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'''Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog''' is a [[comic strip]] by [[Jonathan Mahood]] and syndicated by [[Universal Press Syndicate]].
{{Short description|American comic strip by Jonathan Mahood}}
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'''''Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog''''' is a [[comic strip]] by Jonathan Mahood about ten-year-old Skip Smalls, his friend Lila, and Bleeker, his electronic dog. The strip is distributed by [[King Features Syndicate]].


== External links ==
== Publication history ==
In July 2006, Mahood's comic strip began online as '''''Hoover: The Rechargeable Dog'''''. The strip was picked up by [[GoComics]] in 2007, and Mahood titled it ''Bleeker'' in honor of his grandfather's middle name.<ref>[http://thetimes-tribune.com/lifestyles-people/bleeker-joins-the-times-tribune-comics-pages-1.1084078#ixzz1CWVxw1IL "Bleeker' joins The Times-Tribune comics pages", ''The Times-Tribune'', January 3, 2011.]</ref>


Originally syndicated by [[Andrews McMeel Universal]]'s [[GoComics]] for four years, it moved to King Features on January 3, 2011. It is also available on King Features' [[DailyINK]] service.<ref>[http://www.dailyink.com/en-us/content_offerings/features.php DailyINK] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602194401/http://www.dailyink.com/en-us/content_offerings/features.php |date=June 2, 2011 }}</ref> It has been translated weekly for Germany's national weekly newspaper ''[[Die Zeit]]''.
* [http://www.gocomics.com/bleeker/ GoComics: Bleeker]
* [http://bleekerblog.blogspot.com/ Bleeker blog]


When the strip switched syndicates, it was relaunched, as detailed by Mahood:
{{UniversalPressSyndicate}}
:This fresh start will be exactly that… on January 3rd 2011, Skip will meet Bleeker for the first time. The comic will restart from the beginning to allow new readers a chance to get to know the characters just as the characters themselves, get to know each other. To be clear, this doesn't mean I'm going to rerun 4 1/2 years of comics. That would be boring for longtime readers and also for me too! For the first month and a half I have reworked some introductory strips and added a bunch of new ones. I hope this brief introductory period will be fun for longtime fans as well. Knowing Bleeker's ineptitude for all things canine and Skip's ineptitude in general should make for an extra layer of fun with these early comics. Look for Karl, the angry robot vacuum cleaner, to make his first appearance early in the new year. It's not often you get a chance to start over, so for me it's been great to iron out some of those early wrinkles and know that moving forward, everything will fit together.<ref>[http://bleekercomics.com/?m=20101215 Mahood, Jonathan. "Hey, everyone, check out the new digs!", December 15, 2010.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708013101/http://bleekercomics.com/?m=20101215 |date=July 8, 2011 }}</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://kingfeatures.com/comics/comics-a-z/?id=Bleeker King Features: ''Bleeker'']
*[http://www.bleekercomics.com/ ''Bleeker'' official site]

{{King Features Syndicate Comics}}

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[[Category:Gag-a-day comics]]
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Latest revision as of 16:41, 20 July 2024

Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog
Author(s)Jonathan Mahood
Current status/scheduleCurrent daily & Sunday strip
Launch date2006
Alternate name(s)Hoover: The Rechargeable Dog (2006–2007)
Syndicate(s)GoComics (2007–2011)
King Features Syndicate (2011–present)
Genre(s)Humor

Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog is a comic strip by Jonathan Mahood about ten-year-old Skip Smalls, his friend Lila, and Bleeker, his electronic dog. The strip is distributed by King Features Syndicate.

Publication history

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In July 2006, Mahood's comic strip began online as Hoover: The Rechargeable Dog. The strip was picked up by GoComics in 2007, and Mahood titled it Bleeker in honor of his grandfather's middle name.[1]

Originally syndicated by Andrews McMeel Universal's GoComics for four years, it moved to King Features on January 3, 2011. It is also available on King Features' DailyINK service.[2] It has been translated weekly for Germany's national weekly newspaper Die Zeit.

When the strip switched syndicates, it was relaunched, as detailed by Mahood:

This fresh start will be exactly that… on January 3rd 2011, Skip will meet Bleeker for the first time. The comic will restart from the beginning to allow new readers a chance to get to know the characters just as the characters themselves, get to know each other. To be clear, this doesn't mean I'm going to rerun 4 1/2 years of comics. That would be boring for longtime readers and also for me too! For the first month and a half I have reworked some introductory strips and added a bunch of new ones. I hope this brief introductory period will be fun for longtime fans as well. Knowing Bleeker's ineptitude for all things canine and Skip's ineptitude in general should make for an extra layer of fun with these early comics. Look for Karl, the angry robot vacuum cleaner, to make his first appearance early in the new year. It's not often you get a chance to start over, so for me it's been great to iron out some of those early wrinkles and know that moving forward, everything will fit together.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Bleeker' joins The Times-Tribune comics pages", The Times-Tribune, January 3, 2011.
  2. ^ DailyINK Archived June 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Mahood, Jonathan. "Hey, everyone, check out the new digs!", December 15, 2010. Archived July 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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