Comics world is full of New Year’s Resolution gags this week, but Between Friends (KFS) happens to fit my current status as a blogger locked out of his blog for the first time in several years. I’ve long since learned that there’s no point in my buying a stationary bike or joining a gym, but […]
In the Summer of 1978 science fiction writer Thomas N. Scortia and comics artist Jack Katz collaborated on a comic strip and published in The North East Bay Independent and Gazette (also known as The Berkeley Gazette). “Galactic Prime” would run six weeks for a total of 36 daily strips from July 5, 1978 (Wednesday) […]
Underground cartoonist Ted Richards is in need of a little assistance. A major cartoonist in the underground comix arena of the 1970s Ted Richards needs some help to get him through a rough patch.From the GoFundMe page: A year ago I was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer and have been undergoing a successful immunotherapy treatment […]
With the Mother Goose and Grimm comic strip switching syndicates come January 1 The (Columbus, Ind.) Republic has informed readers of a forthcoming change on their comics page.From The Republic notice: A change in the comics lineup is coming for The Republic. King Features, the syndicate supplying the comics for the newspaper, recently informed The […]
The upcoming holiday here, announced on the main site, not only gives me my first break in a dozen years or so — at least the first break that didn’t include major surgery — but relieves me of having to pick and choose among “New Year’s Resolution” gags, very few of which come up to […]
John Byrne is drawing the last week of Funky Winkerbean, though I’m still holding out for creator Tom Batiuk to go solo on the last strip of the comic on December 31, 2022.Nearly twenty years ago John Byrne drew an extended sequence of Funky Winkerbean.Featuring the return of a character; Byrne drew the strip Sunday […]
Cowboy humorist and cartoonist “Mad Jack” Hanks has passed away. Jack Cecil (Mad Jack) Hanks May 16, 1940 – December 17, 2022 The Fence Post notice: Jack Hanks, also known as “Mad Jack” passed away unexpectedly on December 17, 2022. He died peacefully in his home due to complications from a recent illness. At 82 years of age, […]
I’m not big on year-end wrap-ups, which — as noted before — I learned to hate in the newsroom, when we had to compile them in order to fill the pages in the dead space between Christmas and New Years. I also have little interest in reliving the major events of the year gone past, […]
The year still has a week left in it, as does Funky Winkerbean. © Batom Inc. Tom Batiuk called on his old friend John Byrne to draw the last week of Funky Winkerbean. John was last seen drawing a Charlton backup feature called Rog-2000. Though he did continue his career on such lesser titles as […]
Lola (AMS) starts off a post-Christmas posting with a decidedly non-Christmas gag, since Frosty the Snowman is no more a Christmas carol than is Jingle Bells or Winter Wonderland or the dreaded Susie Snowflake.But on a day otherwise awash in jokes about returning unwanted gifts and misinterpreting the meaning of “Boxing Day,” it seems appropriate […]
Celebrating Christmas Comic Strip StyleBrian Cronin at CBR has quite a list on his Comic Strip Advent Calendar showing how characters on the funny pages celebrated Christmas through the years. (Lotsa images, patience required for loading)Doonesbury Has Been An Active Correspondent on the War on Christmas for 50 Years Gasoline Alley Has Literally Been Celebrating Christmases […]
(Bizarro — KFS)(Loose Parts — AMS) (Rubes — Creators)I’m not sure how all three of these cartoonists seized upon myrrh this year, but it is the most mysterious of the three gifts of the Magi. We’re all familiar with gold and I think a lot of people recognize frankincense as (mostly) a form of incense, while […]
In December of 1959 Li’l Abner gathered his family to read a Christmas tale. Cartoonist Al Capp used his Li’l Abner comic strip to create a seasonal story leading up to the holiday. The eleven strips ran on Saturday December 12, then continued daily from December 14 to December 19, finishing in the December 21 […]
Not every comic is about Christmas this week, though Macanudo gifted us with an earworm.© LiniersAnd that’s all you need. Do they pronounce it “hiffy?”© Ripley EntertainmentBelieve It or Not!Would the 8% even know what a Hi-Fi is? I sympathize.© Darrin BellThey changed Candorville‘s zip code. Mr. Lucky© UFSA Rose is a Rose is a Rose. More about comic […]
Bessie Mae Kelley, Kieran Castaño, Robert Ripley, Harry Bliss, HergéAlex Jay took note of the Bessie Mae Kelley stories and dug up her vitals from birth: Bessie Mae Kelley was born Elizabeth Mae Kelley. The date of her birth is unclear: November 1889 in the 1900 United States Census; November 10, 1890, Minnesota Death Index; […]