A Miss Cellany Monday
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Visits with Dee Parson, Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell, Tom Toro, John Rose, Charles Schulz, Mark Tatulli, Mort Gerberg, Garrick Tremain, and Jean Clude Block.
Adventure Into The Unknown Title Panel
On his Facebook page Dee Parson admonishes his local newspaper for not publishing the entire Rosebuds Sunday comic strip:
It’s unfortunate one of the local newspapers that carries rosebuds doesn’t include the title panel art.
I feel I’ve started to get the hang of them. Would be cool to see them in print one day.
I wasn’t aware of a Rosebuds title panel existing until now. King Features/ Comics Kingdom has been pretty good at posting those Sunday title panels for a while now. I just assumed that those that didn’t come with a Sunday title panel didn’t have one. Now I wonder about the others.
A 2025 List with a Twist
Yeah it is time for all those favorites of 2025 lists. Cartoonist Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell turns the tables and present us with the cartoons that received the least likes on her Instagram page.
It’s that time of year to celebrate the very few likes I get on Instagram. They did report that it’s now cool to not have a ton of followers so I guess my loss in numbers is terribly en vogue! I combed through my posts of 2025 and found for you the top ten of the least liked!!!
It’s Weird Saying This
It seems strange saying that cartoonist Tom Toro is running a year end collection on a normal course but the other day he picked his favorite 2025 cartoons from his contributions to Yale Climate Connection and posted them to his Facebook page.
John Rose and The Legacy of Barney Google and Snuffy Smith
Alex Garcia interviews Barney Google and Snuffy Smith cartoonist John Rose. Sez Alex:
This week on Inside the Kingdom, we’re joined by John R. Rose, the cartoonist carrying forward the legendary comic strip Barney Google & Snuffy Smith — one of the longest-running strips in American history. We talk about: The strip’s 100+ year legacy, The evolution from Barney to Snuffy, Life and humor in Hootin’ Holler, John’s creative process, and daily cartooning routine, [and] Why readers have loved these characters for generations.
A Peanuts Christmas Tradition Continues
For the 29th year in a row The Salvation Army of the Black Hills has been gifted gold coins. Of late at least one of the gold coins has been wrapped in an altered Peanuts comic strip.
Tanya Manis at The Rapid City Journal reports (or here):
This year’s gold coin wrapped in a Peanuts cartoon is a 1-ounce 2010 American Gold Eagle coin, often referred to as the “Lady Liberty.” It’s currently valued at an estimated $4,300. It was donated in a red kettle at Walmart in Spearfish. The Peanuts cartoon is marked with the number 29 to signify the number of years the mystery donor has been giving a coin and cartoon.
The Peanuts comic strip has been altered from the Charles Schulz original of December 18, 1990.
Before we leave Peanuts – did Mark Tatulli say goodbye to the Peanuts 75th anniversary year with today’s Lio?
Mort Gerberg’s Bill Clinton Story, A Graphic Recollection
Mort Gerberg illustrates his 1992 Bill Clinton moment for The New Yorker (or here). Mort relates:
Cartoonists are often asked which of their New Yorker cartoons are their favorites. Mine are those that come with stories about their creation, or whose publication causes serendipitous occurrences, which I call “blips.”
Of all my cartoons that prompted blips, my most memorable was this one, from the September 21, 1992, issue.
Some Year End Obituaries from Overseas
Garrick Tremain 1941-2025 — The Otago Daily Times reported the death of the cartoonist:
Former Otago Daily Times cartoonist Garrick Tremain has died, aged 84.
Mr Tremain was born in 1941 and became a professional painter in 1972 and a cartoonist in 1988.
He died on Saturday in Lakes District Hospital in Queenstown.
Sir Grahame believed Mr Tremain was the best cartoonist in New Zealand for the decades he was active.
The Daily Cartoonist reported on Mr. Tremain’s terminal illness two months ago.
Jean Claude Block 1942-2025 — John Freeman reports on the passing of the Belgian cartoonist:
Block, aged 84, who also made underground comics in the 1960s and 1970s, helped found ERCOLA in 1968 with Jean-Claude Buytaert, also known as De Rosse. From there, many other artists joined ERCOLA, and self-published a comic magazine, Spruit, comprising six issues published between 1971 and 1972. In its tribute, the Belgian comic site Stripspeciaalzaak notes he contributed to numerous other underground publications and made his own comics and gag series, often under pseudonyms or with playful signatures.
More from Lambiek’s Comiclopedia.
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