Cow and Boy

Cow and Boy was distributed as a print comic by United Feature Syndicate (UFS), running from January 2, 2006, to December 31, 2012. (While branded with UFS, it was offered as part of the Newspaper Enterprise Association [NEA] package;[http://featurebank.acquiremedia.com "Syndicates"], United Media website. Accessed Jan. 19, 2010. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117185824/http://featurebank.acquiremedia.com/ |date=2010-01-17 }}. the NEA was part of United Media, UFS' parent company.)

The strip then moved to CowAndBoy.com as a self-published webcomic supported by voluntary $12/year contributions from readers.

Following an announcement from Leiknes, the web version ended on December 31, 2013.

The strip centers on an eight-year-old boy named Billy and his best friend Cow, who live on Billy's family's farm. Other characters include Billy's father, his friend Martin, and his tutor Smart Billy. Billy's mother and sister have also appeared in previous runs of the strip.

The strip often employs surreal humor, with bizarre recurring gags such as "cat-copters" (cats which dive out of the sky and knock people unconscious).

Ongoing themes include:

• Billy's family's concern about his close friendship with Cow and his need for more human contact.
• Billy and Cow creating fantastic moments.
• Billy and Cow enjoying doing nothing at all.
• Billy's sister and her annoyance with Billy and Cow.
• Cow bringing an outsider's perspective to Billy and Martin's games.
• Billy's concern over the state of the world.

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060419014028/http://www.comics.com/comics/cowandboy/html/about_author.html Mark Leiknes's biography from Comics.com]

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Category:Gag-a-day comics

Category:Fictional cattle

Category:Fictional farms

Category:Comics about anthropomorphic cattle

Category:Comics set on farms

Category:Surreal comedy comics

Category:2006 webcomic debuts

Category:2013 webcomic endings

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