Leviathan (comic strip)
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Leviathan 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....
by Peter Blegvad
Peter Blegvad
Peter Blegvad is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and cartoonist. He was a founding member of the avant-pop band Slapp Happy, which later merged briefly with Henry Cow, and has released many solo and collaborative albums...
, an American
United States
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musician
Musician
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, singer-songwriter, and cartoonist
Cartoonist
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. It appeared in the review section of the British newspaper The Independent on Sunday during the 1990s.
Plot
The title character, whose name is shortened in the strip to Levi, is drawn as a faceless baby who constantly carries a stuffed toy rabbitRabbit
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world...
called either Bunny or Rabbit. A pet cat
Cat
The cat , also known as the domestic cat or housecat to distinguish it from other felids and felines, is a small, usually furry, domesticated, carnivorous mammal that is valued by humans for its companionship and for its ability to hunt vermin and household pests...
called Cat is often around to give advice. The strip describes Levi's experiences as he crawls around a surreal and often frightening landscape filled with disjointed words and objects, which perhaps reflect the incomprehensible nature of the world
World
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as seen by a baby, but which also raise philosophical
Philosophy
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questions of interest to adults.
Collected editions
- The Book of Leviathan, Peter Blegvad, Overlook Press, ISBN 0-9535227-2-5