Shoe
About Shoe
The comic strip Shoe is populated by the feathered denizens of Treetops, East Virginia.
The first string characters are P. Martin “Shoe” Shoemaker, Perfesser Cosmo Fishhawk and Roz Specklehen.
Support characters include Cosmo’s nephew Skyler, Loon, Irv and Senator Batson D Belfry. Filling out the Shoe gang are fortuneteller Madame Zoo Doo, nonagenarian Biz and Wiz, the computer whiz.
Life and banter revolve around Roz’s Roost, a greasy spoon diner. When not feeding, Shoe and Cosmo work at the local newspaper, The Treetops Tattler.
Meet the Creators
Gary Brookins
A cartoonist and painter living in Richmond, Va., Gary Brookins began working with Jeff MacNelly and Chris Cassatt on Shoe in 1999, originally drawing the dailies while Jeff continued providing the art for the Sunday strip. Following Jeff’s passing in 2000, Gary went into full art production mode for both the dailies and the Sunday […]
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Susie Macnelly
“On my planet, EVERYBODY has long curly red hair and skinny legs. Even the guys. That’s what first attracted me to Jeff. He didn’t have either.” Susie met Jeff MacNelly, the Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist, in 1989 on a blind date at a bar in Washington, D.C. Jeff was poised at the back door ready […]
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Characters
Cosmo
Perfesser Cosmo Fishhawk is an overeducated underachiever. He is the reporter and columnist for Shoes newspaper, The Treetops Tattler-Tribune, although hed much rather be a famous nove...
Roz
She runs her famous greasy spoon, Rozs Roost, where the rest of the Shoe gang spends as much time as possible avoiding work. The wisecracking, street-smart redhead takes guff from no o...
Shoe
The strips namesake, Shoe, is based on legendary North Carolina journalist Jim Shumaker, Jeff MacNellys first news-paper boss. P. Martin Shoemaker is a grouchy, cigar-smoking newspaper...
Skylar
Skyler is Perfesser Cosmo Fishhawks nephew. Hes a smart kid but refuses to let any of his teachers in on this secret. Skyler understands how important he is to any team he plays on. As...
Skyler
Skyler is Perfesser Cosmo Fishhawks nephew. Hes a smart kid but refuses to let any of his teachers in on this secret. Skyler understands how important he is to any team he plays on. As...