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Medical Emergency Alert in Rex Morgan, M.D. Finally, after two months of no Doc Rex (since July 5, 2025), we will get the star of his eponymous comic strip back in action! Or so you would have thought. But Dr. Morgan is a no show, instead it is some anonymous attending physician who happens to be on duty at the hospital.
Not to worry. Thatababy has our backs.
Paul Trap does a decent job on the faux Rex Morgan (pediatrician?) but not as good as David Reddick does in reminding the powers that be at King Features how he is good at staying on model if the need arises (Reddick is the secondary cartoonist on the Blondie comic strip).
Artists, through the years, have learned from each other and often there is an obvious similarity achieved in their work. I found that it was challenging to imitate the art styles of others. As a layout artist, I could present a particular artist’s style- — with the plan of the client hiring the artist known for that style.
Ann Thompson tells us about imitation (comic swipes) being part of a working cartoonist’s catalog.
This and that
A few days of Miles reinventing himself was a completely enjoyable Crabgrass series. Began here.
Saying a pet is “now at a farm in the country” is the traditional way of telling a child the pet has died, but is that what the animals in Barney & Clyde heard from Cynthia or did they hear vacation?
Earworms
The incomplete introduction script to the Brick Bradford strip in the Comics Kingdom feed of a couple days ago had me singing a song from The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album.
For the record:
While the brothers Teitelbaum’s Bottomliners had me singing a song from the Davies brothers’ Kinks.
Extremes
From Don Markstein’s Toonopedia:
[Judge Parker] is a stable, serious man who does his job well and doesn’t get involved in flamboyant hijinks.
Judge Parker was a stable adult who could handle criminal threats or questions from children.
So when did he become such a wuss?
Comic Encyclopedia
A few miscellaneous entries:
In the “Calvin and Hobbes” strip that ran on Sept. 14, 1990, Calvin’s mom walks into his room to discover he’s frantically packing a suitcase. “Lies!” he exclaims, seemingly out of the blue. “Everything Miss Wormwood said about me was a lie! … She told you about the noodles, right?”
From Rachel DeSchepper at GoComics Extra: Here’s what we know about the Noodle Incident.
This week on Inside the Kingdom I got to hang out with Nate Fakes, the mind behind Break of Day. If you’ve ever seen a cartoon about a crime scene where the victim is a TV remote or two cell phones getting a little too close for comfort, then you’ve already experienced the wonderfully weird world Nate has built.
Alex Garcia interviews cartoonist Nate Fakes.
If you think you know everything about your favorite lasagna-loving feline and his friends, think again. After four decades and thousands of strips, “Garfield” continues to catch us off guard with weird one-off moments, surprising breaks of character, and Easter eggs that leave even the most devoted readers baffled.
Nicole Kinning at GoComics Extra reveals hidden facts, behind-the-scenes stories, and trivia about Garfield.
ANDOVER — Seymour “Sy” Barry, 97, made a two-dimensional “Phantom” come to life, filling the fictional character’s world with human emotion and depth for more than three decades.
Now more than three decades since he retired from the comic book and comic strip world, which culminated with a 33-year run as the ink artist for “The Phantom,” the cartoonist has been honored for his lifetime achievements in the art form.
Angelina Berube for The Eagle-Tribune profiles cartoonist area Sy Barry. (Or here.)
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