Champion Pluggers contributor Reed Hoover has passed away.Reed Hoover February 16, 1931 – March 25, 2019 From the obituary:In 1952 he joined his father in business at H&S Company. He ran the business until he retired. Reed had a strong interest in history and paleontology. He was published and cited for his work at SMU, including […]
With March 30, 2019, the Ballard Street comic panel comes to an end. BALLARD STREET by Jerry Van Amerongen daily: March 4, 1991 – March 30, 2019 Sunday: March 10, 1991* – October 17, 2010 Creators Syndicate [began as a daily strip, went panel only in early 1994] *unconfirmed – Sundays began in L. A. Times […]
Cartoonist James Estes has passed away.James Robert Estes January 23, 1942 – March 24, 2019 From the obituary:It was very apparent at a young age that James had a special ability to see humor and bring it to life with pen and paper. His passion was drawing cartoons. He made a life of making people smile […]
A cryptic announcement from King Features Syndicate. Something’s coming… ? pic.twitter.com/IBmDioxdNl — Comics Kingdom (@ComicsKingdom) March 27, 2019 Checked with my local psychic and she said it’s about Comics Kingdom revamping their website.Or maybe it was the Comics Kingdom twitter feed that informed me:Serious fans. Serious comics. The new #ComicsKingdom is coming. Seriously.
Joe Heller was a Green Bay Press Gazette staff cartoonist for 28 years, then he was let go. Now he is syndicated to over 400 newspapers around the world. The Press Times reports on local cartoonist still making good. Cincinnati Business Courier cartoonist and audience development director Joe Hoffecker, whose cartoons appear in all American City […]
Comic artist Ken Bald has passed away.Kenneth Bruce (Ken) Bald August 1, 1920 – March 17, 2019 From the obituary:Upon graduating Pratt in 1941, Bald’s talent landed him a job at the Jack Binder Art Studio in Englewood, NJ. Quickly recognized for his flair for main characters and a smooth inking style, the young Bald moved […]
Tillie the Toiler and Rosie the RobotThe era immediately following WWI is rightly known as the period of womean’s emancipation, so naturally a string of working girl strips met the apparent need. Somebody’s Stenog by Alfred Hayward led the way in 1918, followed by Wood Cowan’s Miss Information in 1919, and the big breakthrough in […]
“I like to think of it as the Venn diagram of graphic design and poetry, and right in the middle there’s comics,” he said. “The poet is sussing words . . . but the graphic designer is directing the eye. Once I realized that, it wasn’t about drawing so much but more about thinking about […]
Sally Forth (and former Flash Gordon) artist Jim Keefe noted the temporary end of new Spider-Man comic strips.With the Amazing Spider-man comic strip going to reprints for the time being, Roy Thomas and Alex Saviuk’s run on the strip has come to an end. March 17 was the last Sunday with March 23 being the […]
As the signature shows, Harry Bliss has partnered with a famed comedian for some cartooning.Says Harry:Yes, it is that Steve. Steve was having dinner with Francoise [Francoise Mouly, the New Yorker’s Art Editor] and others and mentioned he had a couple dog cartoon ideas, also mentioned he was a fan of my work, so Francoise […]
With the (temporary) end of new Amazing Spider-Man comic strips it seems a good time for this.Stan Lee had a few runs at comic strips earlier in his career. In the early 1950s he wrote My Friend Irma and Hoody Doody. Later in The Fifties and stretching into the early Sixties he was trying his […]
Tumbleweeds creator Tom K. Ryan has passed away.Thomas Kreusch (Tom K.) Ryan (aka T. K. Ryan) June 6, 1926 – March 12, 2019 From the above linked funeral home obituary:Tom began his career as a commercial artist in Muncie, Indiana. His love of the old west and his creative vision merged in 1965 as he created […]
Patrick Chappette Wins the Not The Thomas Nast Award80th Annual Overseas Press Club Awards Recognize Finest International Reporting THE BEST CARTOON AWARD [formerly The Thomas Nast Award] Best print, digital or graphic journalism on international affairs Patrick Chappatte The New York Times Judges: Patrick Chappatte’s cartoons for the New York Times were a model of […]
Comics Kingdom is excited to welcome Maritsa Patrinos to the Six Chix family! Check out her first comic, live on ComicsKingdom.com Maritsa Patrinos becomes the new Friday Chick starting today March 22, 2019. Maritsa is a Brooklyn-based illustrator who most recently worked as a staff writer and illustrator at BuzzFeed. She was born in […]
Born March 22, 1929 is one of the greatest caricaturists of all time.Mort Drucker becomes a Senior Stripper on the occasion of his 90th birthday. World famous for his decades for satirizing movie and tv stars’ shows for MAD magazine, he was much more that that. For example he is an amazing illustrator. Before becoming world famous […]