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It's not uncommon to find a comic strip featuring a boy and his dog. But only Skip Smalls can use his canine companion to download email!
Jonathan Mahood's daily strip, Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog, stars a robotic dog who is full of surprises and the boy who is lucky enough to call Bleeker his best friend. Bleeker is a fun comic that grew a loyal following on Comics Sherpa before crossing over to GoComics.
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Bleeker was also recently optioned by Radical Sheep Productions for an animated tv series. For more information about Radical Sheep and the show, go to http://www.radsheep.com/index.html or the Bleeker blog at http://bleekerblog.blogspot.com/
Really exciting stuff!
Posted by: Quenby | June 07, 2007 at 01:17 PM
A very thinly disguised, rip-off of Calvin & Hobbes. But hey, I guess that's what new journalism is all about.
Posted by: Reg Kittrelle | June 08, 2007 at 10:11 AM
Why not take a read of the strip before casting your ill-informed judgment. That's the big problem with comic strips today. It's impossible to get out from under the shadow the mammoth strips. People see a precocious small boy and automatically its Calvin and Hobbes. A talking dog - snoopy. A one-panel gag comic - Far Side. Do yourself a favor and shrug off the stereotypes.
Posted by: dingbat | June 08, 2007 at 10:19 AM
Quenby, have you read the strip more than once? It's plainly set in the 21st century and not the last one, which you seem to be stuck in.
Alex
Posted by: Alex Hallatt | June 08, 2007 at 06:23 PM
Granted, it's not the most entertaining strip in the collection. The idea is great (maybe that's why it's going to animation) but the writing never really got me going. But is it a Calvin rip off? Heck no
Posted by: Steve R. | June 10, 2007 at 01:10 PM
I have read "Bleeker" ever since it transitioned from ComicsSherpa to Gocomics.com and I regret to say that I haven't really liked it. I think it's the writing...
I liked the premise, and I like the art, so I really want to like the comic. But, sadly, I just can't find much humor in there and so I have stopped reading it.
However, this is not a "calvin and Hobbes" rip-off in the least. Or did you mean that individual strip?
Posted by: Comics reader | June 14, 2007 at 02:57 PM
I remember when "Bleeker" was over at Comics Sherpa and was called "Hoover".
I love reading it. It is very clever, well thought out, well written and the artwork is friggin' eye candy.
I don't care if it is another boy and dog strip, what this strip has is potential. I see it going far, if only given half a chance.
Steve, Team member at ComicsZ, the online Comics-Zone!
http://www.comicsz.com
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