Sally Forth
About Sally Forth
Parenthood. Careers. Relatives, Unexpected costs. Unexplained hauntings. Flash-forwards. Sentient house. Mental texts. Werewolf lyrics. Kaiju Theme Park. Steve the Nature Giant. Burgers of summer. The Chadwells. Since 1982 Sally Forth has been a slice-of-life comic about a close-knit family, their friends and coworkers, and the daily oddities that make our lives.
Meet the Creators
Francesco Marciuliano
Francesco Marciuliano (somehow chant that name three times fast and he will appear in your house completely bewildered and perhaps in mid-shave) graduated Duke University with a double major in English and Professional /Personal Anxiety. A copywriter by trade and a cartoonist by childhood whimsy, Francesco (who goes by “Ces,” a nickname that is inexplicably […]
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Jim Keefe
Hi! Jim Keefe here, cartoonist of the Sally Forth comic strip. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve loved to draw. Back then, it was all things Spider-Man, which eventually led me to the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. After graduating, I got a job as the colorist on staff at King […]
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Characters
Duncan
“I’m not usually comfortable talking about myself. And whenever I do my older brother automatically ma...
Faye
“I don’t like to talk with people. I know it’s your job to interview us for whatever this is, bu...
Hilary
“Just so you know, whatever I say here I’m also using as the bio for my band’s press releases, so you don’t actually own this copy, okay? And yes, I’m in a band, and we’re AMAZING. Jus...
Jackie
“Okay, first and foremost my store Small Wonders is open six days a week, which admittedly may be three days...
Laura
“Why haven’t I been offered anything to drink? When you invite someone over to talk, you at least offe...
Nona
(NOTE: Interviewee started talking before we had a chance to press “record”) “…s...
Ralph
“People don’t realize how hard it is to switch careers in your 50s/60s. I was Sally’s boss for what feels like decades. Did she mention that? I feel like if she said anything nice abou...
Sally Forth
“What’s it like being a Forth? We’re just like any other family. True, none of the other families in our neighborhood seem to thinks that. Well, they flat-out tell us that. But I have ...
Ted
“This isn’t an exit interview for the strip, is it? I’m not going to be told ‘So you have until tis afternoon to pack up your things’ right? I mean, yeah, I may not exactly excel at my...