Frank and Ernest celebrate their 50th anniversary, having first appeared on November 6, 1972.Frank and Ernest was created by magazine cartoonist and psychologist Bob Thaves. It was Bob’s first attempt at a comic “strip” and, in a rare occurance in the syndication world, it was accepted on the first submission.Here are the first six “strips” […]
Last year we reported the findings of Eddie Campbell and Barnacle Press’s Holmes and Thrillmer on the identity of the cartoonist behind the 1905 comic strip Lucy and Sophie Say Goodbye. They determined that Robert J. Campbell was the creator of what some consider the first queer comic strip.Now Kevin Cooley has posted his research […]
Thursday’s Judge Parker made me nostalgic. © NASNostalgic for those Dagwood commute drives when Denis Lebrun was the Blondie artist. Lebrun would occasionally use the middle panel to show the car doing a “Bullit jump” while going over a hill.© KFS Wednesday’s Warped by Michael Cavna gives me an excuse (like I really needed one) …© Michael […]
Gary Larson’s 10 Best Comics, Ranked © Gary LarsonScreen Rant lists, what they purport to be, The 10 Best Cartoons from Gary Larson’s The Far Side. Gary Larson wrote his comic strips for syndication for over 15 years, each one is funny and some are perfect examples of what comic art can be. Gary […]
Editorial cartoonist Dennis Renault has passed away. Dennis Julian Renault August 23, 1936 – October 19, 2022 The Sacramento Bee is reporting that Dennis Renault has died in an accident near his Monterey County home.Via AOL News, which ran the SacBee’s cartoon gallery accompanying the obituary notice: Dennis Renault was The Sacramento Bee’s political cartoonist […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for October 2022 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic or independent book store is a good idea. We start with a set missed this past Summer. Rocky and Bullwinkle: The Complete Newspaper Comic Strip Collection – Volume 1 (1962-1963) Rocky and […]
What’s a carnival without a side show? Presenting Keith Knight, the Two-Headed Man! Midway Games. Can you pass up the quiz booth? (It’s an easy test.) The Amazing Vertical and Horizontal Newspaper Panel – another double feature!A 2008 sample how Wiley, the concept’s originator, draws the daily Non Sequitur panel. Wayno apparently goes another way with this 2022 […]
Patrick M. Reynolds ended his Flashbacks comic strip last month after 31 years of recounting the story of the United States in comic strip form. The last five installment were autobiographical, showing his participation in American history.August 28, 2022 September 4, 2022 September 11, 2022 September 18, 2022 September 25, 2022 © Red Rose StudioA […]
The first day of the AAEC Conference began with a long business meeting and ended, alas, with the discovery that my camera had been lying to me all day long. So it goes.But backlighting and shadows are appropriate here because they probably shouldn’t have even let a non-voting associate in, and, like most such meetings, […]
We were happy to see that Larry Doyle is a silent, dour kind of a guy–“kind of a crank” in his own words–because this sort of person sees the world for what it is. So maybe he can make us laugh at it. Doyle had better be a very witty man, because he is about […]
A First and Last EntryTad Burness was 30 and an aspiring cartoonist.According to Tad via Jalopnik:“In 1962, I was trying to sell a variety of comic features to newspaper syndicates, and as a bonus item I developed a once-a-week panel about old cars which I called Auto Album. Most editors weren’t interested in my comic […]
How Gus Arriola and Gordo Became Accidental Ambassadors of Mexican Culture When Arriola started his comic strip, words like ‘burrito’ were unknown in the United States “Gordo,” August 21, 1966; © UFS, Inc. Gordo, published between 1941 and 1985, was created, drawn, and written by Arriola; it was distributed by the United Feature Syndicate. The […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for September 2022 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic or independent book store is a good idea. Nothing Echoes like an Empty Mailbox (more about the USPS book) Ink, Blood, and Linseed Oil Celebrating 30 Years of Nature’s Favorite […]
He is to Popeye… what Ming is to Flash Gordon.… what Bull Dawson is to Captain Easy.… what Susie is to Calvin.And though he was well-known to the sailor man,and had been skulking around the ship for a week, we first met him 90 years ago today. The rest of the week: © King Features SyndicateThe […]
According to comic book historians who keep track of such things, Animal Comics #1 from Dell Publishing was released 80 years ago today.Its claim to fame is that the comic book featured the debut of Pogo Possum and Albert the Alligator by Walt Kelly.The occupants of Okefenokee were not birthed fully formed, their presentation in […]