More than 80 comic strips and comic panels will use their November 26, 2022 releases to honor the 100th birthday of cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, creator of Peanuts.From the AP story (via The Gazette): NEW YORK (AP) — Cartoonists across the nation are celebrating the 100th birthday of “Peanuts” creator Charles M. Schulz as only […]
Andrews McMeel Syndication has announced that beginning on the first day of 2023 the Crankshaft comic strip by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis will join the AMS roster. © Mediagraphics, Inc.From the Andrews McMeel notice: Kansas City, MO (November 17, 2022) Andrews McMeel Syndication (AMS) will assume sales and distribution of Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk, […]
From The Minot Daily News: Minot native Cord Scott’s latest book is titled “The Mud and the Mirth: Marine Cartoonists in World War I.” Scott, a professor with the University of Maryland Global Campus based in Okinawa, Japan, said the book “discusses the use of cartoons drawn by Marines in the early part of the […]
Comics Kingdom is now current.GoComics not so much. Yet.
The Arizona Daily Star is sharing with their subscribers why the online comics are unavailable: As many subscribers have noticed, the online comics, puzzles and columns provided by the Andrews McMeel syndicate went offline early Saturday and remains offline today on our website. The digital service provider is currently experiencing technical difficulties and working to […]
And now it’s Comics Kingdom – c’mon!Finding the updated King Features Syndicate strips will be easier than the GoComics.note: again this applies to comics syndicated to newspapers but not those in rerun status nor the web only comic strips. © LiniersBetween Arcamax and The Washington Post comics page most KFS comics will be found.The WaPo […]
Yesterday Bill Griffith thought about his boyhood ambitions.Today Bill used his talents to pay tribute to the passing of his wife, Diane Noomin. Susie and Ben portray Shoe, the put upon newspaper editor, in a factioned world. Mara Llave: Keeper of Time, the new web only comic by Alex Segura and Nickolej Villiger, will be issued more […]
For a change of pace it is GoComics being problematic not Comics Kingdom.We here at The Daily Cartoonist have no idea what’s gone haywire or how long the problem will exist. But here are some other places to find SOME of the Andrews McMeel Syndicate strips online. Also where to find the other syndicate offerings […]
Two months ago Lee Enterprises performed a major shake-up of their comics pages, part of which ballyhooed the nearly 500 comics that would be available to subscribers online.Today they are notifying subscribers that GoComics is down: The service that provides our online comics and games, Andrews McMeel publishing, is currently offline and working to restore […]
‘Tis the season and there is Christmas and other comics merch available. King Features is offering a line of glass Christmas tree ornaments featuring The Phantom, Curtis, Dethany, Helga and Hagar, and many others.They also carry other comics related items perfect for gifting – cups and glasses, t-shirts and other apparel, blankets, towels, posters and […]
The ACA held their annual Stanley Awards last night. Or maybe the night before, it’s in Australia and while we fell back an hour they jump ahead a day. The Stanley Awards was held for the first time since 2019 and Cathy Wilcox, the Australian Cartoonists Association’s (ACA) president said, ‘it will be a blast […]
Was thinking to hold onto these Charles M. Schulz/Peanuts articles until the actual 100th anniversary of his birth (November 26), but the items are coming in faster than Snoopy in a Sopwith Camel. So… The white-spotted dog, who became “the first beagle on the moon” in a series of Peanuts comic strips in 1969, is […]
It cost nearly half a million dollars to take home the original art by Bill Watterson for the May 24, 1987 Sunday Calvin and Hobbes page.Heritage Auctions described the Calvin and Hobbes Sunday comic strip: Any Bill Watterson original Calvin and Hobbes art is rarer than even a talking tiger! And Sundays even more so. […]
Cartoonist Tom Batiuk has given notice that he will end the Funky Winkerbean comic strip on the last day of this year. A NOTE FROM TOM BATIUK: More than fifty years ago, the cast of Funky Winkerbean began their journey on the American comics pages, and as the official chaperone of these special characters, they […]
‘Tis the season.The Cartoonists Rights Network International is running a Holiday Pledge Drive.Free Expression doesn’t come cheap. In fact, multiple cartoonists have lost their lives in their pursuit of that right. Others have been assaulted and abused, criminalized or imprisoned, and an increasing number are displaced from their homes. Our mission is to defend these […]