset and currently drawn by Rob Harrell. Started in 1984, it follows the life of Adam Newman, a stay-at-home dad, as he juggles hi ...
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* ''Aggressive Shizuka''
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Agnes''
* ''Andertoons''
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The Angry Birds Movie
''The Angry Birds Movie'' (also known simply as ''Angry Birds'') is a 2016 computer-animated comedy film based on Rovio Entertainment's video game series of the same name, produced by Columbia Pictures and Rovio Animation, and distributed by S ...
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Animal Crackers''
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Andy Capp
''Andy Capp'' is a British comic strip created by cartoonist Reg Smythe, seen in the ''Daily Mirror'' and the ''Sunday Mirror'' newspapers since 5 August 1957. Originally a single-panel cartoon, it was later expanded to four panels.
The s ...
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Annie
Annie may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Annie (given name), a given name and a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Annie (actress) (born 1975), Indian actress
* Annie (singer) (born 1977), Norwegian singer
The ...
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* ''Arctic Circle''
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The Argyle Sweater''
* ''Art by Moga''
* ''Ask a Cat''
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Ask Shagg''
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B.C.''
* ''Back in the Day''
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Bad Reporter''
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Baldo''
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Ballard Street
''Ballard Street'' was an American comic panel created by Jerry Van Amerongen and distributed by Creators Syndicate that ran between 1991 and 2019.
About the comic
The panel featured numerous characters; some recurring faces are Dottie and Will ...
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* ''Banana Triangle''
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Barkeater Lake ''Barkeater Lake'' is a webcomic by cartoonist Corey Pandolph, originally published by United Media as part of its Comics.com website from early 2004 through January 5, 2007. Pandolph began publishing the online strip independently on January 22, 2 ...
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Basic Instructions
''Basic Instructions'' is an Ikara Colt EP released in September, 2002 by Fantastic Plastic Records in the UK and Epitaph Records in the US. The final track ("May B 1 Day #1") is the version of "May B 1 Day" featured on the band's debut album, ' ...
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Big Nate''
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Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog''
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Bloom County
''Bloom County'' is an American comic strip by Berkeley Breathed which originally ran from December 8, 1980, until August 6, 1989. It examined events in politics and culture through the viewpoint of a fanciful small town in Middle America, whe ...
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* ''Bob the Squirrel''
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The Boondocks
Boondocks are remote, usually brushy areas.
Boondocks may also refer to:
* The Boondocks (band), an Estonian rock band
* ''The Boondocks'' (comic strip), a comic strip by Aaron McGruder
** ''The Boondocks'' (2005 TV series), the television ser ...
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Bozo
Bozo or bozo may refer to:
People
*Bozo people, a fishing people of the central Niger delta in Mali
** Bozo language, languages of the Bozo people
* Frédéric Bozo, history Professor at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle
* Bozo Mille ...
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The Buckets''
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Brenda Starr''
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Brevity''
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Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!''
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Broom Hilda''
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Buckles''
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Calvin and Hobbes
''Calvin and Hobbes'' is a daily American comic strip created by cartoonist Bill Watterson that was syndicated from November 18, 1985, to December 31, 1995. Commonly cited as "the last great newspaper comic", ''Calvin and Hobbes'' has enjoyed b ...
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Candorville
''Candorville'' is a Print syndication, syndicated newspaper comic strip written and illustrated by Darrin Bell. Launched in September 2003 by The Washington Post Writers Group, ''Candorville'' features young black and Latino characters living ...
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* ''The Cardinal''
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Cathy
''Cathy'' is an American gag-a-day comic strip, drawn by Cathy Guisewite from 1976 until 2010. The comic follows Cathy, a woman who struggles through the "four basic guilt groups" of life—food, love, family, and work. The strip gently pokes f ...
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* ''Cat's Cafe''
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C'est la Vie
C'est la vie may refer to:
* C'est la vie (phrase), ''C'est la vie'' (phrase), a French phrase, translated as "That's life"
Books
* C'est la Vie (comic strip), ''C'est la Vie'' (comic strip), an English-language comic strip by Jennifer Babcock
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Citizen Dog''
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The City'' by Derf
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Cleats
Cleat may refer to:
* Cleat (nautical), a fitting on ships, boats, and docks to which ropes are tied
* Cleat, Orkney, a place in Scotland
* Cleat (shoe), a type or part of a shoe
* ''Cleats'' (comic strip), a comic strip by Bill Hinds
* Grouser ...
