Brevity (comic strip)
Brevity is a single-panel newspaper comic strip created by Guy Endore-Kaiser and Rodd Perry, and currently drawn by Dan Thompson.
| Brevity | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Guy Endore-Kaiser & Rodd Perry Dan Thompson |
| Website | www |
| Current status/schedule | Current Gag-a-day panel |
| Launch date | January 3, 2005 |
| Syndicate(s) | United Feature Syndicate / Andrews McMeel Syndication |
| Publisher(s) | Andrews McMeel Publishing |
| Genre(s) | humor |
Publication history
Brevity originally began on Comics Sherpa (a site which helps beginning comic strips make their work public over the web).[1] Endore-Kaiser cited Gary Larson's The Far Side as an inspiration. The strip was originally intended to be called Cow Tools, in homage to a notorious Far Side cartoon, but the authors were forced to change it after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from lawyers representing Larson.[2] The strip debuted with United Feature Syndicate in 55 newspapers on January 3, 2005. Today, Brevity is published in over 130 newspapers in the USA and Canada. There are currently four published collections and one treasury.
In the past few years GoComics.com has allowed visitors to submit comments on each strip.
Books
There are four collections and one treasury published by Andrews McMeel Publishing.
| Title | Release Date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| Brevity | September 1, 2006 | ISBN 978-0-7407-6042-6 |
| Brevity 2 | August 1, 2007 | ISBN 978-0-7407-6840-8 |
| Brevity Remix: A Brevity Treasury | June 1, 2008 | ISBN 978-0-7407-7228-3 |
| Brevity 3 | October 21, 2008 | ISBN 978-0-7407-7360-0 |
| Brevity 4 | April 21, 2009 | ISBN 978-0-7407-7361-7 |
References
- Williams, Greg (28 September 2003). "High Hopes". Tampa Tribune.
- Wineke, William R. (3 January 2005). "Cartoon with shades of 'Far Side' debuts today, also 'Mutts' is added to State Journal pages by popular demand". Wisconsin State Journal.
In fact, Endore-Kaiser and Perry, 34, originally wanted to call their cartoon "Cow Tools," after a famous Larson cartoon, but that proved too much for Larson's lawyers, who sent them a cease-and-desist letter.
