Pros & Cons (comic strip)

Pros & Cons is a comic strip about a lawyer, a psychiatrist and a police officer created by Glasgow–based artist Kieran Meehan. It was known as A Lawyer, A Doctor & A Cop before July 7, 2008, when it was renamed in an effort to make the title easier to remember.[1]

Pros & Cons
Author(s)Kieran Meehan
Current status/scheduleRunning
Launch dateSeptember, 2005
Syndicate(s)King Features Syndicate
Genre(s)Humor, Professions, Family

Characters[2][3]

Lyndon Peel is a sophisticated psychiatrist who is happily oblivious to his own issues.

Samuel Rhodes is a skeptical defense attorney. He is married to Michele. They have an opinionated seven-year-old named Jack, who is based on Meehan's younger brother, David, and nephew, Michael.

Stan Defoe, a tough-talking detective, is dedicated and street-wise.

Sophie Defoe, Stan's sister, is the sagacious proprietor of 'Defoe’s Diner'

Gillian Jaggers, a brilliant District Attorney, is a ruthless opponent to Samuel in the courtroom. She and Stan dated for a while.

Recurring themes
  • Lyndon, Samuel and Stan, a trio of friends, are often seen eating at Defoe's Diner.
  • The trio are also often seen trying to figure out a painting's meaning in an art gallery.
  • Each of the characters are frequently shown solo, working in their respective professions.

References
  1. "http://www.meehancartoons.com/blog_messages.html?bb_id=6&bbmid=162". meehancartoons.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2008-07-12. External link in |title= (help)
  2. "http://www.meehancartoons.com/characters.html". meehancartoons.com. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2008-07-12. External link in |title= (help)
  3. "King Features Syndicate - Comics:". kingfeatures.com. Archived from the original on 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2008-07-12.


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