Mother Goose and Grimm
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Mother Goose and Grimm (a.k.a. Mother Goose & Grimm) is an internationally syndicated
Characters and story
The strip revolves around a yellow bull terrier named Grimm (aka Grimmy), owned by an anthropomorphic goose named Mother Goose, along with a dimwitted Boston terrier named Ralph and a cat named Attila. The strip is noted for its references to popular culture or recent news that are often spoofed and referenced for a certain period of time, depending on the length of the hype devoted to a certain news story or topic, e.g. Grimm's creation of a website known as "GrimmyLeaks", which was devoted to publishing rumors relating to fellow comic strip characters, in reference to the controversy surrounding the scandalous website WikiLeaks. The comic strip also makes multiple references to iconic fictional characters including Mr. Potato Head, Superman, Batman, and more, along with popular products including Amazon Kindles.
The strip also often consists of stand-alone one-panel comics that do not relate to the continuing story or characters.
The comic strip is named after the
Other characters
- Ham – A pigwho is Mother Goose's neighbor
- Fleas – Grimm's ticks
- Sumo – Mother Goose's sister's cat. He frequently comes to stay with Mother Goose, Grimm, Attila, and Ralph
- French poodle – A random, unnamed French poodleGrimm has a crush on
- Mailmen whom Grimm tortures
- Hiram – Mother Goose's boyfriend
- Ms. Lockjaw – owner of Grimm's obedience school
- Fritz – A dog at Grimm's obedience school
- Attila – A cat that lives with Grimmy, Mother Goose and Ralph who used to be round and fluffy 20 years ago
- Ralph – A dog that lives with Grimmy, Mother Goose and Attila
- Brax – A hipster dog that lives in a yurt
Books
- Mother Goose and Grimm (1986)
- The Portable Mother Goose and Grimm (1987)
- Oh God, It's Grimm (1987)
- Steel Belted Grimm (1988)
- Four Wheel Grimmy (1989)
- Grimmy Come Home (1990)
- It's Grimmy (1990)
- Grimmy: Best in Show (1990)
- Grimmy: Pick of the Litter (1990)
- Grimmy: Night of the Living Vacuum (1991)
- Grimmy: Top Dog (1991)
- Grimmy and the Temple of Groom (1992)
- Grimmy: Bone in the U.S.A. (1992)
- Grimmy: On the Move (1992)
- Grimmy: The Postman Always Screams Twice (1996)
- Grimmy: Friends Don't Let Friends Own Cats (1996)
- Grimmy: King of the Heap (1997)
- Grimmy: Good Dog, Bad Breath (1999)
- Grimmy: Always Stop & Smell the Hydrants (1999)
- Grimmy: Cats & Pancakes Stick to the Ceiling (1999)
- Grimmy: In a Class by Himself (1999)
- Grimmy: Mailmen Can't Jump (1999)
- Grimmy: My Dad was a Boxer (1999)
- Grimmy: The Horrors of Global Worming (2000)
- Grimmy: The Revenge of Grimmzilla (2000)
- Grimmy: It's a Dog Sniff Dog World (2000)
- Revenge of the Fireplugs (2001)
- Grimmy Goes Postal (2001)
- Grimmy's Flea Circus (2001)
- Compost Happens (2001)
- Grimmy's Cat Tails (2001)
- Grimmy: One Sick Puppy (2001)
- The Ultimate Mother Goose and Grimm: 20th Anniversary Collection (2006)
- Grimmy: Can You Smell Me Now (yearbook 2005 part 1)
- Grimmy: You're Getting Warmer (yearbook 2005 part 2)
- Grimmy: See? Cats Are Light Sleepers (yearbook 2006 part 1)
- Grimmy: And They Call Us Gross (yearbook 2006 part 2)
- Grimmy: Flushed! (yearbook 2007 part 1)
- Grimmy: Sniffing (yearbook 2007 part 2)
- Grimmy: Rolled-Up Newspaper Dreams (yearbook 2008 part 1)
- Grimmy: Online News (yearbook 2008 part 2)
- Grimmy: You're Deleting My Archive (yearbook 2009 part 1)
- Grimmy: Filthy (yearbook 2009 part 2)
- Grimmy: Catatonic (yearbook 2010 part 1)
- Mother Goose and Grimm: Snow Day (yearbook 2010 part 2)
Television show
Cameo appearances
Grimmy made a couple of appearances in the
Citations
- ^ Astor, Dave. "Mike Peters Moves to King", Editor & Publisher (November 27, 2002).
- ISBN 9780472117567.
General sources
- ISBN 0-9700077-0-1.
External links
- Official website
- Mother Goose and Grimm at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016.
- Tobin, Suzanne (2002-02-15). "Comics: Meet the Artist with Mike Peters, Cartoonist, "Mother Goose and Grimm"". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
- Tobin, Suzanne (2005-01-14). "Comics: Meet the Artist, Mike Peters, Cartoonist". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2008-10-08.