The Sunday Doonesbury page first appeared on March 21, 1971, not all those early Sunday comics are available. For some reason the Doonesbury website, Dbury @ 50, and the GoComics archives are missing about half the Sunday Doonesbury comic strips from that Spring of 1971. The seven Sunday strips from April 18, 1971, April 25, […]
German-American artist Lyonel Feininger was born on July 17, 1871 – 150 years ago today. He became the most recognized (and successful) of the German cartoonists hired by The Chicago Tribune in 1906 to re-create the Sunday color comics section of that newspaper.From the Lambiek Comiclopedia biography: His highly imaginative art work displays interesting uses […]
In the early days of ingratiating himself into the inner circle of King Arthur’s Court Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant had become squire to Sir Gawain, he of the brave soul and roving eye.Once upon a time (Spring 1938 of the KFS Era) a wounded Gawain was kidnapped by the evil sorceress Morgan Le Fey, whose […]
When you think about Mickey Mouse, one name comes to mind, Walt Disney. But here’s the thing – Walt Disney didn’t create Mickey Mouse alone. It was actually his best friend, Ub Iwerks, who designed the iconic cartoon in 1928. He was the person who was doing most of the behind-the-scenes work, and when Walt […]
Cartoonist Chris Foote has passed away. Christopher Bailey (Chris) Foote August 4, 1958 – July 11, 2021cartoonist, illustrator From the obituary: Chris graduated from Minnetonka High School, the University of Minnesota, and Atelier School of Fine Art. His educational life was exemplary. He excelled academically in all his studies with credit going to his natural God-given intellect, […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for July 2021 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic or independent book store is a good idea. Rebirth of the English Comic Strip: A Kaleidoscope, 1847–1870 Lieutenant Dangerous The Spellbinding Episodes of Phoebe and Her Unicorn Handbook of Comics […]
Charles Johnson has one of those careers, you know the kind, the ones where you start out at the Chicago Tribune as a political cartoonist, turn Buddhist and philosopher, make a huge splash as a novelist, win the National Book Award, grow so revered that literary societies are founded in your name, host a […]
John Wells recent posting of an intriguing 1954 Judge Parker Sunday …… got me thinking of a Rex Morgan, M.D. story by the same author of few years earlier.Nick Dallis tells of the dangers of drugs on America’s youth. A couple months later the comic strip would be reproduced in a comic book with a […]
© Geoffrey Kloske and Barry Blitt Canadian-born Barry Blitt came to New York in the 1990s to pursue a career as an illustrator. While he had been working in Canada, he felt the move to the big city would further his exposure. And indeed it did. In addition to countless prizes and accolades, in 2020 […]
CDC warns of swimming with diarrhea in animated tweet. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made a splash on social media when it warned Americans against swimming with diarrhea this summer — with some joking the agency’s animation went poo far. The N. Y. Post reports the Twitterverse ran with it. Marvel does not permit […]
© Bill Griffith 2020Of the 126 or so cliché cartoon gags probably none is as well known as the one with a palm tree on a small tract of land sticking up out of the ocean. After all, you aren’t asked what ten CDs you would want if you were abducted by aliens, or to […]
Cartoonist and comics historian Reinhold Reitberger has passed away. Reinhold C. Reitberger December 25, 1946 – June 25, 2021 A cartoonist and comics historian based in Germany, Reinhold and Wolfgang Fuchs’ Anatomy of a Mass Medium, along with George Perry and Alan Aldridge’s Penguin Book of Comics (which I got one within a year of […]
With her delightful drawing, wonderful wordplay, and high-spirited humor Sandra Boynton is one of the top cartoonists around for youngsters of all ages. Boynton is a publishing phenomenon who’s been working since the 1970s as an author and cartoonist. Many of her works feature quirky animals who love to eat chocolate and share puns. So […]
Andrews McMeel Universal has issued a memorial to Chairman Emeritus and Co-Founder John P. McMeel.excerpt: “I’m not sure I ever met anyone who was more enthusiastic and energized about life and work than John,” said Gary Larson, creator of The Far Side®. “I confess to being a little on the withdrawn side when I first […]
In 1998, duties on the Heathcliff newspaper comic were handed off by [George] Gately and his brother John Gallagher to their nephew, Peter Gallagher, who has been drawing the strip ever since. Somewhere between 1998 and now, shit got weird. © Creators Syndicate I think I maybe started working with them around 1994. You know, […]