Carpe Diem (comic strip)
| Carpe Diem | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Niklas Eriksson |
| Current status/schedule | ongoing, daily[1] |
| Launch date | (with King Features) May 4, 2015 |
| Syndicate(s) | King Features Syndicate |
| Genre(s) | Gag, humor |
Carpe Diem is a gag panel comic strip by Swedish cartoonist Niklas Eriksson, syndicated by King Features. "Inspired by Gary Larson's The Far Side and Dan Piraro's Bizarro , Carpe Diem takes timeless situations that happen in daily life and spin them on their head, casting them anywhere from the dawn of the universe to modern-day couch potatoes, and every day in-between."[2]
Publication history
[edit ]Carpe Diem was launched in c. 2007, winning "the Pondus Award, Sweden’s biggest comic prize, in 2008. Since that time the strip has been distributed throughout Scandinavia."[3]
Carpe Diem began being syndicated by King Features in May 2015, with it landing in 80 newspapers, an impressive debut figure given the shrinkage in the newspaper industry.[2]
References
[edit ]- ^ Tribune Staff (Dec 1, 2015). "New comic strip, Carpe Diem, runs seven days a week". Great Falls Tribune .
- ^ a b Tornoe, Rob (13 July 2013). "Digital Funnies". Editor & Publisher . Archived from the original on 15 July 2015.
- ^ "NEW DAILY COMIC STRIP, SWEDISH IMPORT "CARPE DIEM," SET TO TAKE THE STATES BY STORM" (Press release). King Features. May 1, 2015.
External links
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