Sheldon (webcomic)

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Sheldon
Author(s)	Dave Kellett
Website	http://www.sheldoncomics.com/
Update schedule	Daily
Launch date	June 21, 1999

Sheldon is a webcomic created by Dave Kellett. The strip centers on Sheldon, a 10 year old who became a billionaire when he created a piece of successful software. He lives with his dim-witted grandpa (who is only referred at "Gramp") and his talking duck, Arthur.

1 Strip History
2 Characters
3 Books / Book Reviews
4 Media Appearances
5 External links

[edit] Strip History

Kellett originally created Sheldon as a minor character in Four Food Groups of the Apocalypse, a comic-strip that ran in The Observer, a student-newspaper from University of Notre Dame. He later gave him his own strip in late 1998 as a webcomic, which ran on davekellett.com as first, and moved to the Keenspot-hosted sheldoncomics.com in June, 1999. In 2001, United Features Syndicate picked the strip up for online syndication and the strip moved to comics.com on December 17, 2001. Since this move meant having all-new readers, the strip was retconned with redrawn versions of Keenspot comics.

The strip originally ran Monday through Friday. After the move from Keenspot to comics.com, the strip ran Monday to Saturday, until late 2004, when a Sunday feature was added.

In June 22, 2005, Sheldon also joined Blank Label Comics, an online co-op of nine cartoonists.

On November 6, 2006, Kellet moved the strip on an independently hosted sheldoncomics.com. United Features Syndicate continued to run the strip on their comics.com site until December 2, 2006.

[edit] Characters

Sheldon He's a ten-year-old kid who earned billions with his own software company: Sheldonsoft. Though his huge riches occasionally tempt him into buying something frivolous like, say, Panama, Sheldon remains pretty much a normal kid.

Gramp Sheldon is raised by his grandfather, a warm-hearted guy who's not quite sure what to make of his grandson's billions. Now retired, Gramp tries to keep up with the modern world, only to find that the main challenge of his golden years is fitting into his slacks.

Arthur Arthur the Wonder Duck learned to talk when Sheldon downloaded some speech-recognition software into his head. He's been trouble ever since. Sarcastic and cocky, Arthur's constantly getting into trouble at home and at the Sheldonsoft offices. Unlike Sheldon, he's captivated with the Sheldonsoft billions, and constantly has visions of shopping sprees at The Sharper Image. Some of Arthur's alter-egos include "The Duck", a superhero, and "Rex Chestington", a pug-riding cowboy. In daily life, Arthur is often found sitting on lampshades for no other reason than to keep his ducky behind warm. It is known throughout the strip that Arthur, for some reason, has a deep-hatred for chickens.

Flaco Thinking he was hatching an abandoned duck egg, Arthur became father to Flaco, a common North American lizard. Most storylines have him playing second-fiddle to his duck "father", but in one extended plotline, he became a Hollywood producer for "CSI". Flaco doesn't speak, aside from his characteristic "squee" sound.

Oso Sheldon's pet pug Oso,a whirlwind of energy.

Dante One of Shedon's human friends, an aspiring artist. Seen extensively in the earlier days of the strip, Dante now only makes occasional appearances. Enjoys hanging out with Sheldon and doing regular-10 year-old-kid stuff. (as much as that's possible when your best friend is one of the biggest, most successful nerds on the planet) The two have done everything from making sandcastles to playing superheroes and villains to re-enacting the British battle with the Spanish Armada. Dante's the friend every 10-year-old supergenius needs.