Marmaduke

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Marmaduke is a newspaper comic strip drawn by Brad Anderson from 1954 to the present day. The strip was created by Anderson, with help from Phil Leeming (1955-1962) and later Dorothy Leeming (1963-1969). The strip revolves around the Winslow family and their Great Dane, Marmaduke. The strip on Sundays also has a side feature called "Dog-Gone Funny," in which one or more panels are devoted to dog anecdotes submitted by the fans. Anderson received the National Cartoonist Society Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award for the strip in 1978.

Ruby-Spears produced a Marmaduke animated series which aired alongside a cartoon based on Heathcliff. The character also made a cameo appearance as an intentional "mistake" in an episode of Garfield and Friends.

Contents 1 Characters 2 Trivia 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Characters

• Marmaduke - A great dane. Marmaduke lives with the Winslow family and exhibits many characteristics not typically displayed by dogs. As John Dorian famously said, "the great thing about Marmaduke is, he's always thinking on his feet."
• Dottie - Housewife of the family whose daily life would probably be a lot less of a hassle if she didn't have Marmaduke around.
• Phil - The head of the household. Phil loves his dog despite Marmaduke's antics but, not surprisingly, gets fed up once in a while.
• Barbara - The Winslow's oldest child.
• Billy - The youngest Winslow. Billy is somewhat more at the mercy of Marmaduke than the others, as he is still dwarfed by the family pet.

[edit] Trivia

• In the Ruby Spears version, the males were played by Paul Winchell and the females were played by Russi Taylor.
• Marmaduke is known in Italy as "Sansone"
• Marmaduke is known in Germany as "Archibald"
• Marmaduke is known in Sweden as "Leopold"

[edit] References

• Strickler, Dave. Syndicated Comic Strips and Artists, 1924-1995: The Complete Index. Cambria, CA: Comics Access, 1995. ISBN 0-9700077-0-1.

[edit] External links

• NCS Awards
• http://www.comics.com/comics/marmaduke/index.html
• Marmaduke Can Vote - A blog dedicated to re-captioning Marmaduke strips with political humor
• The Marmaduke Project - A site dedicated to making Marmaduke funny, in various ways.
• Joe Mathlete Explains Today's Marmaduke - A blog explaining each Marmaduke strip in sarcastic detail due to the author's hatred of the strip.