Sid the Sexist they are much like him in their yobbish, misogynistic, homophobic and racist outlook, never marry or expand their stagnant social circle. Five animated episodes were produced and released by Polygram Video in November 1992, with storylines taken earlier comic strips. These were later reissued on DVD in 2004. In the autobiography of Simon Donald's brother, the former Viz Editor Chris Donald, reference is made to attempts by actor Jimmy Nail to bring the character to life in a live action sitcom. However the idea went no further than a lunch meeting at Nail's home where it become clear that the
Monroe (comic strip) Monroe (comic strip) Monroe was an American comic strip which appeared exclusively in "Mad Magazine". The strip was first published in "Mad" in their April 1997 issue, #356. Originally "Monroe" was a pure black-and-white comic strip, written by Tony Barbieri and originally drawn by Bill Wray. In April 2006 Wray left the magazine and the strip was continued from October 2006 on by Tom Fowler. Barbieri still wrote the scripts, occasionally assisted by Ryan Flanders. The last "Monroe" strip was published in issue #502, January 2010. Monroe is a teenage boy with two antennae-like hairs on his otherwise bald head.