Discover the sensitive side of plundering and pillaging through the daily misadventures of this clever crew of shipboard malcontents, incompetents and laggards. Aided by their loyal canine companions and a well-organized army of mice, Captain Crow and his fierce band of pirates do battle on the high seas with rival pirates, sea monsters and sometimes each other. Come on in -- the water's warm!
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Tank McNamaraChip Dunham
A native of LaCrosse, Wis., Chip Dunham started his cartooning career in his early 20s when he decided to try his hand at magazine cartooning. Although he had no previous experience, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Sunday magazine purchased six of the first 12 cartoons he produced. Several other publications also purchased his work, and Chip began to have recurring fantasies about becoming a regular cartoonist for The New Yorker.
The New Yorker saw things a little differently, however, and the speed with which his submissions were returned gave Dunham a new appreciation for the efficiency of both Federal Express and the magazine's staff. Discouraged, Dunham put cartooning aside and enrolled at the University of Wisconsin, where he received a journalism degree in 1980. After a year reporting for a small weekly paper, Dunham traded his reporter's notebook for a paintbrush and joined a friend's house painting business.
A few years (and several great tans) later, Dunham was lured back to humor writing when his brother asked him to help write gags for his standup comedy act. The experience reawakened Dunham's interest in cartooning, and in 1989 he began developing Overboard, which chronicles the misadventures of a band of lovable, loutish pirates. In 1990, after turning down contract offers from three other syndicates, Dunham teamed up with Universal to launch the strip. Overboard was nominated for Best Comic Strip in 1993 by the members of the National Cartoonists Society.
Dunham and his dog Sam live in Beverly Hills, Mich. His hobbies include erasing.
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Meet the Cast of Overboard
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- Captain Crow Fearless leader of our merry band, Henry Crow tries to maintain discipline in the ranks with just the right blend of sure-handed management skills and willful ignorance.
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- Louie Louie dreams of hamburgers on the grill, the warm spot in Capt. Crow's chair, chasing squirrels and bedtime stories. Good dog!
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- Charley The littlest pirate can be the biggest trouble-maker. As the ship's menu-challenged chef, Charley matches wits with a growing number of intrepid rabbits who have designs on his whiskey-barrel garden.
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- Nate He may look rough and tough behind his grisly beard and gigantic size, but don't be fooled. Nate's heart is as big as he is.
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- Jonas After successfully negotiating a truce with Capt. Crow and his crew, Jonas and his industrious band of mice have settled right in on the pirate ship.
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Ahoy, mateys! The gang at Overboard Inc. welcomes us aboard for a ride on the wackiest pirate ship to ever ply the seven seas. Chip Dunham's cast of misguided mercenaries stay busy fending off rivals and battling the occasional sea monster while the real masters of their universe -- a yellow lab named Louie and a population of overachieving rodents -- enjoy the contents of the fridge. For 20 years, readers have laughed at the antics of this desperate band of dysfunctional treasure hunters. Aaarrrr!
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