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VeeFriends Comic Strip Ended

VeeFriends by Gary Vee and D.J. Coffman began its Sunday run in Lee Enterprises newspapers on February 23, 2025 and while still running in those papers it hasn’t been original material since January 18, 2026.

VeeFriends by Gary Vee and D.J. Coffman – February 23, 2025
VeeFriends by D.J. Coffman – January 18, 2026

Beginning January 25, 2026 the VeeFriends began running reprints from the VeeFriends comic book:

VeeFriends by Gary Vaynerchuk and D.J. Coffman – January 25, 2026 (originally appeared in VeeFriends #10, 2026)

During the year of original material Gary Vaynerchuk and D. J. Coffman occasionally used guest artists.

The credits:

VeeFriends created by Gary Vaynerchuk (aka Gary Vee)

February 23, 2025 – January 18, 2026

Sunday strip exclusive to Lee Enterprise newspapers

story and art by Gary Vee and Dj Coffman February23 – September 7, 2025

VeeFriends by Gary Vee and ArtsyAll – September 14, 2025

story and art by Gary Vee and ArtsyAll (??) September 14 – October 12, 2025

story and art by DJ Coffman and ArtsyAll October 19, 2025

story and art by Gary Vee and DJ Coffman October 26 – November 2, 2025

story and art by DJ Coffman November 9, 2025

VeeFriends by DJ Coffman and Chris Fason – November 16, 2025

Story and art by DJ Coffman and FasonArt (Chris Fason) – November 16 – 23, 2025

VeeFriends by Kate Windels – November 30, 2025

story and art by KateKomics (Kate Windels) November 30 – December 14, 2025

story and art by DJ Coffman December 21, 2025 – January 18, 2026

Continued with reruns from VeeFriends comic books.

January 25 – April 4, 2026 from VeeFriends #10

April 12 – May 10, 2026 from VeeFriends #2

May 12, 2025 – ???? from VeeFriends #4

source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Hat tip

to Allan Holtz for the heads up

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Comments 4

  1. With the cancellation of VeeFriends, does this mean Lee Enterprises newspapers can get a new deal with Andrews-McMeel strips and keep the King Features strip rights for its unified comics pages?

    1. I would be interested to know if Lee Ent. is paying Vee Inc., if Vee Inc. is paying Lee Ent., or if there are no fees being exchanged to print the comic strip on the bottom half of every Lee Sunday weather page.

  2. That’s an awfully low number of cartoons to pull reruns from…

    1. 16 comic books (so far) at 24 pages/book (#16) divided by 2 equals almost four years of weekly VeeFriends to Lee papers.

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