Motley's Crew

Motley's Crew was a comic strip by Ben Templeton and Tom Forman that acquired a highly devoted but relatively small group of fans during its 23 years of operation. The comic strip in general was about a blue collar employee named Mike Motley and his wife Mabel Motley. They had a son named Truman who married a woman named Tacoma. From that marriage came two sons. Mabel's siblings were Abel and Buffy, who occasionally tormented their brother-in-law Mike. Templeton and Forman created the comic in 1976; it was first syndicated by what is known today as Tribune Media Services on September 6 of that year, working together on it until Forman's death in 1996, after which Templeton continued alone. It continued until January 1, 2000. The final week's strips dealt with the cast dealing with the Y2K bug. On the first day of the year 2000, the final comic strip ever to be printed presented long-time fans and casual readers with a sign with the words "This space for rent." This concept was...