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Compu-toon
''Compu-toon'' is a comic strip by Charles Boyce.
''Compu-toon'' was launched in 1994 through Tribune Media Services. At its height, the comic strip ran in about 150 newspapers worldwide from 1994 to 1997 in print form. Since April 23, 2001, it ...
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Close to Home''
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Cornered''
* ''Crabgrass''
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Cul de Sac
A dead end, also known as a cul-de-sac (, from French for 'bag-bottom'), no through road or no exit road, is a street with only one inlet or outlet.
The term "dead end" is understood in all varieties of English, but the official terminology ...
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Daddy's Home''
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Dark Side of the Horse''
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Dick Tracy''
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Dilbert
''Dilbert'' is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Scott Adams, first published on April 16, 1989. It is known for its satirical office humor about a white-collar, micromanaged office with engineer Dilbert as the title charact ...
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The Dinette Set''
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Dog Eat Doug''
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Doonesbury
''Doonesbury'' is a comic strip by American cartoonist Garry Trudeau that chronicles the adventures and lives of an array of characters of various ages, professions, and backgrounds, from the President of the United States to the title character, ...
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* ''Drive''
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The Duplex''
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The Flying McCoys
Glenn McCoy (born 1965) is a conservative American cartoonist, whose work includes the comic strip ''The Duplex'' and the daily panel he does with his brother Gary entitled ''The Flying McCoys''. McCoy previously produced editorial cartoons unt ...
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For Better or For Worse''
* ''Four Eyes''
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Fowl Language
Brian Gordon is an American cartoonist, and creator of the webcomics ''Fowl Language'', ''Frankie Fearless'', and ''Chuck & Beans''.
''Chuck & Beans''
Gordon worked as a cartoonist at Hallmark Cards for 18 years.Olson, Elizabeth; Carr, David. "T ...
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FoxTrot''
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Frank and Ernest''
* ''Frankie Comics''
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Frazz
''Frazz'' is a syndicated comic strip by Jef Mallett about school custodian Edwin "Frazz" Frazier and the school and students where he works. The strip debuted on 2 April 2001, and , appears in over 250 newspapers and is read by tens of thousa ...
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Fred Basset''
* ''Frog Applause''
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The Fusco Brothers
''The Fusco Brothers'' is an American gag-a-day comic strip created by J. C. Duffy which features the four Fusco bachelors — Rölf, Lance, Al, and Lars — along with Lance's girlfriend, Gloria, and Axel, the Fuscos' wolverine
The wolver ...
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Garfield
''Garfield'' is an American comic strip created by Jim Davis. Originally published locally as ''Jon'' in 1976, then in nationwide syndication from 1978 as ''Garfield'', it chronicles the life of the title character Garfield the cat, his hum ...
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* ''Garfield Classics''
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Gaturro
''Gaturro'' is an Argentine comic strip created by cartoonist Cristian Dzwonik ("Nik"). The comic has been published in more than 50 books, magazines and comic volumes. A 3D computer-animated film of the same name was released theatrically in A ...
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Gasoline Alley
''Gasoline Alley'' is a comic strip created by Frank King and distributed by Tribune Content Agency. It centers on the lives of patriarch Walt Wallet, his family, and residents in the town of Gasoline Alley, with storylines reflecting traditio ...
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* ''Get a Life''
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Get Fuzzy
''Get Fuzzy'' is an American gag-a-day comic strip written and drawn by Darby Conley. It features Boston advertising executive Rob Wilco and his two anthropomorphic pets, a dog, Satchel Pooch, and a cat, Bucky Katt. While there have been no new c ...
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Gil Thorp
''Gil Thorp'' is a sports-oriented comic strip which has been published since September 8, 1958. The main character, Gil Thorp, is the athletic director of Milford High School and coaches the football, basketball, and baseball teams. In additi ...
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Ginger Meggs
''Ginger Meggs'', Australia's most popular and longest-running comic strip, was created in the early 1920s by Jimmy Bancks. The strip follows the escapades of a red-haired prepubescent mischief-maker who lives in an inner suburban working-clas ...
