Ink Pen
{{Short description|American comic strip by Phil Dunlap}}
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|title=Ink Pen
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|caption=From left to right: Captain Victorious, Scrappy Lad, Ralston, Bixby, Fritz and Hamhock
|author=Phil Dunlap
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|status=Concluded daily; in reruns
|first=7 November 2005
|last=October 2012
|syndicate=Universal Press Syndicate/Universal Uclick
|publisher= Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Ink Pen is an American daily comic strip by Phil Dunlap which was syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate/Universal Uclick from 2005 to 2012.
It's about an employment agency for out-of-work cartoon characters. {{As of|October 2012|post=,}} the daily strip went in reruns, with plans to have new weekly comics running concurrently after a brief hiatus.{{cite web|title=Daily Cartoonist Oct 16, 2012|date=16 October 2012|url=http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/10/16/phil-dunlap-retires-ink-pen/}}
Characters
Some of the characters include:
- Bixby -- the former child star and now a dirty rat who works at the agency.
- Captain Victorious -- a lazy super hero with a would-be sidekick, Scrappy Lad, that he doesn't want.
- Dynaman -- the rival of Captain Victorious.
- Fritz -- a dog and boss of the agency.
- Hamhock -- a pig who is trying to get his 15 minutes of fame.
- Hel -- the Norse goddess of the Underworld, with a surprisingly cheerful disposition. She claims to be related to Tyr, but their kinship is rather tenuous.
- Jenn Erica -- a female filler character who tries repeatedly to get a lead character.
- Moxie Gumption -- a more streetwise version of Little Orphan Annie.
- Mr. Negato -- the enemy of Captain Victorious.
- Ms. Amazement -- gives the impression of being a parody of Wonder Woman, but her background is Celtic rather than Greek.
- Ralston -- a rabbit who is just looking for a higher group of people.
- Scrappy Lad -- the would-be sidekick of Captain Victorious who is interested in Moxie Gumption.
- Tyr -- the Norse god of single combat, trying to pull his decent weight around anger management and Valhallan Attitude.
External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20101130172723/http://thecartoonists.ca/Index_files/2010Pages/TC%20-%20Phil%20Dunlap.htm About Phil Dunlap and his comic at 'The Cartoonists']}}
- [https://books.google.com/books/about/Ink_Pen.html?id=6pGgATmhpJEC Ink Pen: A Cartoon Collection by Phil Dunlap, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2009]
References
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{{Universal Press Syndicate}}
Category:American comic strips
Category:Comics about anthropomorphic mice and rats
Category:Comics about anthropomorphic dogs
Category:Comics about anthropomorphic pigs
Category:Comics about anthropomorphic rabbits and hares
Category:Comics about talking animals
Category:Fictional unemployed people
Category:Norse mythology in comics
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