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 […]
Cartoonist Charles Brubaker has announced his comic strip Lauren Ipsum has garnered a weekly spot in The Weakley County Press. Charles informed us on his Facebook page: My local newspaper, the Weakley County Press, will start running “Lauren Ipsum” every week! They began running it yesterday, on my birthday fitting enough. Among the animation and […]
Since we focus on hard copies in our Hey Kids! Comics! monthly list, let’s note an e-book here. Liniers, renowned for Macanudo, partnered with Angelica Del Campo to create a graphic novel. The Ghost of Wreckers Cove is now available in English as an e-book from Comixology. Games Radar has a review and a preview. […]
The story of Emperor Trajan’s victory over a mighty barbarian empire isn’t just one for the books. It’s also told in 155 scenes carved in a spiral frieze on a monumental column.It’s an adventure comic strip created 1,909 years ago.The emperor is the story’s hero. He appears 58 times, depicted as a canny commander, accomplished […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for November 2022 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea. Charles M. Schulz: The Life and Art of the Creator of Peanuts in 100 Objects The Charlton Companion Number One Is Walking All […]
Stephen Notley’s Bob the Angry Flower is a weekly alternative strip about a walking talking flower who feels ALL the emotions, not just rage. Debuting in 1992, Bob has battled Gamera, bad punctuation, Dick Cheney’s disembodied heart, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, hamster-dropping villain Hamsterfall, US Senator Ted Cruz, vengeful Geat Rothgar, celebrated mathematician Roger […]
The time stream is in a constant state of disrepair. Timelines diverge and collapse. History is altered, creating tidal waves of change. And that’s on a good day. But thankfully, for eons, the main thruway – the key timeline – has been kept safe by a group of diligent and dedicated “Chronal Keepers.” … […]
Artist and cartoonist Wayland Moore has passed away. Wayland David Moore September 8, 1935 – November 7, 2022 From the obituary: Wayland David Moore, whose expressionistic paintings of dramatic action and brilliant color define an era in sports art, died on Monday, November 7, 2022, at his home in Decatur, GA. He was 87. Distinguished […]
The above art by Jules Feiffer is from a September 2022 edition of Dan’s Papers, but the interview conducted by Dan Rattiner for his podcast is this month new.Dan asks Jules about a few of his more than a dozen awards – the Academy Award-winning Munro, his special George Polk Award, and his Pulitzer Prize. […]
It’s November and that means Guest Jumbler Week. David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek present the 10th Annual event. Here’s a preview: © Tribune Content AgencyAnd thanks to James Delach and his magic eight ball we know who the guest cartoonists are and in what order they will appear. Monday 11/14: Kirc Kecem Tuesday 11/15: […]
From 1962 is Virgil Partch, Chon Day, Johnny Hart, and more in V2#2 of The PRO (Cartoonist and Gagwriter Magazine). Mike Lynch presents the complete issue. © somebody or otherBuck Rogers in the 20th Century Comic Books Comic books in the 1930s were originally comic strip reprinters. Famous Funnies and the like did not supply new […]