Sally Forth (Greg Howard comic strip)

Sally Forth
Author(s) Greg Howard (art, 1982–1992; scripts, 1982–1999)
Craig MacIntosh (art, 1992–2013)
Jim Keefe (art, 2013–present)
Francesco Marciuliano (scripts, 1999–present) and Steve Alaniz (scripts, 1999–2002)
Website http://www.sallyforth.com
Current status / schedule Active
Launch date January 4, 1982
Syndicate(s) King Features Syndicate
Genre(s) Humor

Sally Forth is a daily comic strip created by Greg Howard in 1982 and distributed by King Features Syndicate, focusing on the life of a white American middle-class mother at home and work. Sally's name—and the name of the eponymous cartoon strip—is a play on words—"to sally forth" means to set out on an adventure.

In 1991 Craig MacIntosh began doing the drawing.[1] In 1999, Howard quit writing as well and turned the task of writing the strip over to Francesco Marciuliano and Steve Alaniz. Jim Keefe took over the artwork in 2013 from Craig MacIntosh, with Marciuliano continuing to write even after Alaniz retired from full-time work on the Sally Forth product line.

Characters

Sally and her family

Like many comic strips, Sally Forth employs a floating timeline, where time passes but most characters never age. In September 2014, Hilary (in a leaning-on-the-fourth-wall moment) observes to her mother that she was 12 when her cousin Bettina was born, and is still 12, while her cousin is turning one year old.

Sally's workplace

Other characters

Recurring themes

Another part of this recurring theme is that the girls on the team mention their parents' negative opinions of Ted's coaching, which Ted reacts rather harshly towards while Hilary either tries to intervene or just doesn't bother.

Books

"Sally Forth", by Fawcett Columbine, 1987. ISBN 0-449-90260-9

"I Gave at the Office", by Andrews McMeel, 1994. ISBN 0-8362-1743-8

References

  1. Francesco Marciuliano (w), Craig MacIntosh (a). Sally Forth (March 8, 2008)
  2. Marciuliano, Francesco. "Looking for Work in All the Wrong Places". Archived from the original on 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
  3. Francesco Marciuliano (w), Craig MacIntosh (a). Sally Forth (May 19, 2008)
  4. November 18, 2014 Sally Forth strip
  5. "Ted Forth, My Hero". Retrieved 2007-10-01.
  6. Francesco Marciuliano (w), Craig MacIntosh (a). Sally Forth (2008-03-08)
  7. Sally Forth July 18, 2013 strip
  8. Sally Forth August 28, 2014 strip
  9. Francesco Marciuliano (w), Craig MacIntosh (a). Sally Forth (October 4, 2008)
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