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''Tumbleweeds'' is a Comic Strip drawn by Tom K. Ryan (who signs the strip "T. K. Ryan"), set in the "Old West". Begun in 1965 , it was widely syndicated during the 1970s . It is probably best-known today for the fact that Jim Davis , creative force behind '' Garfield '', was at one time Ryan's assistant on the strip while simultaneously developing another comic strip called '' Gnorm Gnat ''.


OVERVIEW


Tumbleweeds is set in and around the town of Grimy Gulch, in an unspecified Western territory. Other locations include the nearby village of the '''Poohawk''' tribe of Native American s, and the US Army Outpost Fort Ridiculous, which is manned by the 6 7/8 Cavalry.

Characters in the strip include:

  • Tumbleweeds, a Cowboy .

  • Epic, Tumbleweed's toothless, alcoholic, plug-chewing horse.

  • Ace, a professional Gambler .

  • Judge Horatio Curmudgeon Frump, magistrate of Grimy Gulch.

  • The Sheriff

  • Deputy Knuckles

  • Hildegarde Hamhocker, the town's only woman, trying to snag Tumbleweeds as a husband

  • Echo, an orphan girl

  • Claude Clay, the town's undertaker

  • Wart Wimble, a gravedigger

  • Blackie, a saloonkeeper

  • Soppy Sopwell, the town drunk

  • Grover Galley, editor of the Desert Denouncer newspaper

  • Percy, newsboy and copyboy for the Denouncer

  • Dewlap, local cattle rancher

  • Snake-Eye McFoul, an Outlaw

  • Snookie, Snake-Eye's little brother

  • Colonel G. Armageddon Fluster, commander of the 6 7/8 Cavalry and Fort Ridiculous

  • The Poohawk Chief, forever lamenting his tribe's pathetic standing

  • Little Pigeon, the Poohawk chief's daughter

  • Limpid Lizard, a klutzy Poohawk and suitor to Little Pigeon

  • Lotsa Luck, a very rich Poohawk (depicted for years as Mute and communicating by writing notes)

  • The Poohawk Medicine Man

  • Screaming Flea, the smallest Poohawk (formerly speaking in ornate word balloons)

  • Bucolic Buffalo, the biggest, strongest Poohawk (but not very smart)


There is a musical play based on the strip.

''Tumbleweeds'' is also the title of two Motion Pictures :
# 1925 - '' Tumbleweeds (1925 Film) '' directed by King Baggot and starring William S. Hart .
# 1999 - '' Tumbleweeds (1999 Film) '' starring Janet McTeer .


REFERENCES

  • Strickler, Dave. ''Syndicated Comic Strips and Artists, 1924-1995: The Complete Index.'' Cambria, CA: Comics Access, 1995. ISBN 0-9700077-0-1.



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