Lackadaisy

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{{Infobox webcomic
| title = Lackadaisy
| image = [[Image:LackadaisyLogo.jpg|280px]]
| caption =
| author = [[Tracy Butler|Tracy J. Butler]]
| url = http://lackadaisy.foxprints.com/
| status = Irregular
| began = July 19, 2006
| ended = Continuing
| genre = ?
| rating = [[Image:Censor 14 button.png]][[Category:Rated 14]]
}}
'''''Lackadaisy''''' is a [[webcomic]] created by [[female]] artist Tracy J. Butler, set in a [[wikipedia:Prohibition|Prohibition]]-era [[wikipedia:1927|1927]] [[wikipedia:St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]] inhabited by [[anthropomorphic]] [[cats]]. The plot chronicles the fortunes of the Lackadaisy [[wikipedia:Speakeasy|Speakeasy]] after its founder is murdered.

The style of the comic is highly detailed, and the strips are [[Wikipedia:Sepia tone|sepia-toned]], resembling aged photographs. Launched on 19 July 2006, the comic updates on an irregular basis, with 28 pages as of mid-February, 2007.

== Premise ==

[[Image:Lackadaisy.jpg|300px|right]]
When Prohibition gripped the country in 1920, [[Lackadaisy#Cast|Atlas May]] set his eatery, the Little Daisy [[wikipedia:Café|Café]], as the front for a massively successful establishment—the Lackadaisy [[wikipedia:speakeasy|Speakeasy]].<ref>Though the word "café" appears as "cafe" in narration and dialogue, the accent appears as part of the logo on the window of the restaurant in the first comic.</ref> Situated within a network of [[wikipedia:limestone|limestone]] [[wikipedia:Cave|caves]] at whose mouth the Café is situated, access to the speakeasy is only granted to those showing a [[wikipedia:Suit (cards)|club]]-shaped pin.

With fairly easy access to illegal [[wikipedia:Spirits|spirits]] and a steady clientèle, business burgeons, and the Lackadaisy becomes a premier establishment.

In 1926, however, Atlas was murdered by members of a rival establishment, and management of the Little Daisy and Lackadaisy fell to his widow Mitzi. Patronage at the Lackadaisy gradually fell off, bringing it to the brink of collapse. This is where the comic's story begins.

== Cast ==
=== Main characters ===
* '''Atlas May''' is the founder of the Little Daisy Café and subsequently the Lackadaisy Speakeasy. He was murdered by members of a rival establishment in 1926, and his widow, Mitzi, is one of the suspects.
* '''Mitzi May''' is Atlas' widow and the current owner of the establishment. As its new owner she faces slacking sales, doubts about her ability, and the looming cloud of her husband's [[wikipedia:murder|murder]].
* '''Roark "Rocky" Rickaby''' is formerly a violinist in Lackadaisy's jazz band, though with the speakeasy's decline he has become its premier [[wikipedia:gin|gin]] and [[wikipedia:whiskey|whiskey]] runner. He has a [[wikipedia:Mania|manic]] personality which is interrupted only by bouts of surprising insight and also has a [[wikipedia:MacGyver|MacGyver]]-esque propensity for escaping from dangerous situations.
* '''Ivy Pepper''' is Atlas' goddaughter, a [[wikipedia:flapper|flapper]] and a university student working the cash register [[wikipedia:part-time|part-time]] at the Little Daisy. An intelligent, though somewhat volatile girl, Ivy is aware of the goings-on in regards to the speakeasy below.
* '''Viktor Vasko''' is a former [[wikipedia:bootlegger|bootlegger]] for the speakeasy but has been relinquished, by occupational injuries and advancing age, to less physical tasks. He now serves the speakeasy primarily as its [[wikipedia:bartender|bartender]].
* '''Sedgewick "Wick" Sable''' made considerable assets off of work in the local [[wikipedia:mining|mining]] and [[wikipedia:Quarry|quarrying]] industry. He is a frequent and longstanding Lackadaisy patron, and he is Mitzi's latest [[wikipedia:escort|escort]].
* '''Nina McMurray''' is Freckle's mother and Rocky's aunt. She is a devout [[wikipedia:Irish Catholic|Irish Catholic]] and a stern [[wikipedia:Parenting|disciplinarian]] who harbors some gripes with the state of the world in the time of the comic's setting.
[[Image:Lackadaisy1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Freckle exhibits apprehension towards Rocky's conception of revenge.]]
* '''Calvin "Freckle" McMurray''' is a genteel son to Nina, but perhaps harbors some surprising predispositions. Failing in his bid to become a [[wikipedia:police officer|police officer]], Freckle (sometimes not entirely willingly) assists Rocky with carrying out his duties.
* '''Serafine Savoy''' is the leader of the rival Marigold [[wikipedia:gang|gang]] and self-declared [[wikipedia:Voodoo|Voodoo]] priestess. She is also the sister of Nicodeme.
* '''Nicodeme "Nico" Savoy''' is the brother of Serafine and a Marigold gang member with a [[wikipedia:nihilism|nihilistic]] demeanor. * '''Mordecai Heller''' is a former employee of Lackadaisy from its glory days. He is now serves the Marigold gang.

=== Secondary and incidental characters ===

* '''Zib''' is the leader of the Lackadaisy [[wikipedia:jazz|jazz]] band. He has only appeared in a visual role in the introduction comic.
* A [[wikipedia:busboy|busboy]], real name and role currently unknown. He has only appeared in a visual role in the introduction comic.
* '''Captain Kehoe''', though his role hasn't been completely revealed, is a [[wikipedia:smuggling|smuggler]] of [[wikipedia:liquor|liquor]] and [[wikipedia:alcohol|alcohol]]. He has only appeared in two [[Comic strip|strips]].
*'''Lacy''' is the personal [[wikipedia:assistant|assistant]] to Sedgewick. She has only appeared in one strip.
* The farmers, consisting of '''Avril''', '''Emery''', and an unnamed third, run a farm outside of St. Louis. Avril has appeared in the comic the greatest number of times among the three farmers, appearing in nine comics; the unnamed third appears in six comics; and finally Emery appears in five.

== Notes ==

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== External links ==

* [http://www.foxprints.com/tracy/ Tracy Butler's] gallery on [[Foxprints]]
* [http://tracyjb.deviantart.com/ Tracy Butler's] gallery on [[deviantART]]
* [http://yerf.com/archives/butltrac/ Tracy Butler's] gallery on [[Yerf]]

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