Fisher (comic strip)

Fisher is a Canadian comic strip, which runs daily in The Globe and Mail. The strip, written and drawn by cartoonist Philip Street, first appeared in the Globe and Mail on June 26, 1992.

The strip's central character is Tom Fisher, an advertising copywriter. The other main characters are Fisher's housemates Alison, a former art student who currently draws her father's comic strip The Snugglebunnies, Ruth, a school teacher, and Eugene, a business consultant.

Tom and Alison married in June, 2002, and Ruth and Eugene followed suit in August. However, the four continue to share their household. Ruth and Eugene are an interracial couple; Ruth is black.

Recurring characters include Fisher's ad agency boss J. B. Mogul, Fisher's sister Marion and her husband Biff, and a panhandler/street poet named Homer whom the characters sometimes interact with on the street.

The strip often carries a layer of social commentary. Strips set in Fisher's workplace satirize office politics and corporate bureaucracy; strips set in Fisher's home are based around relationship humour similar to the sitcom Friends.

External Link

• Philip Street's homepage