With Australian newspapers giving comic strips the boot (see here and here) it looks like it is up to America to save Australian comic strips and cartoonists. Or give them a helping hand anyway. For a start Comics Kingdom is taking on Insanity Streak by Tony Lopes beginning October 2, 2023.At the bottom of an […]
I’m going to assume — given lead time for comic strips — that this Taylor Swift reference in Brewster Rockit (Tribune) is coincidental, but it fits well with the sudden explosion of geezers discovering the existence of someone who has been a major phenomenon for a decade and a half.And it fits particularly well with […]
Whitehall has today been accused of ‘cultural appropriation’ by the SNP [Scottish National Party] after claiming the beloved Dundee-born comic strip Dennis the Menace was ‘created in London’. From The Daily Mail: The loveable rascal was penned at The Beano’s office in Dundee, Scotland, by George Moonie back in 1951, with children worldwide growing to […]
While distracted for a large part of the weekend, the comic strips weren’t completely ignored. Will it go or will it stay?For instance Saturday’s Real Life Adventures left some people, including The Daily Cartoonist, wondering if the panel was ending or if maybe one of the creators was calling it a day. It being Saturday […]
I guess they call it “Candorville” (KFS) for a reason. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a cartoonist run a correction and hats off to Darrin Bell for breaking that tradition, though perhaps Clyde reflects a larger part of the population who prefer certainty over accuracy.For my part, I’ve lost faith in a whole […]
“In the first half of the 19th century, newspapers had been around for centuries but had very few images because images had to be engraved or etched. By the second half of the century, they were becoming more visual.” Columbus Dispatch reporter Belinda M. Paschal with major assistance from Jenny Robb, head curator of the […]
The USA TODAY Network/Gannett group has released a list of the selected 34 comic strips and panels that local editors and publishers will* choose from to run in their newspapers – not all will run in all (any?) of the papers. From The Fort Collins Coloradoan: Here’s a look at the comic strips readers will […]
We’ll start with a non-political one. I’m disappointed in the new Sunday Ben Bolt (KFS-Vintage) story arc. Ben Bolt is mostly light, semi-humorous stuff on Sundays, but this reminded me of a scene in City for Conquest, a 1940 movie in which Cagney boxes to help support his composer brother. There is a scene in […]
Joining The Memphis Commercial Appeal’s announcement of comics page changes yesterday are dozens more Gannett newspapers letting their readers know about the new comics pages they can expect soon. Most are explaining the change with some form of “The USA TODAY Network is standardizing its comic offerings across its more than 200 publications.” The Newport […]
In response to The Daily Cartoonist story about Gannett unifying their comics pages, the newspaper group has sent a correction: In your “The New Gannett Unified Comics Pages” post, you note all USA TODAY NETWORK publications will carry the “exact same comics” which is inaccurate [emphasis added]. We are unifying our print comics package, but […]
No, no, no politics today, despite Pearls Before Swine (AMS) sneaking a good one in. DD Degg’s news of another chain abandoning its local readers is depressing enough without delving deeper into the mire.UPDATE: Gannett has disputed the report, though it’s not clear how big a difference it makes. Stay tuned: DD Degg is on […]
Dr. Seuss is returning to comics. Well, comic books. Oh, and they aren’t really done by Theodor Seuss Geisel. By the first half of the1930s Dr. Seuss was already a very successful magazine cartoonist and ad man when William Randolph Hearst convinced him to create a Sunday comic strip. Hejji ran for only three months […]
Gannett’s USA TODAY Network of newspapers will all carry the exact same comics from a seemingly select list on their comics pages when the largest publisher of newspapers unifies the comics they carry beginning October 2, 2023. While newspapers across America will be informing readers of the changes over the next week, today it was […]
Offer to make dinner. Offer to rub her shoulders. Just don’t offer advice. You’re stepping on a rake.Daddy’s Home (Creators) demonstrates something I learned from Deborah Tannen’s 1986 book, That’s Not What I Meant, an analysis of men’s and women’s conversational styles that has since been echoed and confirmed, though mostly by other feminist writers. […]
Among its attractions and achievements Liverpool England is, according to Wikipedia, “an important cultural centre within the United Kingdom, incorporating music, performing arts, museums and art galleries, literature and nightlife amongst others.” Most notably it is where they first appeared. “They” being Curly Wee and Gussie Goose. above: the first and second installments of Curly […]