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''Wally and Osborne'', formerly titled ''On the Rocks'', is a humor webcomic by Tyler Martin. It was launched on July 4, 2005. The first strip is dated June 27 because Martin launched the site with a week's backlog of strips. The setting is Antarctica, where Wallace "Wally" Fitzgerald McGillicutty, the displaced polar bear, and his long-suffering friend Osborne, an adelie penguin (the spelling was later changed to Osborne from Osbourne, as reflected in the new title), have lots of comic misadventures. It is not clear how or why Wally, an Arctic polar bear, ended up in Antarctica, although Osborne suggested it might be due to bipolar disorder. The comic uses a newspaper-style format with occasional bigger "Sunday strips". It is in color with a limited palette consisting of flat areas of black, white, blue and orange. This color scheme was followed through in the original website design. Martin accompanies the strip with short text pieces and photos explaining the real-life aspects of Antarctic life that inspire the strip. The box gives real-life weather updates for the Antarctic Peninsula. On July 3, 2006, to mark the strip's first anniversary, Martin relaunched the site with a new URL, design and title, ''Wally and Osborne'',〔 on the grounds that ''On the Rocks'' was too generic a phrase. The site's original design, including the original title logo, is still available on the site as an alternative theme. The original title temporarily continued to appear on the comic's syndicated appearances (see below) until 2008, when the comic on the website came to an end. Martin has released few details as of to why. On September 3, 2015, 7 years after the last update, Martin announced via a new patreon page that he was returning to continue the series, with new installments every Monday. ==Characters== * Wallace "Wally" Fitzgerald McGillicutty〔"(Quest for the Beak )" Wallpaper, ''Wally and Osborne''〕 is a polar bear who always wears an orange scarf. Wally is upbeat, easygoing, and unintelligent. Wally wears a pair of gray briefs that can only be seen when he removes his scarf.〔"(Global Warming )," ''Wally and Osborne''〕 Wally has a "superhero" costume called "Super Wally," consisting of his underwear and a potato sack used as a cape.〔"(Quest for the Beak Part VI )," ''Wally and Osborne''〕〔"(Capes )," ''Wally and Osborne''〕 Martin revealed Wally's full name, including his full given name and family name on February 14, 2007 after posting the "These Boots Are Made For Climbing" chapter.〔"(These Boots Are Made for Climbing )," ''Wally and Osborne''〕 * Osborne (formerly Osbourne〔) is an adelie penguin who is more intelligent and less optimistic than Wally. Osborne is seen to love orange juice as seen in a story line where Wally finds a washed up crate of orange juice. Osborne usually ruins other character's enjoyable moments; when Osborne himself encounters an enjoyable moment, Wally ruins the entire experience. 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「Wally and Osborne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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