Monroe (comic strip)

Monroe was an American comic strip which appeared exclusively in Mad Magazine.[1]

The strip was first published in "Mad" in their April 1997 issue, #356.[2] Originally "Monroe" was a pure black-and-white comic strip, written by Tony Barbieri and originally drawn by Bill Wray.[3] In April 2006 [4] Wray left the magazine and the strip was continued from October 2006 on by Tom Fowler.[5] Barbieri still wrote the scripts, occasionally assisted by Ryan Flanders. The last "Monroe" strip was published in issue #502, January 2010.[6]

Concept

Monroe is a teenage boy with two antennae-like hairs on his otherwise bald head. Originally he was a preteen, but as the series progressed he became a teenager. Most gags center around Monroe failing to impress his schoolmates, the girls he adores and/or his parents. He often ends up being mocked or even beaten up by the local bullies. The style of humor can be described as black comedy and gross-out humor.[7]

Characters

Sources

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