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''Slylock Fox & Comics for Kids'' is a daily comic strip created by Bob Weber Jr.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Slylock Fox & Comics. )〕 and published by King Features Syndicate. Bob Weber Jr. is the son of Bob Weber, Sr., creator of the comic strip ''Moose & Molly''. As the comic's name implies, the target audience is young children. According to the official website, ''Slylock Fox & Comics For Kids'' appears in nearly 400 newspapers with a combined readership of over 30 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Slylock Fox & Comics for Kids official website. )〕 ==Overview== ''Slylock Fox'' consists of a logic puzzle presented in a single panel. Slylock, an anthropomorphic fox detective, is constantly matching wits against a variety of criminals, including Count Weirdly, Shady Shrew and Slick Smitty. The characters typically do not speak. Instead, an omniscient narrator informs the reader of a problem Slylock must solve. These often include escaping from a dungeon, locating stolen goods, or determining who committed a crime through visual clues or logical inconsistencies. The puzzle solution is printed upside down. Slylock is assisted by sidekick Max Mouse. Max wears pink shorts and a matching bowler hat. He functions as Slylock's foil, being distracted at the crime scene or coming to a false conclusion, only to be corrected by Slylock. A varied cast of witnesses, victims, policemen and criminals fill in the rest of Slylock's world. These characters' names usually contain either some form of alliteration, a type of animal, a profession, or a personality trait. This allows Weber to quickly establish a scene and set up a mystery using very little space. Some notable examples include Deputy Duck, Roxy Rabbit, and Shady Shrew. Most of these characters are seen once and never again. Slylock's name is likely an homage to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Like Sherlock, Slylock is traditionally depicted with a magnifying glass and a blue deerstalker hat; also, he wears a blue suit and cape. The Slylock Fox logic puzzles appear only in Sunday and Monday strips. The Tuesday to Saturday strips consist of spot the difference puzzles, trivia challenges, how-to-draw tutorials, and other activities. The Sunday edition features both Slylock and the activities. Slylock Fox also has an iPhone game called "Slylock Fox Spot the Differences". The iPhone app provides children of all ages the ability to test their observation skills with fifty of Bob Weber Jr.'s favorite spot the differences puzzles. 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「Slylock Fox & Comics for Kids」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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