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* ''Ham Shears''
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Heart of the City''
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Heathcliff''
* ''Hubris!''
* ''Incidental Comics''
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Ink Pen''
* ''InSecurity''
* ''Invisible Bread''
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Jane's World''
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Jim's Journal
''Jim's Journal'' is a comic strip written and drawn by Scott Dikkers, co-founder of ''The Onion''. The strip first appeared in the University of Wisconsin–Madison ''The Daily Cardinal'' newspaper in 1988.
Since April 25, 2011, ''Jim's Journal ...
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* ''Joe and Monkey''
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La Cucaracha
La Cucaracha ("The Cockroach") is a popular Mexican folk song about a cockroach who cannot walk. The song's origins are unclear, but it dates back at least to the 1910s during the Mexican Revolution. The song belongs to the Mexican genre. The s ...
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* ''Lay Lines''
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Liberty Meadows''
* ''Lil Miesters''
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Liō''
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Luann''
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Maintaining
''Maintaining'' is a 2007-2009 comic strip by cartoonist Nate Creekmore.
Creekmore is a two-time winner of the Scripps College Cartoonist of the Year and an Associated Press award for achievement in college cartooning. Creekmore's strip first a ...
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* ''Mannequin on the Moon''
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The Meaning of Lila
''The Meaning of Lila'' is a comic strip written by John Forgetta, and three co-workers
Syndicator' ...
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Momma''
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Mutt and Jeff
''Mutt and Jeff'' was a long-running and widely popular American newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist Bud Fisher in 1907 about "two mismatched tinhorns". It is commonly regarded as the first daily comic strip. The concept of a newspape ...
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New Adventures of Queen Victoria
''The New Adventures of Queen Victoria'' is a daily webcomic created by Pab Sungenis. It uses the photo-manipulation technique popularized by Adobe Photoshop and other image editing programs to insert actual photographs and paintings of the charac ...
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Non Sequitur''
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The Norm''
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Nancy''
* ''Nancy Classics''
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Oh, Brother!
''Oh, Brother!'' is a British television sitcom starring Derek Nimmo, which aired on BBC1 from 13 September 1968 to 27 February 1970.
Synopsis
The series was set in the fictional Mountacres Monastery, with Nimmo cast as the well-meaning but ine ...
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Ollie and Quentin
''Ollie and Quentin'' is a British comic strip created by the British cartoonist Piers Baker in 2002 and later distributed by King Features Syndicate.
Characters and story
The buddy storyline follows the friendship of seagull Ollie and lugwor ...
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One Big Happy
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1 ...
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Opus
''Opus'' (pl. ''opera'') is a Latin word meaning "work". Italian equivalents are ''opera'' (singular) and ''opere'' (pl.).
Opus or OPUS may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* Opus number, (abbr. Op.) specifying order of (usually) publicatio ...
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Overboard''
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Ozy and Millie
''Ozy and Millie'' is a daily comic strip that ran from 1998 to 2008, created by Dana Simpson (originally published under D.C. Simpson). It follows the adventures of assorted anthropomorphized animals, centering on Ozy and Millie, two young fo ...
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Peanuts
''Peanuts'' is a syndicated daily and Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz. The strip's original run extended from 1950 to 2000, continuing in reruns afterward. ''Peanuts'' is among the most popular and infl ...
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* ''Peanuts Begins''
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Pearls Before Swine''
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Phoebe and Her Unicorn''
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Pibgorn''
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Pickles
Pickles may refer to:
Dogs
* Pickles (dog) (died 1967), a dog that found the stolen World Cup trophy in 1966
* Pickles (pickleball), a dog often cited as the name origin for the sport of pickleball
* Mr. Pickles, the titular demonic dog in ...
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Pluggers
''Pluggers'' is a comic panel created by Jeff MacNelly (creator of ''Shoe'') in 1993 that relies on reader submissions (referred to as "Pluggerisms") for the premise of each day's panel. In the context of this strip, "pluggers" are defined as ru ...
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Pooch Cafe
The dog (''Canis familiaris'' or ''Canis lupus familiaris'') is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it is derived from the extinct Pleistocene wolf, and the modern wolf is the dog's nearest living relative. D ...
