Yesterday marked the launch of Lynn Johnston’s “hybrid” For Better or For Worse. Today’s is perhaps the first actual “mixing” of the two old and new art work. Can anyone with a FBoFW collection tell us how much of this strip is actually new versus old? My guess the writing in panels 1-3 are new […]
I took the full weekend off and so I didn’t see the second banned Opus strip until late last night. Personally, I thought it was even more benign than last weeks.
I’ve updated the rules regarding posting comments on this site. In summary, if I feel the comments to a blog post are going off-topic and participants are engaging in a flame war, I will: Post a comment to all warning that the thread is heading off course. If the participants can’t get the thread back […]
The Winston-Salem Journal has announced they’re adding Tony Carrillo’s F Minus to their line up. They’ve also posted an interview and feature background to introduce their feature to their readers.
A couple of weeks ago, I told you that the The Times in Shreveport, LA was holding a “Cartoon Island” contest to see which features should be voted off the funny pages. Candidates for removal included: Mary Worth, Sally Forth, Beetle Bailey, Marvin, Hagar the Horrible, For Better or For Worse, and Curtis. After more […]
Universal Press and Lulu.com are now offering more titles for their print-on-demand partnership service. In addition to PreTeena, The Fusco Brothers and Clear Blue Water, comic fans can also order A Boatload of Louis by Overboard creator Chip Dunham, and Betty Dubnam’s Mini Page children’s feature.
Compu-Toon cartoonist Charles Boyce will conduct a seminar on September 30 in Barrington, Ill according to E&P. No topic was given.
Just got this notice from Universal Press: Lynn Johnston’s popular comic strip “For Better or For Worse” begins a new phase Monday, Sept. 3, as character Michael Patterson looks through a family photo album with his 5-year-old daughter, Meredith. With this strip, Michael begins retelling the Patterson family story by recounting the courtship of his […]
After more than 2 dozen papers temporarily dropped Berkeley Breathed‘s Opus this last Sunday, many are questioning if the strip was offensive enough to warrant such action. The strip apparently didn’t offend Sheila Musaji, the editor of The American Muslim. Sheila wrote on her publication’s blog that: As a Muslim I was offended by the […]
Retail creator Norm Feuti writes in to share news that he’s looking for a walk on character for a six day story-line that will run in October. Norm is soliciting “resumes” from readers and he hopes to pick the funniest one. If a photo is provided he’ll try to do a caricature. See his blog […]
Mason Adams is a staff writer for the Roanoke Times and has penned an open letter to For Better or For Worse creator Lynn Johnston. In the letter he relates having grown up with characters Michael and Elizabeth but feels that the story-arc involving Elizabeth and Anthony is “trite.” I’ve invested a lot of time […]
Frazz creator Jef Mallett is going to swim 5 miles for charity on Monday. The swim is part of an annual commemoration of the Mackinac Bridge that spans between Great Lakes Michigan and Huron. The event is also a fund-raiser for youth mentoring. Jef reports over on the Great-Lakes Chapter of the NCS that instead […]
The new King Features comic strip Arctic Circle, by Alex Hallatt launched yesterday. If it’s not running in your local paper, you can see samples over on KFS’ web site or through their Daily Ink subscription service. I’ve read through the press kit that contained samples of the first month of strips and highly enjoyed […]
John Kovaleski writes in to alert Bo Nanas fans that a “best of” of his feature will be running on GoComics.com beginning yesterday. GoComics.com will run the last 4+ years of the features. John also mentions that he’s updated bonanas.com to include the last week of the original strip for those who may have missed […]
Earlier this month, I reported that The Hattiesburg American (MS) was changing their line-up because Kudzu is no longer available. After polling their readers they’ve added three new features: Pickles, Pearls Before Swine and Little Dog Lost. On the outs include: Cathy and Mark Trail and of course Kudzu.On the Sunday pages, they’ve also dropped […]