Our friends over at Ohio State University Bill Ireland Library & Museum are hosting a three-round virtual Comics Trivia evening on October 2nd.You are required to register to participate.From the CXC site:The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum challenges you to a three-round game of comics trivia! We’ll start out with some Comics 101 questions, […]
This week’s story arc in Betty has them contemplating the collection of snow globes they’ve accumulated in their travels, with the central question being “Why on earth did we accumulate all these snow globes?”Apparently, they weren’t being ironic, though snow globes from tacky gift shops might be an interesting thing to collect. And by “interesting” […]
Joe Kubert is an acknowledged master of the comic arts,but here Mark Avila appreciates him as the greatest teacher of the comic arts. The Society of Illustrators has organized ways for you to enjoy the Museum and our programming online! This includes exhibits, panels, podcasts, and children’s activities. Explore our #MuseumFromHome through our new virtual platform.The […]
Cartoonist Art Sansom was born 100 years ago on September 16, 1920.Twenty-five years after his birth Art Samsom would join the NEA art staff, an organization with which he would spend the rest of his life. In 1948 Art would be picked to continue the weekly Peggy comic strip for the syndicate.Yes. Art started his […]
In 2014 Thomas Yeates, the artist of the Prince Valiant comic strip, began the practice of including title panels to remedy some artistic problems with the layout of the strip. These title panels, which change as the next adventure begins, are exclusive to the Sunday sections that print the strip (a practice I heartily endorse). […]
There are some new dogs in town — well, new in the Journal Sentinel Sunday Comics section, anyway. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has added The Dogs of C-Kennel to its Sunday Funnies. Will, Kenny, Cocoa, Tucker and Iggy are the “Dogs of C-Kennel,” which makes its Milwaukee debut in this Sunday’s Comics section. Begun in […]
The world is full of serious issues, but I’m in a Big Nate mood: Tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight.Starting with …Juxtaposition of this past Friday(F-Minus) (Flying McCoys)This was such an odd Juxtaposition that it made me stop and say, “Didn’t I just read this?” and go back.It also struck me in particular because I am about to […]
September 14, 2020 saw Ben Lansing begin signing the daily Shoe comic strip.The change in art is negligible. As cartoonist Gary Brookins revealed earlier this year when he announced his retirement from Shoe after 20 years: Ben Lansing, a talented cartoonist, illustrator, web designer (and Richmonder) will continue art production on “Shoe.” Ben has actually […]
A lot of stuff to catch up on today, but I can’t hold back on this Arlo & Janis lest they no longer be first.And if this blog weren’t dedicated to saluting good work, I’d start a counter to track the number of masked jack-o’-lantern cartoons to follow. But I won’t.Though it’s okay if you […]
We’ll start this edition of Sunday Funnies with some strips that have been around a while.Brenda Starr arrives as guest star in Dick Tracy; along with Annie and who-knows-who-else.This particular story began with this past Monday’s installment. R. Robert Pollak and the Brenda Starr Fan Page for the in-production look. I don’t recall Gasoline Alley having […]
We’ll lead off with the National Cartoonists Society winners from yesterday’s virtual convention, which, by the way, was a really good idea. The more you can bring in fans, the more you motivate them to continue being fans.And, as DD Degg has noted, the whole shebang is perserved on YouTube and he’s posted the schedule […]
When the Comics Curmudgeon Josh Fruhlinger takes a vacation, Uncle Lumpy spells him as the comics’ caustic commentator. Yet, Lumpy continues to see in the form he takes to task the potential to transcend its role as a mere diversion from the day’s news, “When it’s done really, really well,” he observes, “by developing and exploring characters […]
From a concerned reader of the Winston-Salem Journal: Q: What happened to the Nancy and Curtis comic strips on the Journal comics pages? Will they be coming back? Turns out it was the paper’s pagination service. Answer: The folks who do our daily comics page layouts experienced technical problems last week, and substituted different columns […]
There’s been a lot of good press surrounding cartoonist Keith Knight’s new Hulu comedy show “Woke.” It debuted on September 9th and NPR reviewed it on the same day.From the Eric Deggans review:“This is a pitch-perfect comedy released at just the right time, encouraging us to laugh at all of the absurdities surrounding today’s racial […]
The 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winner for editorial cartooning, Welcome to the New World by Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan, is now a graphic novel. The authors have expanded the original 20 part series into a 192 page graphic novel. When it came to illustrating the book, Michael approached his drawing style differently. The project “put me […]