Red and Rover
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Red and Rover (often styled Red & Rover) is a daily syndicated comic strip by Brian Basset that debuted in 2000.[1] Autobiographical in nature, Red & Rover is a retro-feel comic strip about the unconditional love between a dog and his boy that captures the spirit and flavor of the early-1960s to mid-1970s.
Red and Rover has been nominated four times for Best Newspaper Comic Strip. In 2013, Red and Rover received the
Publication history
Basset had been producing the comic strip
In 2009, after nearly 25 years of drawing Adam@home, Basset decided to focus squarely on Red and Rover and he handed over the illustration duties of the older strip to Big Top artist Rob Harrell.
Originally syndicated for the first ten years by The Washington Post Writers Group, Red and Rover is currently syndicated to over 200 papers by Andrews McMeel Syndication.
Characters and story
Red and Rover is usually set around the end of the 1960s or the beginning of the 1970s, although a strip from November 20, 2009, depicted a car which bears a striking resemblance to a mid-1970s Ford Country Squire station wagon,[2] and in a Sunday strip from August 28, 2011 Red plays a parody of Jaws, a film from 1975.[3]
Red (real name Russell McLean
Rover is a dog with mostly Lab in him. Rover is usually cool, calm and collected, and is very loyal to Red. Red and Rover met when Rover rescued Red from being hit by a truck. Red took him home where he's stayed ever since. Rover, in turn, can understand what Red is thinking. In many strips Rover is shown chasing squirrels. On March 16, 2010, Rover revealed that his grandfather, "Merganser McIntire", was a Chesapeake Bay Retriever and his grandmother, "Codfish Kate", was part Portuguese Water Dog.[5]
Martin McLean is Red's 17-year-old brother, taken as a member of the "in-crowd." Martin's bedroom is in his basement, and he likes the
Caroline "Carrie" McLean is Red's mother. She is a part-time community college administrator. Carrie is known for her good fudge.
Conrad McLean is Red's father. He is an
External links
References
- ^ "Brian Basset". lambiek.net. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
- ^ Red and Rover strip on Gocomics.com from November 20, 2009 Accessed 2010-09-21
- ^ Red and Rover strip on Gocomics.com from August 28, 2011 Accessed 2010-08-28
- ^ Brian Bassett (w, a). Red and Rover (September 7, 2011). GoComics.com.
- ^ Red and Rover strip on Gocomics.com from March 16, 2010 Accessed 2010-09-21