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''You Damn Kid!'' (or ''YDK'') is a comic strip by cartoonist Owen Dunne. While originally appearing in non-mainstream newspapers, it ran as a webcomic from 1997 to 2007 and was relaunched in 2014. The strip in its original version was a fictionalized version of Dunne's life as a child in the late 1960s, while the relaunched strip is contemporary or near-contemporary, with the original characters now much older or dead and new characters added. Much of the humor in the strip comes from the juxtaposition of childlike innocence and nostalgia with the darker or more disturbing realities of life; it explores themes such as death, mental retardation, and sexual abuse by priests. The strip is very critical of the Catholic Church and the hypocrisy of the middle class. ''You Damn Kid!'' is part of the Keenspot webcomics group. In 2009 Dunne announced a project known as "The Barnyard Pete Show": "The Barnyard Pete Show" is a weekly, live action show inspired by the locally produced children's shows of the 60's and 70's. Essentially, this is what happens when you realize your comic will not get made into a series, so you take some of your option money, build your own studio and say "screw it, I'll make my own show." Starring cartoonist Owen Dunne as Pete, and Jonathan Dunne as the voice of Ken the Horse. Each week, we'll have a 2 – 5 minute episode, with ten episodes planned for series one. Well see how it goes from there. ==Format== The strip is told mainly in the first person. The main character's name has never been mentioned in the strip. It was mistakenly thought to be "Casey" because of one misleading strip. In the strip In the rebooted strip, the first-person narration has been abandoned and the art style has changed. The original kid is now an adult, and his son has become the strip's protagonist. The location of the strip is also never mentioned; the presence of snow in the winter, and various cultural traits, imply that it is somewhere in the northern United States. It is possible that it is the creator's home state of Rhode Island, but this is never made explicit. A 2006 strip states that the family lives in Parker County; the only Parker County in the United States is Parker County, Texas. However, in the same strip, Parker County is described as bordering Midland County; while Texas does have a Midland County, it is not near Parker County. 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「You Damn Kid!」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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