History ComicBook / FishPolice

* ValuesDissonance: In issue ten, a desert-dweller Gill meets while in self-imposed exile asks him, albeit indirectly, if he's a homosexual, [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/qXdgQGs5_nIFD9p0Xe6-kbd7PifyPIXtQ2iOxXptzrSjv8zaS4IMaVTcn1GhrHrzsU6vos4MdAOev6ZYjrw5GVBF0xQOQXgTDtMz2xQnjHF0gVN4mhHGpEr6GWcFJQGSOH6-QXrcww=s1600 to which he takes loud, disgusted exception]]. Just an issue later one of Gill's new pal's hulking fellow desert-dwellers voices his own assumption the detective is one of those "big-city queer-boys". Try getting away with ''that'' in today's uber-p.c. society.

!Tropes present:

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Issue 5 briefly breaks away to give instructions for a DrinkingGame between Gill and one of S.Q.U.I.D.'s prawns.

* ValuesDissonance: In issue ten, a desert-dweller's implies that Gill might be a homosexual, [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/qXdgQGs5_nIFD9p0Xe6-kbd7PifyPIXtQ2iOxXptzrSjv8zaS4IMaVTcn1GhrHrzsU6vos4MdAOev6ZYjrw5GVBF0xQOQXgTDtMz2xQnjHF0gVN4mhHGpEr6GWcFJQGSOH6-QXrcww=s1600 to which he takes loud, disgusted exception]]. Just an issue later one of Gill's new pal's hulking fellow desert-dwellers voices his assumption the detective is one of those "big-city queer-boys". Try getting away with ''that'' in today's uber-p.c. society.

* NonMammalianHair: The Chief's BadassMustache.

%%* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Angel]].
%%* FilmNoir: Clearly inspired by it, but not quite as strongly as the cartoon.

%%* FourFingeredHands: Lampshaded in the special issue.
%%* FunWithAcronyms: S.Q.U.I.D.

* CallBack: The first issue begins with Gill demanding "five minutes with the genius who decided fish should use stairs!" Issue 26 opens with him wondering who decided fish should use ramps, in a shot very similar to Issue 1.

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Angel]].
* FilmNoir: Clearly inspired by it, but not quite as strongly as the cartoon.
* FishPeople: A literal example; the cast is literally anthropomorphic fish.
* FourFingeredHands: Lampshaded in the special issue.
* FunWithAcronyms: S.Q.U.I.D.
* GenreSavvy:
-->'''Gill''': Ever since I arrived in this dreamland of the incredibly obvious, I've seen ''nothing'' but clichés! Of course Goldie's your niece, it couldn't be any other way!

''Fish Police'' ran for its first 12 issues as a black-and-white comic under Moncuse's own Fishwrap imprint, which was also responsible for the first issue of ''ComicBook/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice''. Comico then picked it up, reprinting issues 1-4 in a trade, the rest in color, and running new issues (also in color) up to #17. Comico also printed Issue #0, a sort of rough draft of issues 1-5, and a special prequel issue, before going bankrupt. The series ended up at Apple for issues #18-#26, where it returned to black-and-white. Much later, MarvelComics ran color reprints of issues 1-6. So at the very least, the ''beginning'' of the story is easy to find.

A black and white comic series created by Steven Moncuse in TheEighties. The story centers on Inspector Gill solving crimes. The big one involves a drug called Hairballs, an organization called S.Q.U.I.D. and someone's niece being held captive. After that, things get kinda complicated.

* AtlantisIsBoring: If they even ''are'' truly underwater, that is.

''Fish Police'' ran for its first 12 issues as a black-and-white comic under Moncuse's own Fishwrap imprint, which was also responsible for the first issue of ''ComicBook/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice''. Comico then picked it up, reprinting issues 1-4 in a trade, the rest in color, and running new issues (also in color) up to #17. Comico also printed Issue #0, a sort of rough draft of issues 1-5, and a special prequel issue, before going bankrupt. The series ended up at Apple for issues #18-#26, where it returned to black-and-white. Much later, MarvelComics ran color reprints of issues 1-6, and in 2011, Creator/IDWPublishing reprinted #1-#4 in their original form in a trade. So at the very least, the ''beginning'' of the story is easy to find.

