The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee
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| The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee | |
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 Edison Lee and his assistant Joules |
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| Author(s) | John Hambrock |
| Website | The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee |
| Current status / schedule | Running |
| Launch date | 2006-11-12 |
| Syndicate(s) | King Features Syndicate |
The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee is a popular comic strip created by John Hambrock, appearing first on 12 November 2006 [1]. It is a syndicated comic strip distributed by King Features Syndicate. While this cartoon is about a ten year old boy Edison Lee, it is unusual in the sense that it is more like a political cartoon, with the character Edison constantly speaking about the US political, and economic situation [2]. The strip celebrated its first anniversary on 12 November 2007.
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[edit] The Characters
The strip stars Edison Lee; his family; and his friend and assistant, a talking rat [3]. There are no other characters who directly interact in this strip, except side characters like those they mostly meet at a supermarket and the hospital.
[edit] Edison Lee
Edison Lee is an extremely smart ten-year-old boy. His is obsessed with US politics and creates many inventions which directly relate to the current state of affairs in the US.
[edit] Don Lee
Don is Edison’s father. While he seems flumuxed at times about Edison's musings, he does put his son down firmly when he comes to him with unlikely demands.
[edit] Carol Lee
Carol is Edison's mother. She is an educator and is the stable member of the family, constantly agreeing with the statements her son makes.
[edit] Orville Lee
Orville is Edison’s paternal grandfather. He is retired and loves to eat junk food and watch TV. Any mention of healthy food and good health in general falls on deaf years.
[edit] Joules
Joules is Edison’s lab assistant, a talking rat. He only appears when Edison is conjuring up a new invention, board game, or scheme in his laboratory.
[edit] Style
The strip is drawn in great detail and appears in colour. Items like computers, cars, and other props required in a cartoon strip are presented as close to reality as possible. While much of the characters lives revolve inside their house, they are frequently shown outside. Gazing at the heavens in a few strips, travelling into the woods, shopping at a mall, buying medicines at a pharmacy and visiting the doctor. The 20 November 2007 strip had a reference to the Wikipedia. (See Wikipedia in culture)
There is little serialisation as in strips like Retail or Sherman's Lagoon where the story runs for a week or more. Here the story generally runs on a day to day basis only.
The daily strip usually runs to four panels, with three panels appearing on some occasions. The Sunday strip is a two tiered format with a large logo panel appearing on the left of the strip.
[edit] References
- ^ THE BRILLIANT MIND OF EDISON LEE” SET TO LAUNCH IN NEWSPAPERS. Daily Cartoonist. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
- ^ Preview of Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee. Cartooning.it. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
- ^ About Edison Lee. Edison Lee.net. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
