Urban Trash is a satirical South African comic strip created by Jeremy Nell, originating on 14 March 2005. It focuses on the exploits of urban street life in and around South Africa, and features a regular cast of characters. The strip's syndication medium is largely traditional, although untraditional formats (such as the internet) are used. Urban Trash is read via various printed publications around South Africa, Namibia, and England; as well as via a few prominent South African web portals.
The comic strip's tagline is "A kak comic strip by Jeremy Nell", which results in a combined play on the word 'trash' and the nature of the content of the strip.
Nell is also recognised for his daily editorial cartoon, "Ditwits".
Urban Trash is illustrated in full colour, and appears daily from Monday through to Friday. One Sunday strip per month is created, and no strips appear on Saturdays.
According to Nell, Urban Trash began as a couple of doodled monks. He then localised the comic...
