Category: Comics - Sunday

Frank and Ernest (UM) by Bob Thaves

Bob Thaves' innovative comic panel stars Frank & Ernest, playful punsters with the ability to appear as any person, place or thing in any time period, past, present or future. The only constant element is the pair's "frank and earnest" iconoclastic attitude. Frank & Ernest's innovative humor has delighted millions of readers daily since 1972. The strip is distributed to more than 1,300 newspapers worldwide by Newspaper Enterprise Association and is read by more than 25 million people every day. Thaves has been honored with three Reuben Awards for Best Syndicated Panel and the Free Press Association's Mencken Award for Best Cartoon. The International Save the Pun Foundation voted him "Punster of the Year" in 1990. In 1997, Frank & Ernest introduced 3-D interactive comics on www.frankandernest.com, making it the first online comic strip to feature 3-D characters and environments, navigable QuickTime virtual reality files and a searchable and downloadable archive. A true innovator, Frank & Ernest was the first comic panel presented in a strip format; the first to vary the roles of its characters; the first to use block lettering; and the first to use comic book-style digital coloring. Frank & Ernest books include Assemble the Hyenas: I Feel a Pun Coming On! (1991) and Are We There Yet? A Frank and Ernest History of the World (1988). Thaves holds bachelors and masters degrees in psychology from the University of Minnesota. He and his wife, Katie, live in California. They have a grown son and daughter.

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