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from an interview with carried in the Star Tribune September 20, 2012 | |
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Creating believable, solid characters is the most difficult and important part of a comic strip. Or a novel, movie, play, etc. Since Id never tried it before, I looked at the work of Walt Kelly, whose Pogo contained the liveliest individuals to populate a newspaper strip. And I stole from him. As the weeks went by and I got to know my cast, the greatest thing happened: They wrested control of the strip away from me, often leaving me scrambling to keep up. Hearing your characters voices is a common phenomenon among cartoonists, but it was new to me, and I loved it, especially when I learned to stop dictating gags and trust my cast. If I gave them room to maneuver, theyd always surprise me. Most of the humor came from the collision of outlooks, or worldviews. Or personal alternate realities. | Topic: |
Alice is the irresistible force, and Petey is the immovable object. The friction generated by opposites is a good source of comedy, so I hoped having them at the center of the strip would keep it spinning. | |
text checked (see note) Sep 2012 |
Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 by Richard Thompson | |||
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2008 | August 22 |
Dad: Alice: Petey: Dad: Petey: Alice: | Topic: |
2009 | January 4 |
Alice: Petey: Alice: Petey: Alice: Petey: | Topic: |
April 20 |
Ernesto: | Topic: | |
September 29 |
Beni: | Topics: | |
2010 | March 20 |
Alice: Petey: Alice: | Topics: |
October 26 |
Alice: Miss Bliss: | Topic: | |
December 9 |
Alice: Petey: Alice: | Topic: | |
2011 | May 30 |
Alice: Nara: Alice: | Topic: |
2012 | April 23 |
Alice: | Topic: |
text checked (see note) when added |