Editorial cartoonist Jim Morin has decided to retire and devote his time to the Finer Arts. He goes out with a bang! From Jim’s Twitter feed: Jim’s career began in the mid-70s at the Syracuse University Daily Orange, the Beaumont (Tx) Enterprise and Journal, and the Richmond (Va) Times-Dispatch. In 1978 he found a home […]
This is an installment of 2019 Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed. (part 1: Debuts – – part 2: Departures – – part 3: Dearly Departed – – part 4: Detours/Deviations) 2019 Debuts These comics began appearing in U. S. newspapers in 2019 PRAIRIE POTHOLE by John Porcellino January 10, […]
This is an installment of 2019 Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed. (part 1: Debuts – – part 2: Departures – – part 3: Dearly Departed – – part 4: Detours/Deviations) 2019 Departures These comics ceased production for U. S. newspapers in 2019 ROSY’S DINER Charlie Daniel November(?), 2006 – […]
This is an installment of 2019 Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed. (part 1: Debuts – – part 2: Departures – – part 3: Dearly Departed – – part 4: Detours/Deviations) 2019 – The Dearly Departed These U. S. newspaper and magazine cartoonists died in 2019. BATTON A. LASH [nee:MARANGI] […]
This is an installment of 2019 Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed. (part 1:Debuts – – part 2: Departures – – part 3: Dearly Departed – – part 4: Detours/Deviations) 2019 Detours/Deviations Detailing some changes in syndicated U. S. newspaper comics in 2019. ALLEY OOP After four months of reruns […]
I expected a certain amount of repetitive imagery on New Years Day, but the phrase “Out with the old, in with the new” hit on a level I haven’t seen since 1977, when the Gong Show did an entire show of people singing “Feelings.” Well, except that all of those were bad and some of […]
Print and film classics from 1924 become public domain on January 1, 2020. Some famous comic strips which were created in 1924 finally have their debut year now p.d. Boots and Her Buddies first appeared on February 18, 1924 from the NEA Service. So there is most of the year available there. Here is a […]