This is an installment of 2021 Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.
(part 1: Debuts – – part 2: Departures – – part 3: Dearly Departed – – part 4: Detours/Deviations)
2021 Debuts
These comics began appearing in U. S. newspapers in 2021
MT. PLEASANT
by Rick McKee and Kent Sligh
January 3, 2021 –
Tribune Content Agency
GEARHEAD GERTIE
by Mike Smith
January 21, 2021 –
weekly panel
King Features Syndicate
1st appeared February 17, 2019
an outgrowth of Smith’s StockcarToons panel
HUMOR ME
by Gary Varvel
February 6, 2021 –
weekly panel
Creators Syndicate
caption contest panel
SHRIMP & GRITS
by Andy Marlette
May 31, 2021 –
Creators Syndicate
NUTZ
by Bob Raina and Mark Mancini
September 10, 2021 –
weekly
Manchester (Conn.) Journal Inquirer
Corrections and Additions
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