Gil creator Norm Feuti explores fertile ground in new comic! (Interview)

Created and drawn by Norm Feuti, Gil is a comic strip centered around a chunky 8-year-old boy whose parents are divorced. It's a thoroughly modern take on family life that is drawn in classic comics style with a totally 2012 voice.

Gil struggles with school and his appetite. His 1960s-style mom --complete with polka-dot kerchief always holding back her hair -- balances the demands of being a single parent with sustaining a career. Dumping Gil's slovenly dad -- who the boy only sees on alternate weekends -- was the smartest thing she ever did. Oh, and did I mention that Gil's best friend, Sandra, is also the product of a broken home?

Maybe it doesn't sound like comedy gold the way I described it, but there is definitely a market for its style, tone and jokes. If Charles Schulz was starting out today, I suspect there would be threads of "Gil" in "Peanuts."

One other interesting note about "Gil." The strip actually started in 2008 as a web-only comic. Feuti abandoned it after about a year and a half before taking a second, successful run at print syndication in 2011.

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