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{{Short description|American comic strip by Phil Dunlap}}
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|title=Ink Pen
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|caption=From left to right: Captain Victorious, Scrappy Lad, Ralston, Bixby, Fritz and Hamhock
|author=[[Phil Dunlap]]
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|status=Concluded daily; in reruns
|first=7 November 2005
|last=October 2012
|syndicate=[[Universal Press Syndicate]]/[[Universal Uclick]]
|publisher= [[Andrews McMeel Publishing]]
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'''''Ink Pen''''' is an American daily comic strip by [[Phil Dunlap]] which was syndicated by [[Universal Press Syndicate]]/[[Universal Uclick]] from 2005 to 2012. 

It's about an employment agency for out-of-work cartoon characters.  {{As of|October 2012|post=,}} the daily strip went in reruns, with plans to have new weekly comics running concurrently after a brief hiatus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Daily Cartoonist Oct 16, 2012|date=16 October 2012|url=http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/10/16/phil-dunlap-retires-ink-pen/}}</ref>

== Characters ==
Some of the characters include:
* '''Bixby''' -- the former child star and now a dirty rat who works at the agency.
* '''Captain Victorious''' -- a lazy super hero with a  would-be sidekick, Scrappy Lad, that he doesn't want.
* '''Dynaman''' -- the rival of Captain Victorious.
* '''Fritz''' -- a dog and boss of the agency.
* '''Hamhock''' -- a pig who is trying to get his 15 minutes of fame.
* '''[[Hel (being)|Hel]]''' -- the Norse goddess of the [[Underworld]], with a surprisingly cheerful disposition. She claims to be related to Tyr, but their kinship is rather tenuous.
* '''Jenn Erica''' -- a female filler character who tries repeatedly to get a lead character.
* '''Moxie Gumption''' -- a more streetwise version of [[Little Orphan Annie]].
* '''Mr. Negato''' -- the enemy of Captain Victorious.
* '''Ms. Amazement''' -- gives the impression of being a parody of [[Wonder Woman]], but her background is [[Celts|Celtic]] rather than Greek.
* '''Ralston''' -- a rabbit who is just looking for a higher group of people.
* '''Scrappy Lad''' -- the would-be sidekick of Captain Victorious who is interested in Moxie Gumption.
* '''[[Tyr]]''' -- the Norse god of single combat, trying to pull his decent weight around anger management and Valhallan Attitude.

==External links==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20101130172723/http://thecartoonists.ca/Index_files/2010Pages/TC%20-%20Phil%20Dunlap.htm About Phil Dunlap and his comic at 'The Cartoonists']}}
* [https://books.google.com/books/about/Ink_Pen.html?id=6pGgATmhpJEC ''Ink Pen: A Cartoon Collection'' by Phil Dunlap, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2009]

==References==
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{{Universal Press Syndicate}}

[[Category:American comic strips]]
[[Category:2005 comics debuts]]
[[Category:2012 comics endings]]
[[Category:Gag-a-day comics]]
[[Category:Satirical comics]]
[[Category:Comics about anthropomorphic mice and rats]]
[[Category:Comics about anthropomorphic dogs]]
[[Category:Comics about anthropomorphic pigs]]
[[Category:Comics about anthropomorphic rabbits and hares]]
[[Category:Comics about talking animals]]
[[Category:Fictional unemployed people]]
[[Category:Norse mythology in comics]]
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