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Poorly Drawn Lines
Poorly Drawn Lines (PDL) is a webcomic created by cartoonist Reza Farazmand. It features mostly standalone comic strips that range from just one frame to many, most of which are satirical or absurdist in tone. The topic of each strip varies, with ...
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Poptropica
''Poptropica'' is an online role-playing game, developed in 2007 by Pearson Education's Family Education Network, and targeted towards children aged 6 to 15. ''Poptropica'' was primarily the creation of Jeff Kinney, the author of the ''Diary of ...
'' (redirects to game)
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PreTeena''
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Prickly City
''Prickly City'' is a daily comic strip originally drawn by Scott Stantis, the editorial cartoonist for the ''Chicago Tribune'', and distributed through United Features Syndicate. The cartoon follows the adventures of Carmen, a young girl of col ...
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Real Life Adventures''
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Red and Rover
''Red and Rover'' (often styled ''Red & Rover'') is a daily syndicated comic strip by Brian Basset that debuted in 2000. Autobiographical in nature, ''Red & Rover'' is a retro-feel comic strip about the unconditional love between a dog and his bo ...
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Red Meat
In gastronomy, red meat is commonly red when raw and a dark color after it is cooked, in contrast to white meat, which is pale in color before and after cooking. In culinary terms, only flesh from mammals or fowl (not fish) is classified as ...
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Ripley's Believe It or Not
''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' is an American franchise founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims. Originally a newspaper panel, the ''Believe It or Not'' fea ...
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Sarah's Scribbles''
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Savage Chickens''
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Shoe
A shoe is an item of footwear intended to protect and comfort the human foot. They are often worn with a sock. Shoes are also used as an item of decoration and fashion. The design of shoes has varied enormously through time and from culture ...
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* ''Shoecabbage''
* ''Shortcuts (comics), Shortcuts''
* ''Skin Horse''
* ''Slowpoke (comic strip), Slowpoke''
* ''Speed Bump''
* ''Kris Straub#Starslip, Starslip''
* ''Stone Soup (comic strip), Stone Soup''
* ''Tank McNamara''
* ''Thatababy''
* ''The Wandering Melon''
* ''Tiny Sepuku''
* ''Tom the Dancing Bug''
* ''Julia Kaye, Up and Out''
* ''U.S. Acres'' (until 2020)
* ''Wallace the Brave''
* ''Watch Your Head''
* ''Wee Pals''
* ''Winnie the Pooh (comic strip), Winnie the Pooh''
* ''Wizard of Id''
* ''Working Daze''
* ''Wrong Hands''
* ''Wumo''
* ''Yenny''
* ''Ziggy (comic), Ziggy''
Editorial cartoonists
* Lalo Alcaraz
* Nick Anderson (cartoonist), Nick Anderson
* Chuck Asay
* Tony Auth
* Bruce Beattie
* Clay Bennett (cartoonist), Clay Bennett
* Lisa Benson
* Steve Benson (cartoonist), Steve Benson
* Chip Bok
* Jim Borgman
* Steve Breen
* Chris Britt
* Stuart Carlson
* Ken Catalino
* Paul Conrad
* Jeff Danziger
* Matt Davies (cartoonist), Matt Davies
* John Deering
* Bob Gorrell
* John Graziano (cartoonist), John Graziano
* Alex Hallatt
* Walt Handelsman
* David Horsey
* Clay Jones
* Kevin Kallaugher
* Steve Kelley (cartoonist), Steve Kelley
* Dick Locher
* Chan Lowe
* Mike Luckovich
* Gary Markstein
* Glenn McCoy
* Jim Morin
* Mike Shiell
* Jack Ohman
* Pat Oliphant
* Joel Pett
* Dwane Powell
* Ted Rall
* Michael Ramirez
* Marshall Ramsey
* Steve Sack
* Ben Sargent
* Drew Sheneman
* John Sherffius
* Scott Stantis
* Wayne Stayskal
* Dana Summers
* Paul Szep
* Mike Thompson
* Tom Toles
* Gary Varvel
* Kerry Waghorn
* Dan Wasserman
* Signe Wilkinson
* Don Wright (cartoonist), Don Wright
* Rob Rogers (cartoonist), Rob Rogers
* Ann Telnaes
References
External links
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Websites about comics
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