Liberty Meadows
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Liberty Meadows is a syndicated comic strip created, written and illustrated by Frank Cho. It relates the comedic activities of the denizens of the titular animal sanctuary/rehabilitation clinic.
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Style
Cho freely mixes visual styles in the strip, drawing the majority of the cast like Walt Kelly's anthropomorphic animals, borrowing Dave Stevens's pin-up look for Brandy, and routinely throwing in savage musclemen, apes and dinosaurs in an elaborate homage to multiple illustrators, including Barry Windsor-Smith's work on Conan the Barbarian. He also uses frequent literary and visual references from sources ranging from Michaelangelo to the movie Deliverance to commercials for Crest toothpaste.
Characters
The humans
- Brandy Carter - A beautiful animal psychiatrist.
- Frank Mellish - A nerdy veterinarian. Frank is in love with Brandy but afraid to tell her.
- Julius - Owner of Liberty Meadows animal sanctuary and an avid fisherman.
- Jen - Brandy's roommate. A sexy rocket scientist who enjoys toying with men.
- Al - Owner of the local bar where many of the other characters hang out. An educated man who believes in numerous conspiracies.
- Tony - An accident prone maintenance man.
- Roger - Brandy's ex-fiancee who's trying to win her back.
- Mrs. Carter - Brandy's controlling, thoroughly malevolent mother. Mix one part Mrs. Robinson with three parts Angela Lansbury in The Manchurian Candidate. Hates Frank. Schemes constantly to fix Brandy up with Roger.
- Evil Brandy - Brandy's evil twin from a mirror universe. A megalomaniacal criminal mastermind.
- Alternate Frank / "Ace" - Frank's super-studly twin from a mirror universe. The most feared lawman in the world and Evil Brandy's arch-nemesis.
The animals
- Dean - A sexist pig with a drinking problem.
- Ralph - A midget circus bear with a perpetual squint and a penchant for inventing dangerous gadgets.
- Leslie - A dim-witted frog with hypochondria.
- Truman - A cute and naive young duck.
- Oscar - Truman's pet dachshund. The only animal in the strip who acts like an animal.
- The Cow - A psychotic villain. Suffers from Mad Cow Disease.
- Khan - The Biggest Catfish in the Tri-State Area, and Julius' constant nemesis.
- Mike - A raccoon with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
- Sheldon - A turtle who mostly serves as a filler character.
- Frank Cho, a/k/a "Monkey Boy" - Creator of the strip. Appears in the strip as a chimp to break the fourth wall.
External links
- Liberty Meadows' official site (http://www.libertymeadows.com)