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''Zippy the Pinhead'' (or ''Zippy [[Wanton Cruelty to The Common Comma|th']] Pinhead'') is a syndicated comic strip written by Bill Griffith. Zippy first appeared in ''"Real Pulp Comix''" #1 (March, 1971) and went on to appear in [[Underground Comics]]. Then was adapted to a comic strip in 1976. In 1986, a deal between Griffith and King Features ensured much greater distribution than before.
 
''[[Zippy the Pinhead]]'' (or ''Zippy [[Wanton Cruelty to Thethe Common Comma|th']] Pinhead'') is a syndicated comic strip written by Bill Griffith. Zippy first appeared in ''"Real Pulp Comix''" #1 (March, 1971) and went on to appear in [[Underground Comics]]. Then was adapted to a comic strip in 1976. In 1986, a deal between Griffith and King Features ensured much greater distribution than before.
It might be the strangest comic strip ''ever'' published in newspapers, and that's saying a lot for a medium that gave birth to ''[[Krazy Kat]]'', ''[[The Far Side]]'' (and its various copycats), and more recently, ''[[Lio]]''. Its drawing style, realistic and intricate and yet otherworldly, would not have been out of place in the early days of [[Newspaper Comics]]. The writing itself is a string of non sequiturs and dreamlike scenarios, with no real punchlines in the traditional sense.
 
It might be the strangest comic strip ''ever'' published in newspapers, and that's saying a lot for a medium that gave birth to ''[[Krazy Kat]]'', ''[[The Far Side]]'' (and its various copycats), and more recently, ''[[Lio]]''. Its drawing style, realistic and intricate and yet otherworldly, would not have been out of place in the early days of [[Newspaper Comics]]. The writing itself is a string of non sequiturs and dreamlike scenarios, with no real punchlines in the traditional sense.
 
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'''Provides examples of:'''
* [[Author Appeal]] - diners and roadside memorabilia.
* [[Author Avatar]] - Griffy, a very nervous and self-deprecating example.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Zippy has several, including "Are we having fun yet?" and "Yow!"
{{quote| '''Griffy:''' Wouldn't it be horrible [[Leaning Onon the Fourth Wall|if we could only speak in catchphrases?]]}}
* [[Cloudcuckooland]] - Dingburg, the strip's setting.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]] - Zippy, of course.
* [[Companion Cube]]: Zippy talks to the above roadside memorabilia. It talks back to him.
** One particular statue, the muffler-holding [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Muffler Man]], was a major recurring character.
* [[Dada Comic]]
* [[Eenie Meenie Miny Moai]] - Zippy has conversations with numerous odd statues. Some of which look like him.
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* [[Gonk]]: The San Francisco Doggie Diner; Zippy himself (partly inspired by a microcephalic character from ''[[Freaks]]'').
* [[Greasy Spoon]] - an increasing number of strips have occured in diners. Griffith even sponsored a few color Sunday strips devoted to saving various diners and roadside ornaments from demolition.
* [[Leaning Onon the Fourth Wall]]
* [[Limited Wardrobe]] - Zippy and the other Dingburgers all wear the same style of muu-muu.
* [[Non Sequitur]] Humor
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* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]
* [[Recursive Canon]] - The Dingburg strips are revealed to be the fictional creation of the in-universe Griffy, as a result of his obsession with Zippy and the other pinheads. God has referred to it as real, but he has been explicitly stated as being an idea. Mr. The Toad has also managed to worm his way into Griffy's work, and thus into Dingburg.
* [[Shout -Out]] - to ''[[Garfield Minus Garfield]]'', [http://zippythepinhead.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/2010/images/050810.gif here].
* [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]]: Zippy wears a bow on his head, but his wife Zerbina's bow is outrageously bigger.
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: Zippy's two identical children, Fuelrod and Meltdown.
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