The syndicated comic strip about three childhood friends – a blogger & single father, a gangsta rapper, and a wealthy Latina advertising executive – who struggle to stay close even though life is taking them in very different directions. Their friendship withstands everything, even politics, time travel, and evil vampire ex-girlfriends.
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 Lemont Brown is an over-educated aspiring writer who’s working as a fry-cook at Pigville Pork Burgers, but only because it’s a welcoming waystation on the way toward his final destination: writing the next Great American Novel, Lemont is the product of a broken home who refused to be broken. Instead, he’s just mildly bent. When he’s not catching the sun-rise over the Candorville skyline with his best friends, he can be found on a park bench furiously scribbling his latest story, or at his computer furiously typing his latest blog entry, or on a rooftop furiously bemoaning his most recent bout of writer’s block. Or, he may be at a bus stop, mining every chance encounter for story material, or wondering whether that guy across the street is his long-lost Dad, or just the Feds keeping an eye on the “disloyal” again. Lemont’s got a heart of gold and a strong moral compass, but sometimes he forgets to stop writing about life and start living it. Clyd’es Lemont’s childhood friend and his mirror image. Clyde’s dad also deserted him as a child, but unlike Lemont, Clyde’s never stopped being angry at the world, and he always makes the wrong decisions. Nothing is ever his fault. Nobody matters but Clyde. Education is nothing but racist propaganda. Since life’s unfair, the only way to win is to cheat your way through it. Susan’s proud of her heritage, but annoyed by people who dwell on it. She’s upwardly-mobile (climbing the corporate ladder), but disdainful of naked ambition. She’s impatient (with everyone except Lemont), but hates people who’re in a rush. She loves her family, but can’t stand to be near them for too long. She’s comforted by Lemont’s laid-back, analytical approach to life, but she wishes he’d take more fast-paced, high-pressure jobs. Susan Garcia’s a jumble of contradictions. Or not. Reverend Wilfred recently fell in with the wrong crowd when he accepted half a million dollars from the White House Office of Faith-Based Initiatives, and “coincidentally” became a Republican firebrand preacher who uses his pulpit to preach against the evils of both Satan and progressive taxation.
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| ABOUT CANDORVILLE An educated underachiever, Lemont Brown is an aspiring writer. Socially conscious, he wants to work at changing the world and infusing it with wisdom and justice-if only he could pay his rent. Lemont’s childhood friend Susan Garcia is a book-smart and street savvy Mexican-American woman who won’t let bigotry or any glass ceiling keep her down. And Lemont’s friend Clyde (aka “C-Dog”) is a streetwise thug and undiscovered rapper who’d rather mooch off his mother than get a job. Together they try to make their dreams come true in a Big City that sometimes seems to have other plans for them — and in a country gone wild, where illegal wiretapping, secret prisons, rigged voting machines, and Tom Cruise are all considered normal, and the Declaration of Independence has become a “whiny Liberal conspiracy theory.” NEW: Read/edit Candorville’s Wikipedia entry! Candorville appears in the largest papers in America, such as the Washington Post, the LA Times, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, Dallas Morning News, Detroit Free Press, Rocky Mountain News, Al Dia (Dallas Morning News Spanish edition), Stars & Stripes and many others… Candorville appeals to socially-conscious readers everywhere and has steadily built a loyal following wherever it appears. Syndicated worldwide by The Washington Post Writers Group since 2003, Candorville was one of few comic strips to launch in both English and Spanish. If you’d like to see Candorville in your favorite paper or website (in English or Spanish), write to them and tell them to visit Candorville.com. If you’re an editor interested in subscribing to Candorville, e-mail us at [email protected], or call Sales at the Washington Post at (800) 879-9794 ext. 1, or (202) 334-5375.
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