Home and Away (comic strip)
Home and Away | |
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![]() The Szwyks from Home and Away. | |
Author(s) | Steve Sicula |
Current status/schedule | concluded, daily |
Launch date | 2003 |
End date | August 2015 |
Syndicate(s) | The Washington Post Writers Group |
Genre(s) | Humor Family |
Home and Away was a comic strip written and drawn by Steve Sicula.[1] It was syndicated nationally by the Washington Post Writers Group from 2003 to 2015.
History[]
Sicula created Home and Away around age 40, after four or five of his other comic strips were rejected by publishers.[2] The comic strip began in 2003 and ceased publication in August 2015.[3][4]
Characters and story[]
The strip is about the Szwyk family. Sam, the father, is a remote worker who is also in charge of homemaking, which he does with varying degrees of success. Sandy, the mother, is a successful saleswoman who is always on the go and trying to balance her personal and professional lives. Their two children, Karen and Timmy, are just as busy as their parents and, for better or worse, have picked up their parents' habits.
References[]
- ^ Gardner, Alan (April 1, 2008). "WPWG TO LAUNCH "HOME AND AWAY"". Daily Cartoonist.
- ^ BONFIGLIO, JEREMY D. (June 21, 2009). "New comic strip offers slice of creator's own life". The Herald-Palladium.
- ^ "Home and Away strip". Andrews McMeel Universal.
- ^ Gardner, Alan (August 11, 2015). "Steve Sicula brings Home and Away to an end]". Daily Cartoonist.
External links[]
- Home and Away at GoComics
- 2003 comics debuts
- 2015 comics endings
- American comic strips
- Comics about married people
- Comics set in the United States
- Gag-a-day comics
- Slice of life comics
- Comic strip stubs