Urban Trash

Infobox Comic strip
title=Urban Trash


caption= The official logo, as seen on the website, as well as on Sunday strips.
creator=Jeremy Nell
current=
status=Retired, June 28, 2008
syndicate=independent
comictype=print
genre=Humor, Satire, Slapatick, Politics
first=March 14, 2005
last=

On May 28, 2008, Nell announced that he is retiring Urban Trash [ [http://trashmedia.co.za/2008/05/22/im-retiring-urban-trash/ I’m retiring Urban Trash. | Trash Media ] ] [ [http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/06/03/jeremy-nell-ends-strip-begins-the-biggish-five/ Jeremy Nell ends strip, begins ‘The Biggish Five’ » The Daily Cartoonist ] ] [ [http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/39/25001.html New comic strip for The Big Issue ] ] [ [http://www.zoopy.com/video/detail/id/9737/ Zoopy | Videos | Interview with cartoonist Jeremy Nell (03:10) ] ] .

Urban Trash [The comic strip's tagline is a play on the Afrikaans word "kak", which means "shit".] is a satirical South African comic strip created by Jeremy Nell, originating on 14 March 2005. It focuses on the exploits of urban street life in and around South Africa, and features a regular cast of characters, and is regularly published across South Africa [Urban Trash is displayed on the front pages of the following news websites: [http://www.capeargus.co.za Cape Argus] , [http://www.dailynews.co.za Daily News] , [http://www.thepost.co.za Post] , [http://www.pretorianews.co.za Pretoria News] , [http://www.themercury.co.za The Mercury] , [http://www.thestar.co.za The Star] , [http://www.iol.co.za IOL] ] [Urban Trash is regularly printed in [http://www.thetimes The Times] , [http://www.bigissue.org.za/ The Big Issue] , and the [http://www.witness.co.za Witness] ] , and in parts of Namibia [ [http://www.bigissue.com.na/ Urban Trash is regularly published in The Big Issue (Namibia)] ] and England [ [http://www.southafrican.co.uk/aboutus.aspx Urban Trash is regularly published in the South African] ] .

Urban Trash appears daily from Monday to Saturday, and one Sunday strip per month is created.

Urban Trash

Style

Urban Trash is predominantly gag-a-day humour, containing ongoing themes such as corruption, violence, drugs, and politics.

Main characters

* Frank: An entrepreneur involved in any financial venture, with almost always less-than-successful results.
* Frik: An uncultured, highly-strung alcoholic. Frik lives in, and works from, a caravan, selling fast food and such.
* Officer Koos: A corrupt and fairly incompetent police officer. Speaks with an Afrikaner accent.
* Africa: A petrol pump attendant stemming from a gang-infested background, and the uncle of the Urban Trash character Lightie.
* Christmas: A incompetent minibus taxi driver.
*Lightie: The drug-addicted nephew of Urban Trash character Africa.
*Ravi: A store owner, known for his desire to profit as much as possible.
*Melanie: Melanie (pronounced "mel-ar-nee") is a school teacher; Frik's romantic counterpart; and the only female character in the Urban Trash line-up.
*The Captain: Officer Koos' captain at the police station, whose desk is only ever visible to the reader, and known only as "Captain".

Publishing

There are no Urban Trash books yet.

Links

* [http://www.zoopy.com/video/detail/id/6281 Jeremy Nell speaking at a social media conference, PodCamp, in 2007] .
* [http://www.zoopy.com/video_2591_Meet_the_cartoonist_Jeremy_Nell.html An interview with Nell, conducted by Zoopy.com during August 2007]
* [http://www.urbantrash.co.za The official Urban Trash website]
* [http://www.news24.com/News24/Gallery/Home/0,6178,galleries-1-2927,00.html Urban Trash on News24]
* [http://entertainment.iafrica.com/comics/ Urban Trash on iafrica.com]
* [http://www.thewebcomiclist.com/p/3427/urban-trash Urban Trash at The Webcomic List]
* [http://www.cartoonist.co.za/jeremynell.htm Nell's profile at Cartoonist.co.za]
* [http://gallery.iol.co.za/v/cartoons/ Urban Trash on IOL]
* [http://sarocks.co.za/2007/11/16/the-king-of-kak-talks-to-sa-rocks/ An interview with a popular South African blog, SA Rocks]
* [http://wwwv2.zoopy.com/video/detail/id/6511/ Zoopy.com awarding an Urban Trash reader with a Nintendo Wii game console, on behalf of Nell.]
* [http://www.witness.co.za/?showcontent&global%5b_id%5d=2154 The SPCA condemns an Urban Trash cartoon]

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