It’s been three years since we first reported on McClatchy standardizing the comics pages in all their papers. Since that time there have been changes, so let’s update what is now being run in McClatchy newspapers.These are the exact same comics pages material currently running in The Modesto Bee, The Kansas City Star, and The […]
The Providence Journal gave notice that Will Henry’s Wallace the Brave comic strip returned to the newspaper on Monday January 29, 2024 after a two week absence with a front page above the fold feature story: Fans of “Wallace the Brave” rejoice! The syndicated comic strip about the life of a young boy in the […]
If the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, used by psychiatrists, were to officially recognize Trump Derangement Syndrome as the serious mental illness that it is, there would be thousands—perhaps tens of thousands—of leftists across the country diagnosed as suffering from the world’s only political psychosis. Conservative political opinion writer Peter Parisi at The […]
Partnering with the old man. Let’s start with not a comic strip. Kidtown, a puzzle and activity feature written and drawn by cartoonist Steve McGarry since 2001, remains written by Steve but, as of January 28, 2024 (above) is drawn by son Luke McGarry.Steve continues to draw the weekly Biographic. TAYO Fatunla‘s award-winning OUR ROOTS, […]
Mort Gerberg offers this cheerful, well-timed reminder. I’ve got to admit that we’ve done all right so far. We’re far enough north not to be as shocked and unprepared as those who have had a worse winter than usual and far enough inland to miss the nor’easters that have plastered the New England coast. Fact […]
Things are getting pretty noir. If you’ve never followed Vintage Judge Parker (KFS), this is an excellent time to jump in.
January 29 will begin the fifth week of One Big Happy in rerun mode. Has Rick Detorie retired the comic strip?A year ago Rick Detorie ended the One Big Happy Sunday page with the last Sunday of 2022. Now he seems to have ended the daily version of the comic strip with the December 30, […]
Sandra Bell-Lundy is a little coy about how successful Kim is as a writer, which makes this Between Friends (KFS) all the more fun. She’s successful enough to be able to stay home and write, and even to have deadlines, but she’s not working on the third novel in a multi-book contract.Rather, this novel is […]
QUESTION: What happened to Leroy and Loretta in the Sunday comics? They were my favorites and I miss them. Thank you. A reader of The Longview News-Journal ask whatever happened to The Lockhorns and the answer is that when the panel left King Features the panel left The News-Journal (LNJ): ANSWER: We received several inquiries […]
Wick Communications, a media group with 24 newspapers mostly west of The Mississippi, will be consolidating their comics pages beginning in February 2024. The group has signed a deal with Andrews McMeel Syndicate.From The Fergus Falls Daily Journal: Beginning on Wednesday, Feb. 14, we will be introducing a new comics page that will still include […]
Some years ago — never mind how long precisely — having burned out on the politics of the day, and finding nothing in particular amusing me anymore, I thought I would flail about a little and devote Fridays to the funny parts of the comics.I know that’s the wrong movie, but we don’t apologize in […]
The Jamestown Press talked to Will Henry about fans saving Wallace the Brave in The Providence Journal: A comic strip drawn by a Jamestown man will remain in the pages of Rhode Island’s largest newspaper following a response from fans to save the cartoon after the editor suggested scrapping the comic. “Wallace the Brave,” created […]
Bayeux Tapestry as the first-ever comic strip The Bayeux Tapestry is considered one of the most famous and recognisable historical documents in history. Sprawled out across nearly 70 metres of fabric, in stunning detail, is an entire catalogue of the past. As well as offering future generations a full-bodied window into military, social and cultural […]
So this happened yesterday. You might have seen something about it on TV.They don’t really ask that question, but Christopher Weyant has the situation pretty well in hand, because voting in primaries is more tactical than voting in regular elections.That’s particularly true in states with open primaries, like New Hampshire, and it goes back a […]
Basil Wolverton gained fame through his strange and humorous comic book art from Spacehawk to Powerhouse Pepper to Biblical Armegeddon and a lot more. But like most comic artists of his time he tried to break into the syndicated newspaper comic strip market. Also like most comic artists of his time he failed. But he […]