Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Blast off

This is from March 2010 and is a Red and Rover by Brian Basset, who also does Adam@Home... or at least he did.  A couple years ago the artwork on Adam@Home changed subtly but noticeably.  I don't think it's Basset's work anymore. I like it less.  I like the artwork here in Red and Rover better and this one is just great, though it does have some Calvin & Hobbes overtones, right?

There are quite a few dog-and-boy comics out there right now:
  • Red and Rover of course
  • Dog eat Doug (boy is actually a baby who never talks)
  • Bleeker: the Rechargable Dog (electronic dog, but still)
  • Cow and Boy (different animal, same concept)
  • Lio (often does "squid and boy" gags)
  • Non Sequitur (if we can count Lio's frequent antics with his squid, we can count Danae's frequent antics with her talking horse... as well as her younger sister's talking dog)
  • Calvin & Hobbes (which is, of course the gold standard, now retired, but still available in re-runs)

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