Many of the Comico issues included {{Guest Strip}}s called ''Fish Shticks'', still written by Moncuse but drawn by other artists (including one by [[ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo Stan Sakai]]). After the original series ended, Apple ran six issues of original ''Fish Shticks''.

''Fish Police'' ran for its first 12 issues as a black-and-white comic under Moncuse's own Fishwrap imprint, which was also responsible for the first issue of ''ComicBook/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice''. Comico then picked it up, reprinting issues 1-4 in a trade, the rest in color, and running new issues (also in color) up to #17. Comico also printed Issue #0, a sort of rough draft of issues 1-5, and a special prequel issue, before going bankrupt. The series ended up at Apple for issues #18-#26, where it returned to black-and-white. Much later, MarvelComics ran color reprints of issues 1-6, and in 2011, IDWPublishing reprinted #1-#4 in their original form in a trade. So at the very least, the ''beginning'' of the story is easy to find.

''Fish Police'' ran for its first 12 issues as a black-and-white comic under Moncuse's own Fishwrap imprint, which was also responsible for the first issue of ''ComicBook/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice''. Comico then picked it up, reprinting issues 1-4 in a trade, the rest in color, and running new issues (also in color) up to #17. Comico also printed Issue #0, a sort of rough draft of issues 1-5, and a special prequel issue, before going bankrupt. The series ended up at Apple for issues #18-#26, where it returned to black-and-white. Much later, MarvelComics ran color reprints of issues 1-6, and in 2011, IDW reprinted #1-#4 in their original form in a trade. So at the very least, the ''beginning'' of the story is easy to find.

''Fish Police'' ran for its first 12 issues as a black-and-white comic under Moncuse's own Fishwrap imprint, which was also responsible for the first issue of ''ComicBook/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice''. Comico then picked it up, reprinting issues 1-4 in a trade, the rest in color, and running new issues (also in color) up to #17. Comico also printed Issue #0, a sort of rough draft of issues 1-5, and a special prequel issue, before going bankrupt. The series ended up at Apple for issues #18-#26, where it returned to black-and-white. Much later, Marvel ran color reprints of issues 1-6, and in 2011, IDW reprinted #1-#4 in their original form in a trade. So at the very least, the ''beginning'' of the story is easy to find.

''Fish Police'' ran for its first 12 issues as a black-and-white comic under Moncuse's own Fishwrap imprint, which was also responsible for the first issue of ''ComicBook/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice''. Comico then picked it up, reprinting issues 1-4 in a trade, the rest in color, and new issues (also in color) up to #13. Comico also printed Issue #0, a sort of rough draft of issues 1-5, and a special prequel issue, before going bankrupt. The series ended up at Apple for issues #14-#26, where it returned to black-and-white. Much later, Marvel ran color reprints of issues 1-6, and in 2011, IDW reprinted #1-#4 in their original form in a trade. So at the very least, the ''beginning'' of the story is easy to find.

* {{Prequel}}: A special issue, also the first for Comico, gives a backstory on Gill and S.Q.U.I.D.

* BrickJoke: The first issue begins with Gill demanding "five minutes with the genius who decided fish should use stairs!" Issue 26 opens with him wondering who decided fish should use ramps, in a shot very similar to Issue 1.

The comic was loosely adapted into a [[WesternAnimation/FishPolice cartoon]] for CBS in 1992, with John Ritter voicing Inspector Gill. It lasted six episodes.

''Fish Police'' ran for its first 12 issues as a black-and-white comic under Moncuse's own Fishwrap imprint, which was also responsible for the first issue of ''ComicBook/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice''. Comico then picked it up, reprinting issues 1-4 in a trade, the rest in color, and new issues (also in color) up to #13. Comico also printed Issue #0, a sort of rough draft of issues 1-5, and a special prequel issue, before going bankrupt. The series ended up at Apple for issues #14-#26, where it returned to black-and-white. Much later, Marvel ran color reprints of issues 1-6, and in 2010, IDW reprinted #1-#4 in their original form in a trade.

Originally issued independently, ''Fish Police'' was picked up by Comico in 1987, then acquired by Apple Press. Marvel Comics also reprinted it in color.

* ColbertBump: Sam&Max made their first appearance in a back-up strip.

* ColbertBump: Sam&MaxFreelancePolice made their first appearance in a back-up strip.