Urban Trash

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Urban Trash
The official logo, as seen on the website, as well as on Sunday strips.
Author(s)	Jeremy Nell
Current status / schedule	Retired, June 28, 2008
Launch date	March 14, 2005
Syndicate(s)	independent
Genre(s)	Humor, Satire, Slapatick, Politics

On May 28, 2008, Nell announced that he is retiring Urban Trash^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4].

Urban Trash^[5] is a satirical South African comic strip created by Jeremy Nell, originating on 14 March 2005. It focuses on the exploits of urban street life in and around South Africa, and features a regular cast of characters, and is regularly published across South Africa^[6]^[7], and in parts of Namibia^[8] and England^[9].

Urban Trash appears daily from Monday to Saturday, and one Sunday strip per month is created.

1 Urban Trash
- 1.1 Style
2 Main characters
3 Publishing
4 Links
5 Notes

[edit] Urban Trash

[edit] Style

Urban Trash is predominantly gag-a-day humour, containing ongoing themes such as corruption, violence, drugs, and politics.

[edit] Main characters

Frank: An entrepreneur involved in any financial venture, with almost always less-than-successful results.
Frik: An uncultured, highly-strung alcoholic. Frik lives in, and works from, a caravan, selling fast food and such.
Officer Koos: A corrupt and fairly incompetent police officer. Speaks with an Afrikaner accent.
Africa: A petrol pump attendant stemming from a gang-infested background, and the uncle of the Urban Trash character Lightie.
Christmas: A incompetent minibus taxi driver.
Lightie: The drug-addicted nephew of Urban Trash character Africa.
Ravi: A store owner, known for his desire to profit as much as possible.
Melanie: Melanie (pronounced "mel-ar-nee") is a school teacher; Frik's romantic counterpart; and the only female character in the Urban Trash line-up.
The Captain: Officer Koos' captain at the police station, whose desk is only ever visible to the reader, and known only as "Captain".