| Loose Parts | |
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| Author(s) | Dave Blazek |
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| Current status/schedule | ongoing, daily |
| Launch date | April 20, 1998 |
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| Publisher(s) | Dave Blazek |
| Genre(s) | Gag, humor |
Loose Parts is a dailysingle-panelcomic strip byDave Blazek.[1] It is similar in tone, content, and style toGary Larson'sThe Far Side, involvingTheatre of the Absurd-style themes and characters.Loose Parts is currently syndicated byAndrews McMeel Syndication[2] and appears in newspapers across the country and overseas.
Loose Parts was nominated for Best Newspaper Panel Cartoon division award in the 2010National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards.[3] After being nominated an additional three more times,[4] it won the award in 2019,[4] repeating in 2020.[5][4]
Loose Parts began in 1998 as a collaborative effort between Dave Blazek (the writer) and John Gilpin (the illustrator). Both men worked in the marketing department atThe Philadelphia Inquirer andPhiladelphia Daily News.
The strip was originally syndicated by theLos Angeles Times Syndicate; it moved toTribune Media Services in late December 2000 whenTribune Publishing bought theLos Angeles Times.[6]
In 2001 Gilpin stopped drawing for the single-panel cartoon and Blazek took up those duties as well; he now writes and drawsLoose Parts.[7]
Blazek movedLoose Parts toThe Washington Post Writers Group (WPWG) starting with the September 25, 2014 cartoon.[6] In early 2022, the WPWG announced it was winding down its comic strip syndication service;[2] soon afterward, Blazek movedLoose Parts toAndrews McMeel Syndication.[8]
...joins 'Loose Parts' and 'Pickles' as stablemates since those two had moved from Washington Post Writers Group to Andrews McMeel earlier this year (June 1 and July 1 respectively).
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