- Barkeater Lake
"Barkeater Lake" is an online
comic strip bycartoonist Corey Pandolph , originally published byUnited Media [ [http://preprod.unitedmedia.com/comics/barkeaterlake/html/about_comic.html United Media "Barkeater Lake" "About" page] ] [ [http://featurebank.acquiremedia.com/?title=Bio:Barkeater+Lake+Sunday United Media/United Feature Syndicate/Newspaper Enterprise Assn. Feature Bank] ] as part of its "GoComics"webcomics [ [http://gocomics.typepad.com/laughtracks/2007/04/new_comic_barke.html GoComics.com: "Laughs Tracks" - "New Comic: Barkeater Lake!"] ] from early 2004 [ [http://humor.about.com/b/2004/03/05/barkeater-lake.htm Mike Durrett, About.com Web Humor columnist, official blog] ] through January 5, 2007. [Originally scheduled through January 6: [http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2006/12/04/barkeater-lake-comes-to-end/ "The Daily Cartoonist", 'Barkeater Lake comes to end," by Alan Gardner, December 4, 2006] ] [ [http://www.drinkatwork.com/2007/01/for-6-barkeater-lake-fans.html DrinkAtWork.com January 8, 2007] ] Pandolph began publishing the online strip independently on January 22, 2007. [http://barkeaterlake.com BarkeaterLake.com] ]Pandolph has published two
trade paperback collections: "Welcome to Barkeater Lake" and "Escape from Barkeater Lake".About
The ensemble strip, taking place in the titular small
Adirondack Mountains town inNew York state, revolves around the surreal, picaresque misadventures of big-city expatriate Delores Tanzini, eccentric locals, and the two owner-proprietors of local gathering spot Chuck's Bar: Chuck, a formerOlympics bobsled contender and coach, and Banks, a jaded and eruditeanthropomorphic dog. Recurring characters include Delores' mother, the vodka-sipping evil mastermind Sabrina Tanzini; Sabrina's ex-husband and present butler, Winston; and what is eventually revealed, after several guest appearances, as hallucinations involving the fallen angelSatan , tired of his career and looking to settle down.Regulars in the strip have included Allen, a young, hapless pharmacist; and Jack, the principal at the local high school, where the attractive young Delores teachers
physical education and coaches the varsity football team.Corey Pandolph
Cartoonist Pandolph was born and raised in theAdirondack Mountains town ofSaranac Lake, New York . He and his wife, Kristen MacIntire Pandolph [http://www.amuniversal.com/ups/features/elderberries/bio.htm Universal Press Syndicate: "The Elderberries" - "Meet the Creator: Corey Pandolph"] ] moved toPortland, Maine in 1998; there Pandolph began illustrating for a localalternative newspaper and eventually sold "Barkeater Lake" to United Media. [http://preprod.unitedmedia.com/comics/barkeaterlake/html/about_author.html United Media: "Barkeater Lake" - about the author] ]Following "Barkeater Lake", Pandolph created the online and print-syndicated comic strips "TOBY: Robot Satan" a.k.a. "Toby", [ [http://www.gocomics.com/toby United Media's GoComics.com - "Toby"] ] and took over artist duties on "The Elderberries" from
Phil Frank . [ [http://www.amuniversal.com/ups/features/elderberries/index.htm Universal Press Syndicate: "Elderberries"] ] [ [http://www.gocomics.com/theelderberries United Media's GoComics.com - "The Elderberries"] ]In October 2005 Pandolph and fellow United Media cartoonist
Stephan Pastis ("Pearls Before Swine") auctioned signed original Sunday strips on eBay to raise money for victims ofHurricane Katrina . [ [http://www.comics.com/comics_update/1005.html United Media's Comics.com October 2005 "Strip Auctions for Katrina Relief"] ]References
External links
* [http://www.comics.com/comics_update/0404.html United Media Q&A with Corey Pandoloph]
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