Open Season (comic)
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Open Season is a comic book
series created by cartoonist
Jim Bricker. Six issues were published by Renegade Press
and one issue by Strawberry Jam Comics
from 1986 to 1989.
Open Season concerned the lives of three roommates living in the San Francisco Bay Area
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The three roommates live very different lifestyles and don't particularly like each other. Hence the title of the series.
Published in black-and-white, Bricker's style was more akin to those of comic strip
s than mainstream American
superhero
comics. The series was generally played for humor, but it core were its well-defined characters, whose problems often resulted in moments of profound pathos.
A stage play based on the series was produced in 1989.
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
series created by cartoonist
Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...
Jim Bricker. Six issues were published by Renegade Press
Renegade Press
Renegade Press was an American comic book company, founded by Canadian Deni Loubert, that operated from 1984 to 1988. Notable titles published by Renegade include Flaming Carrot, Ms...
and one issue by Strawberry Jam Comics
Strawberry Jam Comics
Strawberry Jam Comics was a Canadian publisher of comic books during the black-and-white comics boom of the mid and late 1980s. Inspired by the creative success of Dave Sim's Cerebus the Aardvark, founders paul Stockton and Derek McCulloch launched Strawberry Jam with the publication of To Be...
from 1986 to 1989.
Open Season concerned the lives of three roommates living in the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
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reporter. - Cliff is a former fraternityFraternities and sororitiesFraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. In Latin, the term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities in the United States, although it is also applied to analogous European groups also known as corporations...
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manager.
The three roommates live very different lifestyles and don't particularly like each other. Hence the title of the series.
Published in black-and-white, Bricker's style was more akin to those of 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....
s than mainstream American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
superhero
Superhero
A superhero is a type of stock character, possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers", dedicated to protecting the public. Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes — ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas —...
comics. The series was generally played for humor, but it core were its well-defined characters, whose problems often resulted in moments of profound pathos.
A stage play based on the series was produced in 1989.