KEVIN AND KELL

'''Kevin and Kell''' is an anthropomorphic animal comic strip, by syndicated cartoonist Bill Holbrook, and is one of the oldest continuously-running webcomic. The strip began on September 3 1995. The strip centers on the marriage of Kevin, the rabbit, to Kell, the wolf.

Contents

About the strip

Characters

Places of note

Storyline

Books

References

External links

Kevin and Kell comics online

Other resources

About the strip

''Kevin and Kell'' takes place in a town known as Domain, populated entirely by animals. The primary characters are Kevin, a rabbit, married to Kell, a wolf. In a human-like society, they have many animal features. They identify one another by scent, have class distinctions such as "predators," "herbivores," "insectivores, "nocturnal," etc. There is even a "Wild" where civilized animals can leave civilization and act like animals, walking on all fours and not wearing clothing. Predation is central to strips, and many jokes are made about it being extremely commonplace. Humans are from an alternate Domain, referred to as creatures with no natural defenses. Most people believe that they are fictional creatures, but Ralph and Martha Dewclaw, and a few others, discover they are real. The series features jokes on a wide variety of topics. Many draw humorous parallels between its world and ours; for example, in a recent storyline, a professor is found to have falsified his cloning research. In addition to some sports, society, class-snobbery, school and office-related jokes, it features many technological jokes.
In 2000, the strip began running in color. It is coloured by husband and wife team Terrence Marks and Isabel Marks, also online cartoonists, with features titled Spare Parts, Namir Deiter and You Say It First.
''Kevin and Kell'' has been considered for an animated television series.^[1] A role-playing game was released in July of 2005.^[2] The series is also available in printed editions published by Plan 9 Publishing.
After winning a contest where several new comics were considered (both syndicated and on-line) and voted on by readers, ''Kevin and Kell'' appears daily in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper.

Characters

Main articles: List of Characters in Kevin and Kell

The strip's main cast focuses on the Dewclaws, a blended family as a result of an interspecies marriage.

★ Kevin Dewclaw: A rabbit in charge of an Internet Service Provider who is Kell's husband.

★ Kell Dewclaw: A staff predator for Herd Thinners and Kevin's wife.

★ Lindesfarne Dewclaw: A hedgehog adopted by Kevin during his first marriage, who is an excellent student and scientist.

★ Rudy Dewclaw: Kell's son from her marriage with Randy Foxglove, who is talented in art and hunting.

★ Coney Dewclaw: Kevin and Kell's daughter, a carnivorous rabbit with a voracious appetite.

Places of note

This comic is set in a world of animals, who despite being civilized, act out their roles as predator and prey. Kevin, Kell, and most of the other major characters live in the city of “Domain”, which is roughly analogous to Atlanta, where Bill Holbrook lives. The exact address of the family (8888 Nail Dr., Domain, BH 30655) has a ZIP code which is analogous with the real-life town of Monroe, Georgia, 30 miles east of Atlanta. ^[3] In addition, Dorothy Kindle's location in The Wild was listed as 84.16°W, 34.02°N, which is the exact location of the intersection of Peachtree Industrial Blvd. NW and Abbotts Bridge Blvd. in Duluth, Georgia, to the northeast of Atlanta.

Storyline

Main articles: Storyline of Kevin and Kell

Books

★ ''Kevin & Kell, volume 1: Quest for Content'' ISBN 0-9660676-0-6

★ ''Kevin & Kell, volume 2: Seen Anything Unusual?'' ISBN 0-9660676-1-4

★ ''Kevin & Kell, volume 3: Accepting Domestication'' ISBN 0-9660676-6-5

★ ''Kevin & Kell, volume 4: Run Free!'' ISBN 0-9660676-9-X

★ ''Kevin & Kell, volume 5: For the Birds'' ISBN 1-929462-18-2

★ ''Kevin & Kell, volume 6: Election Night Fever'' ISBN 1-929462-29-8

★ ''Kevin & Kell, volume 7: Booth Bunnies'' ISBN 1-929462-26-3

★ ''Kevin & Kell, volume 8: Carrots & Sticks'' (Hardcover & Softcover) ISBN 1-929462-30-1

★ ''Kevin & Kell, volume 9: Straight Outta Computers '' (Hardcover & Softcover)

★ ''Kevin & Kell, volume 10: Oh, the Humanity''

★ ''Kevin & Kell, volume 11: Iron Rabbit''

★ ''Kevin & Kell, volume 12: Yo Momma''

References

1. Unoffical ''Kevin and Kell'' FAQ "Is there any chance of an Animated K&K Television series?", written by John Reynolds. Accessed 8 July, 2007.
2. Comstar Games ''Kevin And Kell The Roleplaying Game''. Created 5 August, 2006. Accessed 8 July, 2007.
3. ''Kevin and Kell'' "Re-entry. Dorothy applies for civilization." Written and Drawn by Bill Holbrook on 12 March, 2006. Accessed 8 July, 2007.

External links

Kevin and Kell comics online

''Kevin and Kell'' is published in three primary locations. All contain an archive of the
entire strip:

★ Herd Thinners Inc. — Referring to the fictional company. The first Internet site to syndicate Kevin and Kell (original updates were via a CompuServe forum), this site also was the original host of the mailing list and IRC channel (now moved to other sites). It updates at about 11:00 EST every night.

★ Kevin and Kell.com — The "pretty" site for Kevin and Kell, it features several "extras" such as additional images (Sunday strips once run in Boardwatch Magazine) and related material, such as what happened on the current day in the early series (typically up to 1998). It updates shortly after midnight, EST, every night. This is usually given as the official site of the comic strip.

★ Kevin und Kell.de — A German translation of Kevin and Kell. The site went on-line in 1999, beginning with the very first strips. Kevinundkell.de has been playing catch-up ever since. It features daily updates from Monday to Friday. Currently, the site is serializing the 2005 strips.

Other resources

★ Plan 9 Publishing publishes the Kevin and Kell books.

★ The first strip in the series is available.

★ A mostly unofficial FAQ exists.

★ There is a mailing list for the Kevin and Kell community.

★ The Virtual Quill is a fictional blog run by Lindesfarne. There are many topics which cross over between Domain and our world.

★ A role-playing game based on the strip has been published by Comstar Media.