Two Lumps

Two Lumps

Infobox webcomic|
title = Two Lumps


caption = A sample strip from Two Lumps
author = James L. Grant and Mel Hynes
url = http://www.twolumps.net
status = Updating every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
began = March 16 2004.
ended =
genre = Comedy
ratings =

Two Lumps - The Adventures of Ebenezer and Snooch is a webcomic which is drawn and written by James L. Grant and Mel Hynes. The first strip appeared on March 16 2004.

The comic is currently hosted on Keenspot.

Cast

The main characters are a pair of sibling Russian Blue cats named Ebenezer (a.k.a. Eben or Benny) and Snooch. The strip is invariably written from their point of view. Other characters make occasional appearances: Grant himself appeared in the second strip (in a parody of Garfield's debut), and Hynes herself appears - or her legs do at any rate - with some regularity as the owner (or "Mom") of Ebenezer and Snooch, mirroring reality to some degree. The cats don't talk as such, but communicate by means of thought bubbles, facial expressions, and tail-twitching.

Ebenezer is the smart one. He is often portrayed deep in thought, doing complicated mathematical equations in his head, or pretending to be an Indiana Jones-type explorer, and usually frustrated by his less-intelligent brother. Eben's personality is sarcastic and snarky, usually playing the straight cat to Snooch's blundering buffoonery. He occasionally breaks the Fourth wall.

Snooch is obese, clumsy, and not very bright. When danger threatens him or his brother, he is utterly fearless, bordering on psychotic (which side of that border is left up to the reader). He comes up with compelling reasons for why cats do the things they do, such as the Two A.M. Crazies (well known to any cat owner).

Technical

The strip is hand-drawn and done almost exclusively in greyscale, and varies between one-shot gags and story arcs. Eben and Snooch's real-life counterparts (Raistlin and Caramon) provide most of the inspiration. The strip is updated every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Publication history

*"I Would Lick It For Hours: Two Lumps-Year One" (November 2007) Danville, California: StoneGarden. 180 p. ISBN 1-60076-119-4
*"We Must Be Gods: Two Lumps-Year Two" (September 2008) Danville, California: StoneGarden. 164 p. ISBN 1-60076-094-5

External links

* [http://www.twolumps.net Two Lumps website]
* [http://www.keencast.com/podcasts/keencast_20060327_008.mp3 Keencast Interview]
* [http://comixpedia.com/taking_their_lumps_eric_burns_interviews_j_grant_and_mel_hynes Comixpedia Interview with Eric Burns]
* [http://www.digitalstrips.com/2005/01/podcast-digital-strips-show-1.html Digital Strips Podcast Review]
* [http://www.ursamajorawards.org/RL2005.htm Ursa Major Awards:] 2005 Recommended Anthropomorphic Comic Strips


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