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Questions

Let's start off with some easy qusetions:

  1. What strip do the following people draw? (Like I said-- easy to start)

    1. Jim Davis

    2. Bill Amend

    3. Garry Trudeau

    4. Berke Breathed

    5. Cathy Guisewite

    6. Charles Schulz

  2. In the strip "For Better of Worse," the father is a dentist. In real life, the husband of the creator of the strip is a dentist. What kind of dentist. Be specific?

  3. What campus following did Steve Dallas have in the original incarnation of "Bloom County"?

  4. What college/university did Garry Trudeau go to and draw his first strip?

  5. What happened to Duke's sighseeing cruise of the Falklands?

  6. In "Dilbert," what is the DSN which might be bought for a huge amount of money?

  7. What job does Cathy's current boyfriend have?

  8. What are the rules of Calvinball?

  9. What kind of plane does Snoopy fly? How about his opponent? How many wings does a real version of Snoopy's plane have? His opponent?

  10. Who is the oldest son of Prince Valiant?

  11. What modern-day country is Hagar the Horrible from?

  12. Who are the spirits/poltergeists in "Family Circus" (names, please)?

  13. What is Mary Worth's current job?

  14. The following are "headlines" from a comic strip. Complete them. (A hint-- these may not have been the primary focus of the strip.)

    1. "Cartoonist Beats...."

    2. "Cartoonist to Repair...."

    3. "Cartoonist to have role in...."

    4. "Cartoonist solves the.... 'I'll be danged' says producer Lynch"

  15. Name the character names of the original cast of "Scooby-Doo." And give the name of the vehicle.

The Comics

Starting on the next page, you will find copies of actual strips, with one change-- one panel has been taken out.

For full credit, give the actual dialogue from the missing panel. (You can include artwork, too, if you want, but I won't grade on it.)

For partial credit, give some other dialogue that makes sense, would be funny, AND the original artist might have used. Yes, you have to try to mimic their style. If you really can't, then try something else and you might get a little.