T.H.E. Fox is a furry comic strip by Joe Ekaitis which ran from 1986^[1][2] to 1998. It is one of the first online comics, beginning in the year after Witches and Stitches. T.H.E. Fox was published on CompuServe, Q-Link and GEnie,^[3] and later on the Web as Thaddeus.^[4]

Initial strips?consisting of one panel each?were drawn as pixel art on a C64 KoalaPad, first using KoalaPainter, then Advanced OCP Art Studio.^[3][5] Each panel had a resolution of 160x200 in sixteen colors (or 320x200 in eight), and took from two hours to half a day to complete.^[3] Later strips were inked, then scanned onto a PC and touched up with Paintbrush.^[3] Characters were typically presented in a single plane, though some strips used oblique or perspective projection.

The comic consisted almost entirely of gags; some concerned the characters' animal natures, but Ekaitis preferred to cover news and exaggerate events of everyday life.^[6][3] The main character?Thaddeus Horatio Eberhard, or simply Thaddeus Fox?was often seen interacting with his roommate, Bunnington Ellsworth Rabbit (Bunn E. Rabbit).^[3] Other regulars included Grizz Lee, M.D.; Wilt the Wolf; an unnamed coyote, and Thaddaeus' nephew, Ferdinand.^[3][7]

Thaddeus (in fursuit form) and his creator appeared on the Rapid T. Rabbit and Friends show several times, as well as in the Pasadena Doo Dah Parade.^{[8][9][10][11]} The comic was mentioned in the magazines .info and RUN,^[5][12] and was the subject of an interview by the Commodore 64/128 RoundTable.^[3] Thaddeus and Bunn also featured in editorial cartoons for the San Bernardino Sun regarding the O. J. Simpson murder case and the price of groceries,^[3][10] and appeared on the covers of Commodore journal Twin Cities 128 (TC-128).^[3]

Despite running weekly for several years, the comic never achieved Ekaitis' goal of print syndication.^[3] Updates became less frequent,^[10] and eventually petered out altogether.

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References

External links

• T.H.E. Fox in the GEnie Commodore File Library
• Thaddeus (archived at Internet Archive) the website for the web published comic strips.

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