The Comic Strip (TV series)

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The Comic Strip
Format	Animated
Starring	Bob McFadden Larry Kenney Maggie Jacobsen
Country of origin	United States Canada
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	65
Production
Executive producer(s)	Arthur Rankin, Jr. Jules Bass
Running time	30 min.
Broadcast
Original run	September 7, 1987 – December 4, 1987
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

The Comic Strip was a short-lived American animated series which featured four rotating cartoon segments. The 30-minute series ran in first-run syndicated during the 1987-1988 season.

The series was produced by Rankin/Bass Productions, and distributed by Lorimar-Telepictures.

[edit] Segments

The four segments offered were:

The Mini-Monsters: A group of monster kids who are offspring of usually famous monsters, a witch and Merlin attending summer camp at Camp Mini-Mon. They are Dracky (Dracula's son), Franky (Frankenstein's son), Wolfie (The Wolf Man's son), Gill, the son of The Creature From The Black Lagoon. Mummo The Mummy's son, Klutz, who may or may not be Godzilla's son, Winifred, a witch's daughter, and Melvin, the son of the wizard Merlin, accompanied by Caufield, the talking crow.
Street Frogs: Depicting the typical teen-aged hijinks of a gang of street-smart frogs named Big Max, Spider, Moose The Loose, "Honey Love" Loretta and Dr. Slick. Each episode contains a musical number.
Karate Kat: Starring a crime-fighting cat. Similar to Hong Kong Phooey and long before SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, this show takes place in a world inhabited by anthropomorphic cats.
Tigersharks: About a race of humanoids who became involved in underwater adventures. This show was animated like its predecessors ThunderCats and Silverhawks. Each episode consisted of two parts.

Typically, six segments, each running about 10 minutes, were shown on each broadcast.

[edit] Video Releases

VHS copies of certain episodes of "The Comic Strip" were made available in 1987. These VHS tapes each featured three installments of one particular cartoon. For example, the video "Adventures at Camp Mini-Mon" contained three episodes: "Camp Mini-Mon The First Day," "The Belly Ache," and "Alien."

As of August 2007 there have been no formal DVD releases of this series in the United States.