That “a while back” was 90 years ago today. On January 7, 1934 King Features Syndicate introduced two new comics pages to the Hearst and other subscribing newspapers. One of the pages was by an established cartoonist with over twenty years of experience. The other page was drawn by an unknown artist who had spent […]
Big Nate began the new year by spending an enjoyable (for readers) week with his grandparents at an old folks home (aka: an assisted living facility). I particularly liked Friday’s (Jan. 5) joke – not a new joke but well staged. Speaking of well set up and carried out … yesterday’s Brewster Rockit. Y’all are […]
Under the headline “Clarion Ledger refreshes comic lineup based on reader input, changing tastes” the Mississippi newspaper informed readers that their funnies will be changing as the paper finally conforms to Gannett’s company-wide overhaul of their comics pages. After reminiscing about the old days of meeting with syndicate salesmen to discuss comics changes to his […]
In today’s Between Friends (KFS), Maeve has been awarded the Cardboard Box and ambitious suck-up Jim is feigning surprise. But, to repeat something I’ve said before, I never lost a job I still wanted, which is relevant since Maeve was on the brink of resigning.I was fired twice, which isn’t bad over 40-some years, and […]
The Monster and Mike Doonesbury, Milholland and The Mouse, Hugs and Kisses from Peanuts, Bret Blevins and Judge Alan Parker, The Comics Journal’s 2023 Best Name Checks a few Comic Strips, Cleveland Scene’s Comics Issue, and Love to Ramona Fradon on her Retiring at age 97.It’s that time of year when we get bonus Doonesbury […]
Jeffrey Lindenblatt’s Paper Trends: The 300 for 1998 Scroll down for more of Jeffrey’s 1998 survey entries at the Stripper’s Guide.********** BEFORE THE CARTOON 2: Comic cuts and conversational captions The Penny Satirist, which called itself “a weekly satirical newspaper” featured the first sustained use of front-page political cartoons in London. The first number of […]
British comic artist John M. Burns has passed away. John Michael Burns 1938 – December 29, 2023 From John Freeman: We’re very sorry to report the passing of British comic artist John M. Burns, perhaps best known for his work on 2000AD and Look-In. John passed away peacefully, in hospital on Friday 29th December. He […]
The New Year brought in a lack of updating of many Tribune Content Agency (TCA) strips at GoComics. Animal Crackers, Bound & Gagged, The Middletons, plus the Annie reruns remain daily views at GoComics ; but Bliss, Bottom Liners, Brewster Rockit, Broom-Hilda, Dick Tracy Gasoline Alley, Gil Thorp, Pluggers, and 9 to 5 haven’t yet […]
The Mutts comic strip will go into rerun status for six months as Patrick McDonnell gets busy with some special projects – one of which will be putting together a book collecting the very popular Guard Dog freedom strips. To keep up-to-date with Patrick’s activities check in at Mutts Comics website, visit his blog, sign […]
Adam@Home (AMS) is in an optimistic mood as 2024 has launched, though not quite as much in a hurry as his wife, who I suspect is only trying to encourage him, given that they’ve been married long enough to have a couple of kids on the brink of middle school.After all, encouraging him has worked […]
This is an installment of 2023 U.S. Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.(part 1: Debuts and Departures – – part 2: Detours and Deviations – – part 3: the Dearly Departed) 2023 – THE DEARLY DEPARTEDThese U. S. newspaper and magazine cartoonists died in 2023. JACK BENDERMarch 28, 1931 – January 5, 2023newspaper […]
This is an installment of 2023 U.S. Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.(part 1: Debuts and Departures– – part 2: Detours and Deviations – – part 3: the Dearly Departed)2023 DETOURS/DEVIATIONSSome changes to U. S. newspaper comic strips and panels in 2023. Rick Detorie goes six days a week as his One Big […]
This is an installment of 2023 U.S. Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.(part 1: Debuts and Departures – – part 2: Detours and Deviations – – part 3: the Dearly Departed)2023 DEBUTSThese comics began appearing in U. S. newspapers in 2023. BEWARE OF TODDLERby George GantSunday onlyJanuary 2023 –King Features Syndicate[first appeared online […]
(Banner by Johnny Walbridge, who, as noted yesterday, went on to be a Disney writer and animator.)We’ll start our look back at 1924 with a strip I didn’t know existed, possibly because it was only around for about three years. Ring Lardner was a popular writer and this was something of an extension of his […]
Beginning January 1, 2024, The Lockhorns will be found on GoComics, not Comics Kingdom. As we reported Bunny has switched from King Features Syndicate to Andrews McMeel Syndication.