Comments on: A review of 2007

By: Chris Hardiman

Chris Hardiman — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:31:58 +0000

Angela,
Whoa! How did I miss “Maintaining”? I read it every day! I guess I just forgot that it was so new. Thanks for the reminder; therefore that should be 11 new strips in 2007.

By: Angela Robinson

Angela Robinson — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:45:53 +0000

Chris:

Thanks for the great info on the new strips for 2007. However, I think you missed the Universal launch for MAINTAINING:

“Coming May 7th, Universal Press will debut its first comic strip of 2007 called Maintaining by Nate Creekmore.”

By: dave james

dave james — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:03:30 +0000

Fantastic job covering the cartooning world. BRAVO! Keep up the fantastic job! Love this site!

By: Garey Mckee

Garey Mckee — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:33:16 +0000

That’s quite a year in review. I’m exhausted just reading it LOL. Just curious, as it was mentioned here and it brings up an interesteing question, ON AVERAGE, how man new strips are launched per year by the various syndicates?

By: Lucas Turnbloom

Lucas Turnbloom — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:03:29 +0000

Alan,

Thanks for all the great 2007 comics coverage.

Here’s to a comic-filled 2008!

By: Chris Hardiman

Chris Hardiman — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:50:42 +0000

Leffite, Tribune didn’t release any new strips in 2007. “Raising Hector” was new in late 2006. Also, WPWG only released one new strip in 2007 — “Watch Your Head” was released back in 2006. As for “Chuckle Bros.” it technically has already been running in Canada for a long time with Torstar but just got international syndication with Creators. Finally, you excluded “It’s All About You” by Tony Murphy, which debuted on the very last day of 2007. You are right about “Diesel Sweeties,” however: it first hit the newspapers on New Year’s Day, 2007, so it is a 2007 strip.

Overall, a lot fewer new strips were released in ’07 than ’06 — I think 15 were launched last year to this year’s 9! TMS is on its way out, of course. It looks like a lot more strips got “online syndication” at GoComics than actually got launched by Universal. United is planning an early 2008 launch: “Family Tree” by Signe Wilkinson. WPWG just launched “It’s All About You.” King put a couple of really good ones out there this year. And Creators, in addition to releasing two strips, launched the weekly panel “Thin Lines” and is developing “Dogs of C Kennel.”

United:
Diesel Sweeties by R. Stevens
Secret Asian Man by Tak Toyoshima
Universal:
Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson
King:
My Cage by Ed Power & Melissa DeJesus
Arctic Circle by Alex Hallatt
Creators:
Cafe con Leche by Charlos Gary
Free Range by Bill Whitehead
Thin Lines by Randy Glasbergen
WPWG:
Little Dog Lost by Steve Boreman
It’s All About You by Tony Murphy
TMS:
N/A

Great Year in Review, Alan.

By: jewls

jewls — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:06:17 +0000

Thank for the wrap-up. I want to put aside the passings and resignations and concentrate solely on the launches mentioned by Lefitte. Am I being a Pollyanna? :-) ~ jewls (aka Eternally Optimistic)

By: Eric Burke

Eric Burke — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:18:10 +0000

The sad passing of Ginger Meggs cartoonist James Kemsley…

By: Lefitte

Lefitte — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:13:49 +0000

Daily launches include Artic Circle and MyCage by King. Secret Asian Man, Diesel Sweeties (2006?) by United. Cul de Sac by Universal. Free Range, Chuckle Brothers and Cafe Con Leche by Creators. Little Dog Lost and Watch Your head by Washington Post Writers Group. Raising Hector by Tribune.

By: Alan Gardner

Alan Gardner — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:11:22 +0000

Brian – that happens EVERY year. ;)

Thanks for the kind words.