Brevity

Brevity

Infobox Comic strip


caption=Cover of the second Brevity book
released August 2007.
title=Brevity 2
creator=Guy & Rodd
current=
status=Current
syndicate=United Media
comictype=print
genre=humor
first=January 3 2005
last=

Brevity is a single-panel newspaper comic strip created by Guy Endore-Kaiser and Rodd Perry. Brevity originally began on Comics Sherpa (a site which helps beginning comic strips make their work public over the web). It debuted in 55 newspapers on January 3 2005. Today, Brevity is published in over 130 newspapers in the USA and Canada. There are currently two published collection of Brevity comics called "Brevity" and "Brevity 2".

The comic strip's name presumably comes from the William Shakespeare quote "Brevity is the soul of wit."

The comic itself is somewhat different from many other comics in papers today, though it bears many similarities to Gary Larson's strip The Far Side. It is significantly more contemporary than most other syndicated comics such as The Family Circus and the humor is more sparse, in most cases, and often makes obscure cultural references.

Books

There are two collections published by Andrews McMeel Publishing

External links

* [http://www.guyandrodd.com/ Brevity Official homepage]
* [http://www.myspace.com/brevitycomic Brevity MySpace page]


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  • Brevity — Brev i*ty, n.; pl. {Brevities}. [L. brevitas, fr. brevis short: cf. F. bri[ e]vit[ e]. See {Brief}.] 1. Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity of human life. [1913 Webster] 2. Contraction into few words; conciseness. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • brevity — ► NOUN 1) concise and exact use of words. 2) shortness of time. ● brevity is the soul of wit Cf. ↑brevity is the soul of wit ORIGIN Latin brevitas, from brevis brief …   English terms dictionary

  • brevity — c.1500, from L. brevitatem (nom. brevitas) shortness in space or time, from brevis short (see BRIEF (Cf. brief)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • brevity — [n] shortness, briefness conciseness, concision, condensation, crispness, curtness, economy, ephemerality, impermanence, pithiness, pointedness, succinctness, terseness, transience, transitoriness; concepts 730,804 Ant. lengthiness, longevity,… …   New thesaurus

  • brevity — [brev′ə tē] n. [L brevitas < brevis, BRIEF] 1. the quality of being brief; shortness of time 2. the quality of being concise; terseness …   English World dictionary

  • brevity — /brev i tee/, n. 1. shortness of time or duration; briefness: the brevity of human life. 2. the quality of expressing much in few words; terseness: Brevity is the soul of wit. [1500 10; < AF brevite, OF brievete. See BRIEF, ITY] Syn. 2.… …   Universalium

  • brevity — [[t]bre̱vɪti[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT: oft N of n The brevity of something is the fact that it lasts for only a short time. [FORMAL] The bonus of this homely soup is the brevity of its cooking time. 2) N UNCOUNT Brevity is the use of only a few words to …   English dictionary

  • brevity — brev•i•ty [[t]ˈbrɛv ɪ ti[/t]] n. 1) shortness of time or duration; briefness 2) the quality of expressing much in few words • Etymology: 1500–10; < AF brevite, OF brievete. See brief, ity syn: brevity, conciseness refer to the use of few words …   From formal English to slang

  • brevity — brev|i|ty [ˈbrevıti] n [U] formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: brevitas, from brevis; BRIEF1] 1.) the quality of expressing something in very few words →↑brief ▪ Letters published in the newspaper are edited for brevity and clarity. 2.) the …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • brevity — brev|i|ty [ brevəti ] noun uncount FORMAL 1. ) the use of only a few words: the brevity of her letter 2. ) the fact that something only lasts for a short time: the brevity of their romance …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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