The nearly 18 year old Comics Kingdom, launched November 2008, had its “most profitable year on record” last year. Tamara Blazquez at NetInfluencer talks to CJ Kettler and Alex Garcia and reports on the success of the platform. Comics Kingdom is the direct-to-consumer platform operated by King Features, a Hearst division founded in 1915 to […]
Variety is reporting that King Features has partnered with Reginald Hudlin to develop a television series starring The Phantom of comic strip fame. From Jennifer Mass at Variety: A live-action [emphasis added] TV series based on Lee Falk’s classic comic strip “The Phantom” is in the works from “Candy Cane Lane” and “Sidney” filmmaker Reginald Hudlin, […]
New(ish) Flash Gordon Artist Monday, March 30, saw Dan Schkade share creator credits with artist Sandy Jarrell on Flash Gordon. Sandy was one of the guest artists last year in the Lowland Station Tales, now he has returned as the daily and Sunday artist for the foreseeable future – meaning at least through next week. […]
We’ve fallen behind on noting Alex Garcia’s Inside the Kingdom interviews; so… Finding the Funny in the Everyday: Hilary Price and Rhymes With Orange What makes a comic quietly brilliant? In this episode of Inside the Kingdom, we sit down with Hilary Price, the award-winning creator of Rhymes With Orange. Since 1995, Hilary’s strip has […]
$6 Dollars for 6 MonthsKing Features is playing Friday’s Child this weekend by giving a subscription bargain to their Comics Kingdom site. $6 dollars for 6 months! Scroll toward the bottom for the bargain. The NCS Gives Fair WarningThe National Cartoonists Society is giving advance notice that they will soon be opening the window for […]
Bookstores are rebounding, The Philosophical Implications in Calvin and Hobbes, Go with King Features’ Popeye, The Phantom, and others on a Sea Cruise, and cherished children’s book covers are transform into ecological posters. But we start with the non-anniversary of a political animal.November 7, 1874 – First cartoon of the Republican Party elephant (Not)While some […]
The New York Comic Con weekend begins today (Comics Beat covers it in full). Mostly comic books but as usual there are comic strip related projects taking place. Like the Comics Kingdom booth. The National Cartoonists Society will also be there with members showing up throughout the run. The New York Comic Con also issues […]
The National Cartoonists Society’s 79th Annual Reuben Awards weekend starts tomorrow and syndicates are proudly highlighting the cartoonists from their stables that have been nominated for awards and honors. Comics Kingdom Proudly Celebrates our 2025 Reuben Awards Honorees and Nominees From King Features Syndicate/Comics Kingdom: In this post, we’re spotlighting our Reuben Award nominees and […]
Talkin’ ’bout this ‘n’ that with Francesco Marciuliano and Jim Keefe, Doug MacGregor, William Randolph Hearst, Michael Ricigliano and Kevin Kallaugher, Jason Lutes, and Charles Brubaker.Francesco Marciuliano and Jim Keefe Ever started a podcast and wondered if you’d accidentally clicked “play all”? Yeah, we’re feeling it too. On this delightfully never-ending episode, we dive deep with […]
Comics Kingdom subscription bargain, Cartoon Brew changes hands, Kevin Kallaugher on TV, San Diego Comic-Con panels of interest, Comics Revue ends after 42 years, seeking lost Eartha comic strips by John M. Burns, what some of those strange items advertised in old comic books really were, and a reminder to get your Reuben Playbill ad.Comics […]
Tea Fougner, who parted ways with King Features early this year, has signed on as an Executive Editor with the comic book company Boom Studios. Tea Fougner had spent 12 years with King Features Syndicate (KFS) rising to Editorial Director for her last six years with the comic strip syndicate before they ended their relationship […]
Following up on our report of Peanuts trading cards (scroll to the bottom) comes news of The Phantom trading cards. And like those Peanuts cards with Schulz art The Phantom cards have art by Sunday Phantom artist Jeff Weigel, but in this case it is new art. From Frew Publications in Australia: The Phantom Generations […]
While we noticed that the Gannett, Lee, McClatchy, Advance, Horizon, PostMedia, and Wicks newspaper groups all unified their comics pages across the lines, with some signing exclusively with one syndicate or another, we missed following up on the Paxton Media Group signing with King Features at the time change from 2024 to 2025.I noted a […]
While GoComics has developed a habit of not including the black plate on a Sunday strip or two this year since their Great Reset, that oversight is usually corrected within hours or at least before the day is over.What continues to irritate me is their refusal to post the complete Sunday of a lot of […]
A Newnan Times-Herald comics page survey; Mara Llave, Keeper of (No More) Time; Pope Leo XIV and Peanuts; Russ Manning’s Star Wars; The Phantom and Advance Local; and a Comics Kingdom Survey (what!? when?). Newnan Times-Herald Comics Page Change As part of a planned revamp of its comics page, The Newnan Times-Herald (locally owned, not […]