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60 Years of Good Keane Fun
It says here that February 29 is the birthday of Superman, L.O.Annie, and Captain Marvel. I don’t know about that. But I do know that sixty years ago, Leap Day 1960, was the first public appearance of The Family Circle by Bil Keane! Jeff Keane celebrates that anniversary in today’s The Family Circus. Wait. The […]
Posted on: Feb 29, 2020, Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 3 Comments
First and Last – James Thurber & The New Yorker
James Thurber‘s first drawings appeared in the The New Yorker dated ninety years ago today. In the New Yorker issue dated February 22, 1930 a short James Thurber contribution included two illustrations, the first Thurber drawings to appear in the magazine. [James Thurber’s words first appeared in the February 26, 1927 New Yorker, but since […]
Posted on: Feb 22, 2020, Section: Anniversaries, Books, Cartoonist's Cartoonists, Comic history, Comic strips, Illustration, Magazine cartoons, Comments: Comments Off on First and Last – James Thurber & The New Yorker
90 Years Ago – Mickey Mouse Comic Strip Debuts
Mickey Mouse first appeared in an animated short in the Fall of 1928 and was an instant hit. By the next Summer: The popular Mickey cartoons piqued the interest of J.V. Connelly of King Features Syndicate, who proposed the release of a Mickey Mouse comic strip as early as June 1929. The Disney Studio soon […]
Posted on: Jan 13, 2020, Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 4 Comments
Je Suis Charlie – Cinq Ans Après
The current issue of Charlie Hebdo is a special about The New Censors. (Google translation) AlterNet looks at French humor on the fifth anniversary of the horrible terror attack: Before 2015, about 40,000 people read Charlie Hebdo each week. Given that many hundreds of thousands declared “je suis Charlie”, most were clearly not regular […]
Posted on: Jan 7, 2020, Section: AAEC-feed, Anniversaries, Caricature, Cartooning, Controversies, Editorial cartooning, Comments: Comments Off on Je Suis Charlie – Cinq Ans Après
Happy 90th Charlie Daniel
Cartoonist Charlie Daniel was born December 14, 1929; today he becomes. in our parlance, a Senior Stripper. Happy Birthday Charlie! For 60 years, from 1958 to 2019, Charlie was cartooning for Knoxville, Tennessee. Charlie was let go by Gannett early this year. Charlie has been honored throughout his career, most recently being awarded the Distinguished […]
Posted on: Dec 14, 2019, Section: AAEC-feed, Anniversaries, Editorial cartooning, Comments: Comments Off on Happy 90th Charlie Daniel
100-Year-Old Felix the Cat
Although there were earlier cats animated by the Pat Sullivan Studios, it is generally agreed that Feline Funnies, released on November 9, 1919, is the first appearance of Felix the Cat. And the cat became the world’s first animated superstar. Although Pat Sulivan is officially credited as the creator of Felix the Cat, it […]
Posted on: Nov 9, 2019, Section: Animation, Anniversaries, Comic Books, Comic history, Comic strips, Licensing, Comments: Comments Off on 100-Year-Old Felix the Cat
On the 90th Anniversary Popeye Watch
Literally – a 90th anniversary Popeye wristwatch. Bamford London is celebrating the 90th anniversary of Popeye with the release of a new collaborative watch. The watch is made alongside the cartoon’s owner King Features, which has graced Bamford London’s GMT model with Popeye motifs throughout its design. Channeling the nautical theme synonymous with Popeye, the […]
Posted on: Sep 16, 2019, Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, King Features, Licensing, Comments: Comments Off on On the 90th Anniversary Popeye Watch
Don Perlin – Senior Stripper!
Happy Birthday to comic book artist Don Perlin, born August 27, 1929. The reward for reaching age 90 is The Daily Cartoonist Senior Strippers Plaque: No, wait! There is no such Daily Cartoonist honor, that’s Don getting the National Cartoonists Society’s divisional Comic Book Award in 1997. Don began his comic book […]
Posted on: Aug 27, 2019, Section: Anniversaries, Cartoonist, Comic Books, Comic strips, Comments: Comments Off on Don Perlin – Senior Stripper!
King Features Sends Birthday Greetings to Barney
At Comics Kingdom today a number of John Rose’s stablemates joined in wishing Barney Google a Happy One Hundredth. Shoe Arctic Circle Mark Trail Pros and Cons On The Fastrack Mutts Six Chix Dennis the Menace Not the first time the Mitchell family has visited […]
Posted on: Jun 17, 2019, Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 6 Comments
Barney Google is 100
Barney Google (and Snuffy Smith) June 17, 1919 – present (and beyond) We’ve mentioned the centennial celebration here and here and here. So this is just to mark the official 100th on June 17, 2019. John Rose, after a couple of weeks with birthday guests, jumped the gun by one day with the […]
Posted on: Jun 16, 2019, Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 1 Comment
Popeye at 90 – License to Grow
It’s the 90th anniversary of Popeye‘s debut (and the 100th of Thimble Theatre). But age isn’t slowing down the Sailor Man. His comic strip continues with reprinted Bud Sagendorf dailies and new Hy Eisman Sunday pages, and this year it was joined by a companion Sunday strip—Popeye’s Cartoon Club by various celebrity cartoonists. But […]
Posted on: May 30, 2019, Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, King Features, Licensing, Comments: Comments Off on Popeye at 90 – License to Grow
Exploring Calvin & Hobbes site launches; new book next week
Universal Uclick has launched a new website to commemorate the 30 year anniversary of the launch of Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes. On the site you can buy Calvin and Hobbes books, reprints and the book, Exploring Calvin and Hobbes An Exhibition Catalogue. The new book is the catalogue for Bill’s exhibition at the Billy […]
Posted on: Mar 6, 2015, Section: Anniversaries, Books, Comic strips, Comments: 3 Comments
Luann turns 30. All month long
March 17th will mark the 30th anniversary of Greg Evans’s Luann (see the first comic above). From GoComics: ?If time flies when you’re having fun, then I’ve had a blast the past 30 years!? Evans said. ?I feel lucky that I’ve been able to spend nearly half my life doing the thing I love most: […]
Posted on: Mar 3, 2015, Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 3 Comments
Larry Wright’s Kit ‘N’ Carlyle Celebrates 30 Years
Larry Wright’s Carlyle celebrates 30 years in syndication on December 1st. The comic features Kit, a single working woman, and Carlyle, a spunky kitten who can turn from cuddly to cunning at the drop of a hat. “My family and I have owned lots of real cats over many past decades,” Wright said. “But having […]
Posted on: Nov 30, 2010, Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 12 Comments
Review: Doonesbury and the Art of G.B. Trudeau
I buy comic collections for a number of reasons. Pure entertainment, “behind the scenes” information, interesting comic history and love of the art (or humor). A good book satisfies more than one of these justifications. The latest Doonesbury book, Doonesbury and the Art of G.B. Trudeau by Brian Walker, hits all of them in spades. […]
Posted on: Nov 4, 2010, Section: Anniversaries, Books, Comic history, Comic strips, Comments: 7 Comments
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