Charles Brubaker writes in to point out attention to Chris Harding’s blog wherein he writes about his short-lived syndication deal (Feet of Clay) back in the 1997-1998. It’s a two part posting (one and two) and offers a glimpse behind the curtain into the demands a daily comics strip can have on one who may […]
More than a 100 examples of original Dick Tracy cartoons will be on display at a new exhibit called the “The Art of Dick Tracy: 75 Years of Crooks, Dames and Fedoras” at the Chester Gould-Dick Tracy Museum on June 22.
Wiley Miller (Non Sequitur), Corey Pandolph (Bark Eater Lake/Elderberries), Lincoln Pierce (Big Nate) will be paneling a discussion at this year’s Maine Festival of the Book on June 22-24. The festival is organized by a non-profit organization to support literacy in Maine.
The Virginia-Pilot is “running out of space for comic strips” and so is looking to throw one feature overboard and have suggested to its readers that it will either be Rex Morgan M.D. or Doonesbury.
p>Reuben Award finalists Bill Amend, Dave Coverly, and Dan Piraro are the featured guest on Washington Post’s Meet the funny pages online chat tomorrow. Questions can be submitted anytime before and during the chat session which begins on 1 p.m. EST.
Soup to Nutz creator Rick Stromoski recently renovated his studio with the help of a designer. Davenport returned about a month later with a plan. The walls would be a pretty Guilford Green; the floors, engineered wood in a pecan finish. The drafting table would be swapped with the computer desk, so each was on […]
According to E&P, Lynn Johnston’s daughter has joined the For Better or For Worse studio as an executive associate. From the For Better or For Worse web site we learn more about Kate’s role in the organization: Sometimes, the best treasures are in your own backyard. This was the case when the studio crew was […]
Lynn Johnston will be honored among 11 other Manitobans during a legislative session on July 12 when they are bestowed with that Canadian province’s highest honor: the Order of Manitoba. The order is given to those Manitobans that “exemplify tremendous accomplishments” in the community, country and internationally. Lynn will receive her honor for her work […]
Only one line-up change this week: Charlos Gary’s new comic strip Cafe con Leche will appear in the Indianapolis Star starting today. The new feature takes B.C. spot.
If you’ve seen today’s Funky Winkerbean, you know that the story arc regarding Lisa’s battle with cancer just got more complicated as it’s revealed that the earlier lab tests were mixed up with another patient and instead of being in remission, the cancer has progressed. From a Houston Chronicle story, Tom Batiuk says that this […]
Universal Press has announced that Joe Troise, co-creator of The Elderberries is retiring and that Corey Pandolph will be taking over some of the writing and art responsibilities for the feature. The other co-creator, Phil Frank, will “take on more of the creative management.”Corey tells me that this won’t impact his plans for his Bark […]
Not many changes to report this week. The Daily Freeman has picked up Wiley’s Miller’s Non Sequitur and Nate Creekmore’s Maintaining. The features take the place of The Wizard of Id and B.C.In related B.C. and Wizard of Id news, the Wilmington Morning Star (NC) is asking their readers if B.C. and Wizard of Id […]
Over at Newsday, Bill Mcternan is talking about the comics that still grace the comics page decades after the original created has died. When TV was an unfulfilled dream and a Sunday newspaper cost a dime, more or less, the comics were a kid’s domain. When my generation was young, the Katzenjammer Kids and Jiggs […]
Brooke McEldowney, creator of 9 Chickweed Lane and Pibgorn, was interviewed by WUKY (NPR station at the Univ. of Kentucky). Here’s the link to the MP3.
Today’s Dilbert features a Scott Adamesque character who’s started a comic strip on off hours. As funny as an inside joke can be.Hat tip to E&P