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Town Called Dobson
Town Called Dobson
Author(s)	Storm Bear
Website	http://towncalleddobson.com
Current status/schedule	Publishes every weekday.
Launch date	June 4, 2004
End date	ongoing
Syndicate(s)	self-syndicated
Genre(s)	Parody, Gag-a-day, Editorial, Political. Serial

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Town Called Dobson is a liberal editorial cartoon in the form of a webcomic written and illustrated by Storm Bear. The week-daily cartoon deals with being a liberal in red America. The cultural clash between left vs. right politics is the main focus of the cartoon and reflects the creator's life growing up in Dobson, NC.

It debuted on June 4, 2004. The first three strips were initially created as a one day art project and was abandoned until the controversy over the Mohammad cartoons erupted. In the original strips, one of the main characters was named Johnny Allah. It was not until then that the creator reconsidered the cartoon and decided to go back into production and settling into a week-daily publishing schedule.

After a redraw of the characters, development of new characters, props and sets, Town Called Dobson restarted publication on March 21, 2006.

Special Series

The strip has an overall back-story where the characters have histories and personality traits and each character appearance builds on the past. Each strip can be read on an individual basis even though it exists within a broader story-arc. The strip dips into special series that deals with one topic or a fusion of topics. The first series was Hurricane Lotto, a story that fused the start of the North Carolina Education Lottery and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. other series have dealt with immigration, global warming and a parody of a real UFO cult as chronicled by Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, Tom French.

Cast

The main characters are mostly drawn upon people the creator has met. Patrick is believed to be the creator in the story and Rakarah is the representation of the creator's in-strip and real world wife. Kiko, Herbal, Rockstar, Johnny Allah and Elwood Leroy Bible Thumper, Sr. serve as the rest of the main cast. The character's name and appearance visually tell the newcomer reader a short brief background of the character.

Other characters are either political, historical or fictional.

Most characters have evolved little since the start of the strip with the exception of Elwood Jr. In the beginning of the strip, Elwood Jr. would mimic his father on all issues, but since November 2006, cracks have been developing within the character to show a building unwillingness to except his father's rhetoric at face value.

Evolution of the Art

The creator originally began drawing the comic using characters drawn as Little People toys produced by Fisher Price. The third strip required arms and hands and the characters were redrawn with more of a manga style. During the redraw of 2006, the creator developed a super deformed, chibi style for the characters and that styling has remained since. All earlier strips were redrawn using this style that the creator calls Surry Chibi - clearly referencing the County in which Dobson is the County Seat.

The strip does not adhere devoutly to traditional manga iconography. Since the cartoon is always in color, the creator tends to use gradients and other illustrative techniques instead of the black and white icongraphy.

Sample Strip

Appearances

Town Called Dobson has been featured in Yes! Weekly (newsweekly based in Greensboro, NC) and appears week-daily on large political blogs such as Daily Kos, My Left Wing and MyDD.

Memberships

The creator is a founding member of Comic Kos, a group of political artists that publish on the political blog Daily Kos. The creator is also a member of the independent editorial cartoonist group Left Toon Lane.

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 The creator originally began drawing the comic using characters drawn as [[Little People]] toys produced by [[Fisher Price]]. The third strip required arms and hands and the characters were redrawn with more of a [[manga]] style. During the redraw of 2006, the creator developed a [[super deformed]], [[chibi]] style for the characters and that styling has remained since. All earlier strips were redrawn using this style that the creator calls [[Surry Chibi]] - clearly referencing the County in which Dobson is the County Seat.
-The strip does not adhere devoutly to traditional [[manga icongraphy]]. Since the cartoon is always in color, the creator tends to use gradients and other illustrative techniques instead of the black and white icongraphy.
+The strip does not adhere devoutly to traditional [[manga iconography]]. Since the cartoon is always in color, the creator tends to use gradients and other illustrative techniques instead of the black and white icongraphy.
 ==Sample Strip==