Our Comics, Our Roots
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A collection of newsy items and comic strip commentary featuring Tayo Fatunla, Jason Chatfield, Alex Hallatt, and Charles M. Schulz; with Our Roots return to a New York newspaper, The Bobby Fuller Four, the end of the line for Peanuts, peeing in the comics, babysitting and babies, and tributes to St. Valentine.
Tayo Fatunla reports that his Our Roots has returned to The New York Amsterdam News:
This February, OUR ROOTS returned to the New York Amsterdam News for Black History Month, accompanied by a slideshow of selected illustrations online.
*OUR ROOTS debuted for American readers in the 90s, after being syndicated by Jerry Robinson’s Cartoonists and Writers Syndicate. Robinson, noted for his work on Batman and co-creating The Joker and Robin, saw the strip’s success in the UK and introduced it to the US market.
OUR ROOTS, which documents Black History, has since appeared in numerous publications, including the Sacramento Observer, the News Sentinel, Atlanta Voice, Christian Science Monitor, New African, and BBC Focus on Africa.
Request: If anyone can give dates for Our Roots appearances in U.S. newspapers we would be grateful.
Always happy to be reminded of one of the greatest rock and roll songs ever. Yeah, yeah, I know.
(That Andy Capp hasn’t made it across the Atlantic yet, it should be showing up in a week or two.)
Ex-patriot Australian cartoonist Jason Chatfield (he of Ginger Meggs) chats with former Australian resident Alex Hallatt (she of Arctic Circle) discussing the Art of Cartooning with an emphasis on Artificial Intelligence.
Chip Dunham is behind the times. I know I’ve seen dogs peeing in the funnies. Humans too for that matter.
Rachel DeSchepper at the GoComics blog tells “The Story Behind the Last ‘Peanuts’ Strip.”
The life of Schulz and his strip were so intertwined that it seemed kismet they both left us at practically the exact same moment.
The end had been some time coming. Readers noticed that a tremor had crept into the line drawings in recent months, and letters within speech bubbles became computer-generated rather than handwritten with pen. The countdown really began on January 1, 2000, when Charlie and the gang had their final snowball fight.
It’s a very nice tribute to Charles Schulz and the end of Peanuts but…
I was hoping for an interview with Paige Braddock and how she and Schulz researched and collaborated on cutting and pasting that last Peanuts Sunday.
The upcoming Crabgrass babysitting episode ought to be interesting. Anyone else reminded of Calvin?
It’s been mentioned that Tom Armstrong likes to change the look of Marvin on occasion. But whoa!
Back to the GoComics blog for the upcoming “holiday” (Presidents’ Day – no, Friday the 13th? – no, Valentine’s Day? – yes) as they feature “18 Comics to Celebrate Valentine’s Day.”
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