Snake Tales (comic strip)
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For the Australian television series of the same name see: Snake Tales (TV series)
Snake Tales (also known as simply Snake, after the main character) is a comic strip
written by Australia
n cartoonist
Allan Salisbury (aka Sols)
.
Snake Tales was originally titled The Old Timer and was first published in The Daily Telegraph
on 25 April 1974. The initial group of characters featured: The Old Timer, an elderly bloke with a long thirst and a reluctance to shout
for beer
s; The Con Man; The Kangaroo
, how constantly avoids being killed for food; the Flyin' Doc
; and The Last Lost Tribesman and his Wife, who are determined to stay lost.
In July 1975 The Sun News-Pictorial
published the strip as a replacement for Les Dixon
's Bluey and Curley. Sols gradually added characters including Crazy Croc
, Lillie (the Old Timer's distant admirer), a devious butcher, a group of duck hunters, the comic strip didn't make a great impression until the introduction of Snake. Snake was first introduced in 1976 and gradually gained greater prominence to the point where the name of the strip was changed to Snake Tales in 1978. The strip has now been internationally syndicated
and appears in over 450 newspaper
s (both daily and sunday editions) worldwide.
The strip is set in an unspecified location in the Australian outback. Occasionally a shot of a traditional outback pub
by itself on a lone road is seen.
The principal characters include:
When it was syndicated in the United States, Sols was asked to re-draw Lady Snake, as her "two lumps" were said to be offensive. He drew her with a bikini top instead. The comic strip inspired a film version in 2000.
Snake Tales (TV series)
Snake Tales is an 2009 Australian children's television series produced by Westside Film & Television and distributed by Southern Star. The first series, filmed in Victoria, consisted of thirteen episodes and premiered on the Nine Network on 5 September 2009.-Overview:The series revolves around a...
Snake Tales (also known as simply Snake, after the main character) is a comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
written by Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n cartoonist
Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...
Allan Salisbury (aka Sols)
Sols
Allan Salisbury Allan Salisbury Allan Salisbury (born 1949 in Kyabram, Victoria, known professionally as Sols, is an Australian cartoonist, best known for his newspaper comic Snake Tales. Salisbury's other creations include Lennie the Loser and Fingers and Foes, the latter helping to establish...
.
Snake Tales was originally titled The Old Timer and was first published in The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph (Australia)
The Daily Telegraph is an Australian tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Nationwide News, part of News Corporation.The Tele, as it is also known, was founded in 1879. From 1936 to 1972, it was owned by Frank Packer's Australian Consolidated Press. That year it was sold to...
on 25 April 1974. The initial group of characters featured: The Old Timer, an elderly bloke with a long thirst and a reluctance to shout
Round of drinks
A round of drinks is a set of alcoholic beverages purchased by one person in a group for that complete group. The purchaser buys the round of drinks as a single order at the bar. In many places it is customary for people to take turns buying rounds....
for beer
Beer
Beer is the world's most widely consumed andprobably oldest alcoholic beverage; it is the third most popular drink overall, after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of sugars, mainly derived from malted cereal grains, most commonly malted barley and malted wheat...
s; The Con Man; The Kangaroo
Kangaroo
A kangaroo is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae . In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, especially those of the genus Macropus, Red Kangaroo, Antilopine Kangaroo, Eastern Grey Kangaroo and Western Grey Kangaroo. Kangaroos are endemic to the country...
, how constantly avoids being killed for food; the Flyin' Doc
Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia is an emergency and primary health care service for those living in rural, remote and regional areas of Australia...
; and The Last Lost Tribesman and his Wife, who are determined to stay lost.
In July 1975 The Sun News-Pictorial
The Sun News-Pictorial
The Sun News-Pictorial, commonly known as The Sun, was a morning daily tabloid newspaper in Melbourne, Australia established in 1922 and closed in 1990.It was part of The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd stable of Melbourne newspapers...
published the strip as a replacement for Les Dixon
Les Dixon
Leslie "Les" Dixon , was an Australian cartoonist and commercial artist.Dixon was born Leslie Charles Brailey in Sydney, New South Wales on 25 July 1910 and adopted by Charles and Lillian Dixon when he was only six months old...
's Bluey and Curley. Sols gradually added characters including Crazy Croc
Saltwater Crocodile
The saltwater crocodile, also known as estuarine or Indo-Pacific crocodile, is the largest of all living reptiles...
, Lillie (the Old Timer's distant admirer), a devious butcher, a group of duck hunters, the comic strip didn't make a great impression until the introduction of Snake. Snake was first introduced in 1976 and gradually gained greater prominence to the point where the name of the strip was changed to Snake Tales in 1978. The strip has now been internationally syndicated
Print syndication
Print syndication distributes news articles, columns, comic strips and other features to newspapers, magazines and websites. They offer reprint rights and grant permissions to other parties for republishing content of which they own/represent copyrights....
and appears in over 450 newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
s (both daily and sunday editions) worldwide.
The strip is set in an unspecified location in the Australian outback. Occasionally a shot of a traditional outback pub
Public house
A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...
by itself on a lone road is seen.
The principal characters include:
- Snake
- Lady Snake
- The Flyin' Doc
When it was syndicated in the United States, Sols was asked to re-draw Lady Snake, as her "two lumps" were said to be offensive. He drew her with a bikini top instead. The comic strip inspired a film version in 2000.