CSotD: Conversations with Sally Forth
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For its first 17 years, Sally Forth was a bland little strip about Sally and her bland, generic husband Ted and their bland non-descript middle-school daughter Hilary. Then, in 1999, creator Greg Howard walked away from the strip, leaving the art in the hands of his established collaborator, Craig MacIntosh, and turning the writing over to Francesco Marciuliano. And the game was on.
Marciuliano has, since then, walked a fascinating line between keeping the strip family-friendly and mocking its suburban sensibility. His own work is raw and hilarious, definitely not safe for work. Sally is always safe for work. But Ces manages to break the fourth wall frequently, often with digs at Ted's personality, in ways that traditional family strip fans probably gloss over but that provide some extra humor on the comics page for those who are looking for it.
As one who used to despise the strip for its lame attempts at witty repartee, I've changed to a fan who loves to watch the class clown do his thing.
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