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Feature: Speechless
Creator: Len Borozinski
Format: panel
Frequency: M/W/F
Recommended if you like: The Far Side, fairy tales, witches, Free Range Comic Strip

Speechless is a great name for a comic strip, especially a comic strip that has (virtually) no words. Reading Speechless reminds me a little bit of leafing through a children's book where the animal characters and fairy tales stories have all been rewritten with slightly ironic or modern twists, delivered not with written explanations, but with a sly wink. Having to decipher the jokes and scenarios on your own activates a different part of your brain, or at least makes it work a little harder than usual. There are a lot of cows in Speechless, much like the Far Side, and there are also a lot of witches, especially during Halloween. I also detect subtle zen elements to the strip, such as those found in the early Ziggy strips, for example the recent panel in which the bear can't see the shooting/wishing stars because he's ascended too high searching for an enlightened view.

There's a whole parable there contained in only one image. Art-wise, the comic is a combination of skilled line art and bright splashes of computerized color, which has evolved into more subtle gradients since the strip launched on GoComics in 2013. Speechless Cartoonist Len Borozinski is an experienced cartoonist who decided to try something more whimsical, colorful and entertaining after decades of editorial cartooning. With Speechless, he's succeeded in doing just that.

Read more Speechless cartoons every day on GoComics.