He learned to rely on the friendship of some of other animals, including Myrtle DeHen, the ditzy secretary hen. In spite of being raised in captivity, he found himself in a series of odd predicaments arising from the confusion over his species. He soon ended up living at GMSA alongside the other animals who were regularly auditioned for a variety of public appearances, such as photos, movies, and television. Randy started his life in a pet shop, mistaken for a dog with an odd odor. Despite this, they often do things outside of normal animal anatomy, such as holding things with their paws, in a manner similar to the All Dogs Go to Heaven films and cartoons. The animal characters are anthropomorphic in the sense of having human language and intelligence, but are non-bipedal, effectively similar in anatomy to "normal" animals. Although the humans in the series are rarely seen, the animals know that it is to their owners that they owe their existence. Randy and the majority of his friends there are semi-retired animal actors. The comic takes place at the mythical Green Mountain Studio Animals (GMSA), a run-down farm in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. The strip won the Ursa Major Award for "Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip" for 2004 and again for 2005. The Carspeckens' contract with Plan Nine ended in September 2005, and the book is now out of print. ] A book based on the comic was published in October 2003 by Plan Nine Publishing, and while it sold well while it was in print, the book's run was plagued by printing and production problems and was frequently out of stock. The strips and various incarnations of the characters have appeared in newspapers, newsletters, fanzines, comic books, APAs, and art shows since then, but it wasn't until 2001 that they were organized into a coherent series, redrawn by the artists, although utilizing scripts that had been written in the 1980s. The central characters are the foxes Randy and Cindy.įaux Pas originally appeared in a different form in newspaper spot illustrations and one-panel gags in Boulder, Colorado in the late 1970s. The name is a play on the French phrase " faux pas" ( IPA|/fo pa/), a social blunder, reflecting the demeanour of the strip's characters. Status = Updates Monday, Wednesday, and Fridayįaux Pas (pronounced "fox paws" when referring to the strip, as opposed to the conventional pronunciation) is a comic strip created by Robert and Margaret Carspecken of R&M Creative Endeavors.
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