The Funny Pages This Week
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New(ish) Flash Gordon Artist
Monday, March 30, saw Dan Schkade share creator credits with artist Sandy Jarrell on Flash Gordon. Sandy was one of the guest artists last year in the Lowland Station Tales, now he has returned as the daily and Sunday artist for the foreseeable future – meaning at least through next week.
All About the Cartoonists
A couple of Dave cartoonists started the week mentioning themselves in their panels. Dave Blazek in dry storage at Loose Parts and Dave Whamond doing his thing in a Reality Check. Then, beginning Sunday April 29, in a then and now of Nancy current cartoonist Caroline Cash tries to get some tips from reclusive former cartoonist Olivia Jaimes. My favorite was Nancy referring to them as her and Sluggo’s babysitters.
Remember how Kieran Castaño would draw himself in the Ripley’s Believe It or Not panels? I have to wonder if new cartoonist Aquino did the same for the April 1, 2026 panel.
By the way, the credit for Ripley’s BION title was changed this week on the GoComics page. It had read “By Kieran Castaño” now it reads “By Ripley.” Soon we will get a “By Aquino” credit, with a first name I hope.
Here’s a change I don’t like
Above is the Homepage for the King Features/Comics Kingdom Comics A-Z listing, all on one nice tidy page. Below is the Andrews McMeel Syndication list of their syndicated comic strip and panel titles.
Or rather it was how AMS listed their titles on one nice tidy page. That changed this week to a 14 page listing featuring eight titles per page.
Not the neat, orderly single page I was accustomed to. Nope, don’t like it, don’t like it one bit.
New College Comic
Alodapus by Molly Malloy is a comic strip for University of Oregon’s The Daily Emerald I recent came across. An alien visiting Earth, specifically Eugene, Oregon.
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