Buckles (comics)
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Author(s) | Plan 9 Publishing (2002-2005) |
Genre(s) | Humor, satire |
Buckles is a
Buckles debuted on March 25, 1996, and ended on March 21, 2021.According to King Features Syndicate: "More of an only child with canine instincts than he is the family pet. Buckles can display all the charm...of a small child discovering how to find his way through life."
GoComics began a repeat run of the strip effective May 10, 2021.[2]
Characters
Buckles
Buckles is a guileless and
Paul and Jill Haggerson
Buckles'
Paul, or Jill, often says/yells "BUCKLES, YOU BAD DOG!!!!" (which is their catchphrase) when annoyed with Buckles.
In May 2006, it was revealed Paul previously had a dog named Shadow before he and Jill got married.[relevant?]
Christina
Jill's niece who puts
Flea
An unseen but heard presence who lives behind Buckles' right ear.
Arden
A bird whom Buckles often asks for advice. He likes worms, because they're for lunch.
Arden occasionally breaks the fourth wall, especially on June 3, 2007.
Lester
A dog who, because of hip dysplasia, has a sort of wheelchair apparatus providing mobility instead of his hind legs.
Rusty
A streetwise stray whose freedom Buckles envies.
Scrappy
An annoying squirrel who lives in the backyard. He hates Buckles and Arden, frequently insulting them and calling them rude names like "slobber face" (Buckles) and "beak brain" (Arden).
There are several stories involving Scrappy in the series. One example is him getting in a fight with a black squirrel. Another occasional story is where Scrappy breaks into Paul and Jill's attic and realizes he is lost.
Irene
The
Paperboy
A younger newspaper deliverer who often throws rolled-up newspapers at Buckles.
Other characters
- Charlie: A minor character in the comic series. He is a goose and a rival of Buckles. Charlie refers to him as "mad dog", and occasionally "Mary Poppins". In some stories, Charlie and the other geese break into Paul's house and throw a "party" by destroying the house, but after Paul and Jill get home, they fly off. Paul and Jill are then mad at Buckles because they think he threw a party (Paul doesn't even allow parties at his house; he had one as a teenager). Another occasional story is where Charlie and the other geese ruin Paul's Corvette and Buckles scares them off by barking at them.
- Sophie and Iris: Female American Eskimo Dog and bloodhound respectively and two of Buckles' friends who argue over trying to talk to him.
- The black squirrel, Scrappy's nemesis.
- Paul's parents and brother from the summer vacation strips.
- Jay: A blue bird who is Arden's assistant.
Recurring jokes
There is
Books
There are three different comic collections published by
- Buckles Unleashed (2002)
- There's a Street Dog in All of Us! (2003)
- A Good Vacuum is a Dead Vacuum! (2005)
Currently, the books are out of stock. David Gilbert left the publisher and will seek into another printing option for the current and future collections.
References
- ISBN 9781451666915.
- ^ Degg, D.D. (10 May 2021). "GoComics to Run David Gilbert's Buckles Archives". The Daily Cartoonist.
External links
- Official web siteArchived 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Buckles at King Features Archived 2021-01-27 at the Wayback Machine