After warning her fans that she would be taking a Summer sabbatical Olivia Jaimes has gone on vacation. Today’s Sunday Nancy page shows Leigh Luna taking on the cartooning chores as the first of a round robin of women creators to do a few weeks of Nancy comic strips while the pseudonymous Jaimes either rejuvenates […]
It seems appropriate that Madam & Eve, which has of late dwelt entirely on South Africa’s corrupt and discouraging political scene, should offer this suggestion for relief, which applies to everyone in a corrupt and discouraging political scene, which these days feels like pretty much everybody.Besides, one of the 10 Commandments — available soon on […]
Stan Mack, Darrin Bell, Bil Keane, Clare Victor Dwiggens, Garry B. Trudeau, Asher Perlman, and Justin Green. Voices in The Village Real Life Funnies, a strip by cartoonist Stan Mack, was a standing feature every week in The Village Voice from 1974 to 1995. Toting a sketchbook and pencils in a pouch on his belt, […]
Yesterday, Tom Heintjes, known to comics historians for the magazine Hogan’s Alley, posted on Blue Sky that it was the anniversary of the first “Davy Crockett, Frontiersman” strip in 1955, which set me to pondering.First thing I pondered was that Jim McArdle’s version of Davy Crockett looked about as much like Fess Parker as I […]
How else can we start this roundup of recent Peanuts in the news than with the passing of the great Willie Mays. Above is an image from Jeanne Schulz’s Blog of twelve years ago wherein Lee Mendelson explains the connection between himself, Charles Schulz and Willie Mays. An Aside: I was born and raised in […]
Too Much Coffeeman brings up the hostility some people have for banjos, which I confess I don’t understand, but which seems to be of a piece with their hostility towards bagpipes and accordions.I’ll confess to not being a big fan of full-sized accordions — forgive me, Myron Floren — but I enjoy a well-played concertina, […]
The weekly Clermont (Florida) Sun will begin publishing a new, locally created comic strip this week. A Clermont school teacher has dreamed-up a comic strip about a talking parrot called Rafie and we will be featuring his adventures in the Clermont Sun. Gary Christensen’s Rafie and Friends starts this week, and readers can enjoy the […]
There is a big difference in the fan reaction to two of King Features’ Big Name adventure strips. Dan Schkade‘s take on Flash Gordon continues to garner praise and excitement. Flash Gordon is one of those pop culture names everyone’s heard of, although most would be at a bit of a loss as to why […]
Most schools are out by now, though Big Nate (AMS) had me searching my memory for how the year’s end went in middle school. In high school, the last week or so was finals and you only showed up if you had one, most of which were NYS Regents exams and were scheduled by Albany.Those […]
Monica Zurowski scoured The Calgary Herald archives for Father’s Day comic strips. This Sunday is a time for dads — it’s Father’s Day, which happens on the third Sunday of June each year in dozens of countries around the world. It’s not a stat holiday, but it is a day that many people mark by […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for June 2024 release.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.Stan Mack’s Real Life Funnies by Stan Mack (Village Voice review) Sketchbook in hand, Stan Mack haunted the New York […]
If “timing is everything in comedy,” this is a darned hilarious F-Minus (AMS), because I dreamt all night of laying out pages and this morning I feel like I might as well have stayed up and done it for real.Your mileage may vary and I hope it does, but while I make some more coffee, […]
Steven Heller, Harvey Kurtzman, and Alfred E. Neuman; Comics Conventions and Artists Alleys; a 1950s mania; Carol Lay’s new science fiction graphic novel; the comics page of The Bradford Era; the Derf Backderf interview.Origins of Kurtzman’s New York Times Origins of Alfred E. Neuman Indirectly, Kurtzman helped change my life, and so did his creation, […]
The end of Spring can only mean that with the heat SLUDGEZILLA RETURNS! Shrimp & Grits conjecture on the reality of the mythical monster this week. I’m quite sure I am not the only person to complain about the awful features page. No Pickles , lousy crossword puzzle and no cryptograph. Renewal will probably not […]
Stan and Jan Berenstain, the Philly natives who created [The Berenstain Bears], met as art students at the Philadelphia Museum and School of Industrial Arts — most recently known as the University of the Arts. It was during their time there in the 1940s that they honed their illustration skills. Stanley Melvin Berenstain and Janice Marian Grant were […]