From Motherlode:
… “Gil” is more “Baby Blues” than “Boondocks,” and while all comic strips are ultimately written for adults, it still serves the classic comic strip purpose of reflecting real life back through a much funnier lens. Some things are funny to all ages. For others, the question of why it’s funny offers a child a glimpse into the grown-up mind …
Read the rest on the NYT’s Motherlode blog.
If you missed it, above is the audio of my interview with Beth McDonald of “Beth & Friends” on KEZ 99.9 radio in Phoenix, AZ.
Today.com, the website of NBC’s Today Show posts an article about GIL!
From Today.com:
Nuclear families have dominated newspaper comics since the dawn of the Nuclear Age, from the warm and fuzzy world of “The Family Circus” to the tree-lined suburban home of “Dennis the Menace.” But a new comic is breaking that mold, reflecting an America where roughly half of marriages end in divorce.
The title character in “Gil,” a syndicated strip that launched last week in the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers, has a hard-working single mom and an underachieving dad he sees only on alternate weekends.
Not only that: He’s a bit plump, he doesn’t have all the latest toys, and he’s exactly not at the top of the grading curve (assigned a school report on “Favorite Hero,” Gil’s best friend chooses abolitionist Sojurner Truth; Gil picks Batman). But somehow he always manages to look on the bright side …
Read the rest of the story on Today.com.
