Hey Kids! Comics! May Flourishes

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Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for May 2024 release.Images and links from a variety of publishers…

Books, Comic and Otherwise – Mostly Comic

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Mad Cave has signed a deal with King Features to publish new comic book stories starring Flash Gordon. The partnership…

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Charles Brubaker, Mike Thompson, Jackie Ormes, Farrah Rodriguez, Liana Finck, Olly Duke, Walt Handelsman, and John Reiner. Charles Brubaker got…

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Saturday May 4, 2024 is Free Comic Book Day. Comic books are not just for superheroes anymore, a few comic…

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San Diego Comic Convention (Comic-Con) has announced that the Eisner Awards judges have chosen 16 nominees from whom voters will…

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Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for April 2024 (and some March) release.Images and links from a…

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The recent auction of a three page synopsis sent by Superman creator Jerry Siegel to cartoonist Russell Keaton has once…

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Comics historian Bob Beerbohm has passed away. Robert Lee (Bob) Beerbohm June 17, 1952 – March 27, 2024 Bob was…

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One of the most important moments for baby boomers growing up were the Sunday newspaper comic strips. Even as new…

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Radical Socialist Cartoonist William Gropper Since 1920 Cartoonist William Gropper has been busy as a beaver, trying to gnaw down…

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I own a lot of comics history books, most list the details of who created the comics and when they…

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Featuring Lalo Alcaraz, Julia Wertz, Flash Gordon, Herblock Anissa Rivera for The San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports on Lalo Alcaraz’s…

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Comic book and comic strip artist Ramona Fradon has passed away. Ramona Dom (née Domboorajian) Fradon October 2, 1926 –…

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British comic artist, writer, and editor Paul Neary has passed away. Paul Neary December 18, 1949 – February 10, 2024…

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Comics writer and editor and comic strip historian Alfredo Castelli has passed away. Alfredo Castelli June 26, 1947 – February…

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