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''Maakies'' is a syndicated weekly comic strip by Tony Millionaire. It began publication in February 1994 in the ''New York Press''. It currently runs in many American alternative newsweeklies including ''The Stranger'', ''LA Weekly'' and ''Only''. It also appears in several international venues including the Italian comics magazine ''Linus'' and the Swedish comics magazine ''Rocky''. ==Characteristics== ''Maakies'' focuses on the darkly comic misadventures of Uncle Gabby (a "drunken Irish monkey"〔(LA Weekly – News – Give Me a Tall Ship and a Monkey to Steer Her By – Bill Smith – The Essential Online Resource for Los Angeles )〕) and Drinky Crow (a crow), two antiheroes with a propensity for drunkenness, violence, suicide, and venereal disease. According to Millionaire, "''Maakies'' is me spilling my guts... Writing and drawing about all the things that make me want to jump in the river, laughing at the horror of being alive."〔(Flak Magazine Interview )〕 ''Maakies'' strips typically take place in an early 19th-century nautical setting. There is rarely any continuity between strips. ''Maakies'' often includes visual references to historic works of art, especially to the popular graphic arts such as Japanese ''ukiyo-e'', European engravings, and early American newspaper comics. Like many early 20th century Sunday strips, each ''Maakies'' comic usually includes a second, smaller strip (known as a "topper") that runs along the bottom of the main strip. Tiny landscape drawings are interspersed between the panels of these strips. Also, a tugboat (referred to once as "the enigmatic Maakies tug") appears somewhere in the background of virtually every strip. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maakies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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