Shoe (comic strip)
Shoe is an American comic strip about a motley crew of newspapermen, all of whom are birds. It was written and drawn by its creator, cartoonist Jeff MacNelly, from September 13, 1977, until his death in 2000. MacNelly's last strip was dated July 9, 2000; it has since been continued by Chris Cassatt, Gary Brookins, Ben Lansing, and Susie MacNelly.
Shoe had its own monthly comic book in Norway for a six issues in 1987 under the name "Sjur", which consisted of reprints from newspapers. In 1989, Shoe was published again in Norway, under the name "Krax", appearing as an extra-feature in the Calvin and Hobbes magazine.
The strip won MacNelly the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award for the year 1979.
Characters and setting
Shoe deals with the day-to-day foibles of a group of newspaper employees and their families, all of whom are portrayed as anthropomorphized birds, in the fictional locale of Treetops, East Virginia. During hunting season, "hunting dogs" are occasionally featured.
Collections and reprints
The Very First Shoe Book AvonThe Other Shoe AvonShoe Extra Yaffa Publishing The New Shoe AvonOn with the Shoe! Holt, Rinehart & WinstonA Shoe for All Seasons HRWThe Shoe Must Go On HRWThe Greatest Shoe on Earth HRWOne Shoe Fits All HRWHow Many Next Years Do You Get in Baseball?: Shoe Goes to Wrigley Field Bonus BooksToo Old for Summer Camp and Too Young to Retire St. Martin's PressA Cigar Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry St. Martin's PressShake the Hand, Bite the Taco St. Martin's PressApply a Little Hardware to the Software Quark Prods.The Athletic Shoe St. Martin's PressOut to Lunch: A Brand New Shoe Tribune PublishingNew Shoes Contemporary BooksPlay Ball! All I Ever Learned I Forgot by the Third Inning TriumphFrom Couch Potato to Mouse Potato: Success Tips for the Technically Impaired Triumph27 Years of Shoe: World Ends at Ten, Details at Eleven Andrews McMeel