A parody video of Calvin and Hobbes has been posted on YouTube. It appears that the original video was aired on the Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. The one minute 24 second video ends with Calvin being committed to a mental institution after killing his parents with a chain saw. I suspect that Bill Watterson would […]
Mike Lynch has posted photos of the last nights NYC NCS get together. Photos include Brendan Burford, Caroline Dworin, Rina Piccolo, Marc Bilgrey, Tony Murphy, Mort Gerberg, Doug Bratton, Anne Gibbons, Isabella Bannerman, Garry Trudeau, Dan Piraro and of course Mike Lynch. Looks like they had a great time.
Not sure I missed this story, but the Pittsburg Post-Gazette has posted their results from a comic survey and Bill Amend’s Foxtrot is king of their comics page beating out Lynn Johnston’s For Better or For Worse by one vote. Other’s in the top 10 include: Dilbert, Mother Goose and Grimm, Zits, Bizarro, Peanuts Classic, […]
The Commercial Dispatch has added Mark Tatulli’s Lio, Paul Gilligan’s Pooch Cafe and Phil Frank and Joe Troise’s The Elderberries to their line up. Outgoing strips include The Boondocks, Agnes and Peanuts.The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has added Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott’s Baby Blues to replace The Boondocks.
Joshua Fruhlinger, AKA the Comics Curmudgeon, wrote an op-ed piece for the LA Times about how the comic strip fan community is still vibrant, but increasingly not interested in the reading the comics from a newspaper.He says: The only place you won’t find this kind of enthusiasm is in the newspaper comics pages. Rather than […]
Robert Cabrera, who launched Silo Roberts in 2004 with United Media, has decided to pull the plug on the strip so that he can attend graduate school for computer animation. I emailed him to confirm the end of his strip and he wrote back the following: The decision to end the strip was difficult, but […]
From Bill Amend’s web site comes an apology or perhaps better stated as an explanation as to why his November 23rd’s strip mentioned the wrong football schedule. Apparently, Bill used last Thanksgiving’s NFL schedule accidently. The error went out to newspapers and while a correction was made to the web version, that correction was never […]
The New Jersey Journal has picked up Darrin Bell’s Candorville in place of The Boondocks.
Cory Thomas creator of Watch Your Head, Patty and Terry LeBan, creators of Edge city and Jef Mallett, creator of Frazz were recently profiled in the News & Observer. Click below for their individual profiles.Cory Thomas Patty and Terry LeBan Jef Mallett
If you missed my earlier postings on Dean Young’s new sandwich shop chain, “Dagwood’s,” then go read this story out of the Sun-Sentinel. I see a couple of stories about his business venture on the AP wire every month or so. I also have noticed text ads on various web sites (including this blog) promoting […]
For Better or For Worse creator Lynn Johnston will be out signing books this weekend. Here’s her schedule if you’re in the area. Nov. 25th, 1-3 pm Gulliver’s Quality Books and Toys 705-474-7335 157 Main Street West, North Bay Nov. 26th, 1-3 pm Coles Sudbury, at the New Sudbury Shopping Centre 705-566-9298 1349 Lasalle Boulevard […]
Prince Valiant fans will be able to pick up volume two DVD set called “The Legend of Prince Valiant-The Complete Series” on January 16. The comic feature was an animated television show between 1991 and 1993 where it featured the voice talent of Robby Benson (Beauty and the Beast), Tim Curry (Rocky Horror Picture Show), […]
Aaron McGruder spoke this last Monday at the University of South Florida as part of their lecture series. Instead of coming with a canned speech, Aaron took questions from the audience of 500. He mentioned that the television series allowed him “a wonderful amount of creative freedom” and access to a younger audience that “gets […]
The Spoof, a satirical news site like The Onion, is reporting that the Department of Homeland Security has declared Doonesbury as a subversive and have arrested “Gerry Trudeau.” Gerry Trudeau, who is listed as the author on the strip’s masthead, was at first thought to have fled and escaped arrest. However, he was later taken […]
The News & Observer has announced that starting next Monday they will be adding Pearls Before Swine, Frazz, Edge City and Watch Your Head to their line up. Outgoing strips include, The Boondocks, Hagar the Horrible, Cathy and Drabble. Pearls, Frazz and Edge City will also run in the Sunday comics starting December 3rd.