Shoe, one of the most popular comic strips in history, continues to delight millions of readers with its cast of anthropomorphized avians, including the taskmaster, P. Martin Shoemaker; the over-educated underachiever, Perfesser Cosmo Fishhawk; and Roz, who feeds them all second-class food and first-class putdowns.

Other featured characters include Cosmo's 12-year-old nephew, Skyler; the Beltway blowhard, Senator Batson D. Belfry; the junkyard aficionado, Irving Seagull; the part-time skywriter and full- time paperboy, Loon; the master of the motherboard, The Wiz; the misfortuneteller, Madame Zoo Doo; and the 96-year-old curmudgeon, Biz.

Chris Cassatt, Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly keep things hoppin' with consistently fresh material and lively art.