Web Comic Makes Its Debut

Posted Thursday, May 4, 2006 12:00 am

By: E&P Staff Larry Levine launched his new Web comic strip today on ComicsSherpa.com, the site for "undiscovered" comics.

The 2003-launched site is a service of uComics.com, which -- like Universal Press Syndicate and the uClick online syndicate -- is part of Andrews McMeel Universal.

Levine's daily and Sunday strip is called "AW PRUNES!" Characters include seven-year-old Dewey Jones, his friend Lynne, his sister's cat Meowy, and a mouse named Twinkle.

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