Stephan Pastis is going on a “mini-book tour,” meaning the tour is short not that his book is small (the newest book is a giant-sized treasury).Stephan is abandoning The West to visit a number of cities in The South to talk about his Pearls Before Swine comic strip. He’s already adding more cities to the […]
These kind of things work better as print comics than as web comics.Funky Winkerbean and Lio go sideways, though at a 180 degrees from each other.To save you the extra computer steps here they are right side up: © Batom Inc. © Mark TatulliThat is the second Atomik Komix cover by James Pascoe and […]
A new co-signature appeared this week in the Bliss panel.© Harry BlissA commenter at GoComics guessed Cary Stringfield, a web developer and cartoonist. With no proof I propose an alternative – Anne Stringfield, aka Mrs. Steve Martin (Steve Martin has been offering gags to Harry Bliss for a while now).From The Famous People website (since […]
Arizona Daily Star editorial cartoonist David Fitzsimmons says: In my 66th year of life, I have decided to cut back to a column and a cartoon a week, enter the realm of joyful semi-retirement and enjoy the gift of time. I’ve been essentially doing the same thing nearly daily for the past six decades. I’ve […]
Richard GuindonThe death of Richard Guindon is major news in the upper Midwest.From The Minneapolis Star Tribune:A fixture in the pages of the Minneapolis Tribune, Guindon wielded a distinctive drawing style that seemed to borrow in equal parts from Aubrey Beardsley and Peter Max. His quirky, observant musings, syndicated to newspapers across the country, were […]
The Lewiston Tribune, along with its sister paper The Moscow-Pullman Daily News, has had some delivery problems with the hard copy editions of their newspaper: How we consume information is evolving. The same holds true for those of us in the business of sharing information. That hit close to home in recent weeks with the […]
R. F. Outcalt, F. Opper, George Luks, Gus and Rudy Dirks, F. M. Howarth, Bunny Schultz, C. W. Kahles, and others are among the comic strip creators of the first decade of Sunday Comic Supplements as described by Roy L. McCardell, journalist and humorist (and occasional gagman for the cartoonists) who had a hand in […]
The Herb Block Foundation has awarded the 2022 Herblock Prize to Lalo Alcaraz. “Powerful versatility. That is one way to describe the work of cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz. Alcaraz is equally as comfortable creating a faux woodblock print to address our country’s history of racism and xenophobia as he is mocking up a blueprint to satirize […]
© Chris BrittAt The Las Vegas Review-Journal: Regardless of political affiliation, I highly doubt that Republicans, Democrats or independents favor the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This Saturday syndicated cartoon by Chris Britt stating that the entire GOP is in support of the invasion is disgusting and offensive. Steve Kelly, © Pittsburgh Post-GazetteAt The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: […]
From Rhode Island PBS Weekly: Contributing reporter David Wright profiles Rhode Island cartoonist William Henry Wilson. Using the pen-name Will Henry, Wilson is the creator of the nationally syndicated cartoon, Wallace the Brave. While Wallace the Brave appears in more than 100 newspapers nationwide, Henry’s inspiration for the character is found close to home in […]
From around the internet some recent posts about comic strip history. © Tribune Content AgencyKyle Anderson, at The Nerdist, remembers and compares the Rogues’ Galleries of Dick Tracy versus The Batman.One of the very best things about the Batman mythology (some might even argue the best thing) is the wild cadre of baddies who populate Gotham […]
February saw Tony DePaul and Mike Manley experiment with the comic strip form.Here’s Tony on their unique flashback sequence for The Phantom: Mike Manley and I just finished up ten consecutive days of pure sequential art! For ten days, we published no dialogue in the strip, no text narration, just the art. It was a […]
Andrews McMeel has a few job openings for qualified applicants.A chance to get close to where the action is.And –Okay, none of that blurb from The Swiss Family Robinson is true. Though spring is coming and if you have a tree in the backyard…What is true is the job openings: MARKETING COORDINATOR E-COMMERCE DESIGN SPECIALIST DIGITAL MARKETING SPECIALIST […]
February 24 report from CNBC: Gannett (GCI) – The USA Today publisher’s shares tumbled 13.6% in the premarket after it posted a wider-than-expected loss for its latest quarter and revenue below estimates. Gannett also said it expects revenue to fall this year, although it still expects to be profitable. From Poynter on February 24: Gannett […]
Vintage Comics Kingdom has returned after taking the weekend off, except for a week of Office Hours which they don’t have in their archives.Mike Peterson usually does this, but I’ll do the honors today the best I can.© King Features Syndicate Office Hours for 1/5/1974 does not exist in […]