Oxymoron: Death in the Funnies; Retro Comic Strips that Kept Us Returning to the Funny Pages; and Comics Related Etymology. Jessica Plummer for Book Riot lists The 10 Saddest Comics Deaths Ever. Be forewarned this is about deaths in superhero comic books so don’t expect Mary Gold or Raven Sherman or Andy Lippincott to appear […]
Rick Kirkman, Jerry Scott, and GoComics are announcing that Baby Blues will go strictly rerun beginning next March of 2027 and will be alternating new and rerun material from now until then. Rachel DeSchepper for the GoComics blog reports: All good things must come to an end, and that’s the case for one of our […]
For the second time in a month Koko is Out of the Inkwell and into a Zippy strip. Bill Griffith has always referenced classic comics but he seems to be it it more since working on his graphic autobiography. Though not as often as A.I. in Carpe Diem. Those robots are now the de facto […]
This Summer at the San Diego Comic Con 23 individuals will be inducted into The Will Eisner Hall of Fame. 19 have already been chosen by the judges for inclusion: These inductees include 8 deceased comics pioneers and 11 living persons. The deceased choices are Edwina Dumm, Oliver Harrington, Don Heck, Abe Kanegson, Paul S. […]
If anybody any older than Thandi has any doubts about this, we’ll deal with it tomorrow. Naivete is charming, but not knowing this is well beyond either naivete or charm. However, let’s be gracious, if not out of decency then for practical reasons: You don’t convert people by insulting them, so I haven’t put a […]
Comic Strip News and Revues. Now and Then I seem to bringing up Caroline Cash’s Nancy on a regular basis since she took over the strip this year, but she keeps reminding me of Bushmiller‘s Nancy. Especially early Ernie endeavors: There was more Bushmilleresque Nancy from Cash Monday. Speaking of synchronicity separated by decades. i […]
As near as I can tell, Alcaraz is the first cartoonist to address the sad, disillusioning facts about Cesar Chavez that came out in the New York Times yesterday (gift link). I would hope more would follow, because this is not a Latino story, but I’m not surprised that Lalo leapt upon it first, because […]
This may be a rerun, since the strip seems to be in that mode, but it’s timely enough to have Danny of an age to think of such things. It’s also timely because I’m trying to declutter and I have a box of ancient cords and also a deep desk drawer of them.And it’s especially […]
2026 Lucy Caswell Research Award winners, the art of Peanuts by painter Tom Everhart, finalists in the new science fiction Nebula Award comics category, and a new James Bond comic strip collection (again). Billy Ireland 2026 Lucy Shelton Caswell Research Award Winners: Dr. Standford Carpenter and Sebastian Martinez! The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum […]
Below are some comic and cartoon books scheduled for March 2026 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea.A new trio of classic comic strip books from Stefan Wood and the Comic Strip Appreciation Group.Peter […]
Comic strips from the present, the past, and the future. Plus a couple news items. St. Pat With the St. Pat’s holy day arriving soon was it unreasonable for me to expect the Bringing Up Father reprint for today to include a reference to corned beef and hash at Dinty Moore’s? And then I was […]
Today’s Grand Avenue caused a Wait-A-Minute Minute, because how could their grandmother … and then I realized that I have a great-granddaughter who isn’t much younger than this pair, and her grandfather and her uncle argued over the merits of Nintendo and Sega.In the words of Basil Fawlty, Zhoom! What was that? That was your […]
Comic Strip News and Reviews. What comic is this? If I was shown just the above detail from one of this week’s comics I would never have guessed its origin. (Answer at the bottom.) Walt Wallet has fallen asleep during the church service this wee in Gasoline Alley and dreams of going to heaven. The […]
While Americans are celebrating the 75th anniversary of Hank Ketcham’s Dennis the Menace our British cousins are celebrating their own Dennis the Menace—a comic that by happenstance launched on the same day with the same title. According to Wikipedia, the US comic’s title was inspired by Ketcham’s wife’s exasperated cry “Your son is a menace!” […]
Dennis the Menace celebrates its 75th anniversary today, first appearing on March 12, 1951. Success was virtually instantaneous. Created by Hank Ketcham the daily panel was so successful that the syndicate added a Sunday page less than a year after the daily panel’s debut. Ketcham continued the daily panel, others did the Sunday strips. Later […]