Basil Flint, P.I.

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Basil Flint, P.I.
Author(s)	John Troutman
Website	http://www.basilflint.com/
Current status / schedule	Completed
Launch date	2001-12-02 [1] (original run)
End Date	2005-02-17
Publisher(s)	Keenspot
Preceded by	Sporkman
Followed by	Andiewear , Felicity Flint, Agent from H.A.R.M. , and Flint Again

Basil Flint, P.I. is John Troutman's second comic strip, started after he ended his freshman strip Sporkman. Running from 2001-12-02 to 2005-02-17, it detailed the adventures and cases of Basil Flint and his two companions/assistants/roommates, Amanda and Andie. Drunken and very nearly completely incompetent, it usually fell to the girls to actually solve the case in question. Later in the strip we learned that the reason Basil was always drinking was because his wife/investigation partner was killed and he crawled into the bottle for solace. This was followed by a storyline where Basil is stone cold sober and we see a shadow of the detective he used to be before he became an alcoholic.

The artwork of Basil Flint has evolved over time. It started out with John's classic Big Eye Style that he had developed in his previous strip, Sporkman. He then went for a more realistic style with eyes approximately the correct size. This raised a hue and cry amongst his fans. Steadily the eyes grew larger to a cartoony but much smaller than the original eyes that could be described as slightly manga-ish.

Basil Flint started out on Comic Genesis (then Keenspace) and eventually moved to Keenspot. A sequel strip, Andiewear!, started on April 4, 2005, and a spinoff, Felicity Flint, Agent from H.A.R.M., following Basil's oldest sister.

On 2006-07-31, the strip was relaunched as Flint Again.

Troutman's other works include :