Girls & Sports
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Girls & Sports is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Justin Borus and Andrew Feinstein. It was initially created in 1997 and was published in various college newspapers until 2004 when Borus and Feinstein began self-syndicating the strip. It is currently distributed by Creators Syndicate.
History
Justin Borus and Andrew Feinstein created Girls & Sports in 1997 while studying abroad in Denmark. The strips were based on their own dating escapades.[1] When they returned to America, they began publishing Girls & Sports in their college newspapers, The Williams College Record and The Emory University Wheel. After college, Borus and Feinstein began marketing the comic to mainstream newspapers becoming the most widely syndicated independent comic strip in the country. The strip is now distributed by Creators Syndicate.[2]
Characters
Girls & Sports mainly centers on the dating lives of Bradley, Marhsall, and Lesbian John Travolta. Bradley is currently dating Joann but is not against going to the bar and hitting on other women although he remains loyal to Joann. Marshall is the perpetual single guy who listens to Bradley's advice even when it's against his better judgment. Joann, Bradley's girlfriend who thinks Marshall is a bad influence on Bradley.
Creators
Justin Borus is the Denver-born co-creator and co-writer of Girls & Sports. Borus graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics. After creating Girls & Sports with Andrew, Borus further developed and wrote the comic strip while running a student business called the Williams Upperclass Facebook, playing varsity football, and driving two hours every Sunday to the nearest sports bar to watch his favorite player John Elway, Former Quarterback of the Denver Broncos. He currently resides in Denver.
Andrew Feinstein, also born in Denver, is the artist, co-creator and co-writer of Girls & Sports. Prior to working on Girls & Sports full-time, Feinstein produced Looney Tunes cartoon shorts for Warner Bros.. Feinstein also supervised the development and production of 10 new cartoon properties through Warner Bros.. Cartoon Monsoon shorts program. Feinstein has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Emory University in Atlanta. While at Emory, Feinstein served as the editorial sports writer and sports cartoonist for The Emory Wheel and worked for Turner Sports during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. Feinstein currently splits his time between Los Angeles and Denver.
Books
Opening Lines, Pinky Probes and L-Bombs: The Girls & Sports Dating and Relationship Playbook (ISBN 1-59580-015-8) - published [October 28, 2006], is a humorous, in-depth look at the events and circumstances that confront singles in their everyday lives, including dating, "the bar scene," sports, working out, parties, and vacations. A wealth of advice is offered via charts, graphs, and pithy text boxes containing bylaws, truisms, and strategies.
Television Animation
Throughout the summer of 2008, Girls & Sports appeared as a series of animated short cartoons on Fox Sports Net's flagship late night talk show The Best Damn Sports Show Period.
References
Citations
See Also
- ESPN Cold Pizza Feature - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twLTDcnWpj0
- G4 Attack of the Show Feature - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzcO-ma0PIc&feature=channel_page
- Denver Business Journal - http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2007/07/30/story3.html
- Athens News - http://www.athensnews.com/girlsandsports.php
- Daily Cartoonist - http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2006/04/19/girls-and-sports-will-appear-on-espn2
- Editor & Publisher - http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001701211
- Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel - http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/living/11884495.htm
- Lawrence Journal-World - http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2005/jun/26/comic_change/
- Journal Gazette - http://www.jg-tc.com/articles/2007/01/11/features/features001.txt
- Emory University Goizeuta Magazine - http://www.goizuetamag.emory.edu/spring2001/pages/network3.html