Global InformationYou Can with Beakman and Jax information
| You Can with Beakman and Jax | |
|---|---|
 Title logo of comic, with Beakman (left), Jax (right), their U-can, and rainbow star. | |
| Author(s) | Jok Church |
| Website | http://www.beakman.com |
| Current status/schedule | Ended |
| Launch date | July 14, 1991[1][2] |
| End date | July 17, 2016[3] |
| Syndicate(s) | Universal Press Syndicate/Universal Uclick |
| Genre(s) | Science, education |
You Can with Beakman and Jax, also known in its Spanish-language version as El Mundo de Beakman ("The World of Beakman"),[4][5] is an American science and education syndicated comic strip by Jok Church, which ran from July 14, 1991[1] to July 17, 2016. The comic strip, and associated television series, featured facts about science and languages.[6]
The comic strip is a text-based comic, that answers readers' questions, with illustrations of the main characters, various objects, and, or the experiments being discussed. It is run as a single panel comic that appears in newspapers as a color, or black and white Sunday feature, in either a quarter-page strip, or half-tab format.[7] The comic has reached a readership of fifty-two million readers in thirteen countries.[8] About 80% of the letters it receives are from females.[8] From its comic origins, its lead character Beakman would later star in his own live action television series, Beakman's World.[9] The comic also branched out into other media, gaining numerous awards along the way. Its author died of a heart attack on April 29, 2016,[10] after which the comic continued for nearly three months. Jok's final remaining comic was published on July 17, 2016, just three days after the strip's 25th anniversary of publication.[3]
- ^ a b Staff, E&P (2006-06-20). "Chat and Anniversary for 'You Can With Beakman and Jax' Cartoonist". Editor & Publisher. Editor And Publisher.com.
- ^ "CAN WITH BEAKMAN trademark". BreanLaw, LLC. 1992-09-29.
- ^ a b "You Can with Beakman and Jax". GoComics. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
- ^ "Features: El Mundo de Beakman by Jok Church". Universal Uclick. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
- ^ "Google Translate". Retrieved October 6, 2013.
- ^ "AMU Speakers Bureau - Jok Church". Universal Press Syndicate. Archived from the original on 2004-09-06. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
- ^ "Universal Press Syndicate: Fact Sheet, June 2006" (PDF). Universal Press Syndicate. June 2006. pp. 2, 3.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Steve Rubenstein (5 May 2016). "Jok Church, of Beakman and Jax cartoon strip for kids, dies at 67". SFGate. Retrieved 6 May 2016.