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`Funky Winkerbean' Character to Die- Despite e-mails from readers asking him to save her, "Funky Winkerbean" creator Tom Batiuk says the comic strip character Lisa Moore will succumb to breast cancer.
Batiuk, 60, himself a cancer survivor, said the miracle some readers are hoping for won't happen.
The King Features strip, which is published in about 400 newspapers, will chronicle Lisa's experience through October. It is written and drawn by Batiuk in his workshop above his home's garage in this Cleveland suburb.
"Funky Winkerbean" started in 1972 and at first focused on gags about teenagers at the imaginary Westview High School.
Over the years, Batiuk has used it to explore sensitive topics such as dyslexia and teen suicide. Lisa was first introduced in the early 1980s as a high school student who became pregnant without being married.
The strip has chronicled her often determined and whimsical approach to life's challenges. She was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999 and underwent a mastectomy and chemotherapy. The story line resulted in a book, "Lisa's Story."
Batiuk returned to the story line in April 2006 after he had undergone successful treatment for prostate cancer three years earlier. He said it gave him new insight into the disease. He said he knew what was going through Lisa's mind, because all those dark thoughts crossed his.
Last year, Batiuk completed the Lisa saga now running in the papers. He has moved on to a different story arc, one that shows what happens to the "Funky Winkerbean" characters a decade after Lisa's death.
He laughed at what he knows is coming in the lives of his characters.
Lisa must die, leaving behind her husband, Les, and a daughter.
"To me, there is a miracle in Lisa's story," Batiuk said. "It's not that much of a downer. It's a hopeful story, because it shows how a loving couple treats each other under all circumstances."
Geez. Remember when comic strips were, I dunno....funny?
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I'm gay too..did I mention I'm gay.....and Greek.
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Hoo hoo! Funky Winkerbean is rippin' me off!
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PS: Calvin & Hobbes is still the greatest comic strip EVAR!
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Yeah, FBOW is another one.
These day they might as well run nothing but "Mary Worth," "Rex Morgan MD" and "Mark Trail"
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Garfield is the last pussy I got
Sincerely,
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I like incest.
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Old men, fear me! You will shatter under my ruthless apathetic assault!
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Wah, huh? An incest storyline? WTF is that about?
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Garfield has become too depressing for me.
Poor cat doesn't even have the drive to kill mice anymore.
You, um, forgot to switch to your beardguy alt there.
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The only comic I read is Get Fuzzy.I love gay humor.
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Knutreturns said: Spoken like the true Greatest RDCW Champ!
All hail King Snarf!
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I still like Dennis..even though my man is dead. Winkerbean is stoopid....
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The only comic I read is Get Fuzzy.I love gay humor. tell us something we don't know!
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PS: Calvin & Hobbes is still the greatest comic strip EVAR! Pre-Pubescent schizophrenia for the win.
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PS: Calvin & Hobbes is still the greatest comic strip EVAR! Pre-Pubescent schizophrenia for the win. Yup.
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Oderint, dum metuant.
You are a god damned idiot, you know that? You ought to be smacked upside your dumb-fuck head, even after all these years. Shame on you! -USCHI showin' some love
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[quote=Joe Mama]Hoo hoo! Funky Winkerbean is rippin' me off!
Sincerely,
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PS: Calvin & Hobbes is still the greatest comic strip EVAR! [/quote]
I agree with you on that. I saved a few years worth of Calvin and Hobbes cartoon strips.
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Garfield has become too depressing for me.
Poor cat doesn't even have the drive to kill mice anymore.
You, um, forgot to switch to your beardguy alt there. 
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