Roadkill Bill – Fake Trolleys
The work on Bicyclopolis Book 2 continues day by day. In the meantime, streets.mn will present a different Roadkill Bill comic every Sunday. Click on the comic to make it bigger:
Author: Ken Avidor
Roadkill Bill – Angerman
Warm and sunny weather has descended on Minnesota, complicating the artist’s effort to complete Bicyclopolis Book 2, instilling a desire to get out from behind the drawing table to bike in the sunshine. Luckily, Streets.mn will reprise a colorized Roadkill Bill comic strip every Sunday as the artist’s struggle continues. In this week’s comic strip from 2002, Angerman returns to […]
Roadkill Bill – The Sacrifice
The struggle to complete the Bicyclopolis saga continues unabated. In the interim, Streets.mn will reprise a colorized Roadkill Bill comic strip every Sunday. This week’s comic strip from 2001 serves to remind us just how far we’ve come in the intervening years to make streets safe for children and other living things. Click on the comic to […]
The Return of Roadkill Bill
As Bicyclopolis Book II takes shape on my drawing table, there will be a brief intermission during which Streets.mn will reprise a colorized Roadkill Bill comic strip every Sunday. This week, Angerman returns to protest the expansion of a road. Click on the comic to make it bigger:
The Return of Roadkill Bill
Book I of Bicyclopolis ended last Sunday (archives here). While I complete Bicyclopolis Book II, there will be a brief intermission during which Streets.mn will present Roadkill Bill, a comic strip about transportation, urban design and the environment from the perspective of a frequently squashed, talking squirrel. Roadkill Bill appeared every week in the now-defunct Pulse […]
Bicyclopolis: Episode Ten, The Meat Axe
Streets.mn presents Bicyclopolis, a graphic novel by Ken Avidor in serial form. In last week’s episode, Dan and Archie were given a tour inside the city from their new guide Fred Schwinn. This is the last episode of Bicyclopolis Book One. The final book is in the works. Until Bicyclopolis Book Two is completed, there will […]
Bicyclopolis: Episode Nine, Inside Bicyclopolis
Streets.mn presents Bicyclopolis, a graphic novel by Ken Avidor in serial form. In last week’s episode, The Gates of Bicyclopolis, Sara gave Dan and Archie their first glimpse of the city and a tour of the outer green belts that surround it. In this week’s episode, our travelers get a tour inside the city from their […]
Bicyclopolis: Episode Eight, The Gates of Bicyclopolis
Streets.mn presents Bicyclopolis, a graphic novel by Ken Avidor in serial form. In last week’s episode, The Monorail Cult, Dan and Archie learn about Dr. Leon Carlson and the subversive, neo-modernist rebellion against Bicyclopolis. In this week’s episode, our travelers arrive at the gates of Bicyclopolis and get their first glimpse of the city. If you missed […]
Bicyclopolis: Episode Seven, The Monorail Cult
Streets.mn presents Bicyclopolis, a graphic novel by Ken Avidor in serial form. In last week’s episode, The Siege of Fort Snelling, Sara Raleigh told Dan and Archie more about the history of the founding of Bicyclopolis. In this week’s episode, the journey continues south from Metroria to Bicyclopolis. If you missed an episode, you can find links […]
Bicyclopolis: Episode Six, The Siege of Fort Snelling
Streets.mn presents Bicyclopolis, a graphic novel by Ken Avidor in serial form. In last week’s episode, The Knights of Metroria, Sara Raleigh explained how Metro Area suburbanites became the medieval Metrorians and a how group of Civil War reenactors prepared to survive the collapse of the industrial era. In this week’s episode, Sara continues the tale […]