Clear Blue Water
Encyclopedia
Clear Blue Water is an American
comic strip
written by Karen Montague-Reyes, formerly in print syndication
to newspapers and now a webcomic
. The phrase "clear blue water" in this case comes from the world of politics
. It describes the ideological divide between two political parties.
The strip focuses on Eve Merriwether-Torres and her husband, Manny Torres, and their daily discussions and encounters of religion, politics, sex, and bizarre pop culture in their home state of Florida
. One notable recurring storyline involves their son Seth, who is autistic. Eve and Manny's other children are Ivy, Owen, and twins Iris and Maizy.
The comic occasionally delves into self-reference
, such as strips in which the characters discuss renegotiating their contracts in order to be drawn more attractively.
It was carried by the Universal Press Syndicate
from May 3, 2004 until September 28, 2008. On October 17, 2008, the strip re-appeared at the author's own web site, http://karenmontaguereyes.com/.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
written by Karen Montague-Reyes, formerly in print syndication
Print syndication
Print syndication distributes news articles, columns, comic strips and other features to newspapers, magazines and websites. They offer reprint rights and grant permissions to other parties for republishing content of which they own/represent copyrights....
to newspapers and now a webcomic
Webcomic
Webcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are comics published on a website. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers or often in self-published books....
. The phrase "clear blue water" in this case comes from the world of politics
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
. It describes the ideological divide between two political parties.
The strip focuses on Eve Merriwether-Torres and her husband, Manny Torres, and their daily discussions and encounters of religion, politics, sex, and bizarre pop culture in their home state of Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. One notable recurring storyline involves their son Seth, who is autistic. Eve and Manny's other children are Ivy, Owen, and twins Iris and Maizy.
The comic occasionally delves into self-reference
Self-reference
Self-reference occurs in natural or formal languages when a sentence or formula refers to itself. The reference may be expressed either directly—through some intermediate sentence or formula—or by means of some encoding...
, such as strips in which the characters discuss renegotiating their contracts in order to be drawn more attractively.
It was carried by the Universal Press Syndicate
Universal Press Syndicate
Universal Press Syndicate, a subsidiary of Andrews McMeel Universal, is the world's largest independent press syndicate. It distributes lifestyle and opinion columns, comic strips and other content. Popular columns include Dear Abby, Ann Coulter, Roger Ebert and News of the Weird...
from May 3, 2004 until September 28, 2008. On October 17, 2008, the strip re-appeared at the author's own web site, http://karenmontaguereyes.com/.