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- This article is about the comic strip named "Cul de Sac". For other uses see Cul-de-sac (disambiguation).
Cul de Sac is a daily comic strip created by Richard Thompson and syndicated through Universal Press Syndicate. The strip focuses on a pre-school girl named Alice Otterloop and her daily life at school and at home. Thompson, best known for his weekly strip Poor Richard's Almanac in the Washington Post, began Cul de Sac as a limited strip in the Washington Post as well. In September 2007 it entered daily syndication with the Universal Press Syndicate [1]. The strip has also received praise from Bill Watterson, the retired creator of the popular strip Calvin and Hobbes. [2].
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- Alice Otterloop
- The strip's main character. A four year old girl living in the suburban world. Often naive and inexperienced the strip typically focuses on her exposure to new things and her commentary on these experiences.
- Petey Otterloop
- Alice's older brother Petey is more experienced and is Alice's primary source of information on new phenomena. Petey usually describes mundane school and suburban experiences in a mythic style as though the information was being passed down from generation to generation of school children.
- The Otterloop Parents
- Alice and Petey's mother is a stay at home mom taking care of the day to day running of the household. Their father is seen less frequently works a daily office job at an as yet unnamed location. Before the strip was rebooted for syndication, his employer was described as the Federal "Department of Consumption", however a number of Washington, D.C.-specific features have disappeared since the reboot and his employer has not been mentioned since. Notably he commutes to work in a car that Alice describes as a 'Honda-Tonka Cuisinart'[2]. It was recently revealed that their names are Madeline and Peter[3].
- Dill and Beni
- Alice's classmates and next-door neighbors as well best friends, Dill is possibly the most eccentric character in the strip frequently making strange or unrelated statements. Beni appears to be technically minded and is skilled with tools. Alice is usually seen with the two of them at school or around the neighborhood.
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