Looper lists the Most Popular Peanuts Characters from worst to best. The only problem with the “Peanuts” gang is that some members are more lovable than others. Some of the Shulz [sic] toons are charming and imaginative enough to carry their own feature films, but some don’t have the charisma to carry a single comic […]
Far out, man. A joint task force between Brian ‘Box’ Brown and King Features Syndicate has dovetailed to distribute Brian’s Legalization Nation comic strip to a wider audience. © Brian Box BrownKFS Editor Tea Foughner and Comics Kingdom both announced the dope deal today.From Comics Kingdom Facebook page:Today, we’re excited to announce LEGALIZATION NATION has […]
Every once in a while we like to recommend some sites featuring funnies.Bored Panda frequently presents panel cartoons and comic strips from various creators.Here we show a couple cartoons of their Jules Burton Suits compilation. Check in daily. Every other week at CartoonStock Cartoon critics Phil Witte and Rex Hesner look behind the gags to debate […]
The global (and massive) vertical South Korean-based webcomic site Webtoon placed a full page color ad in the Tuesday, December 21, 2021 issue of The New York Times’ Arts section.The ad appeared on the back page of the section with a teaser ad at the bottom of the section’s first page. Mike Rhode for the […]
The 2012 Tarzan webcomic (retitled The New Adventures of Tarzan in 2013) by Roy Thomas, Tom Grindberg, and Benito Gallego has (finally) been scheduled to be collected in a hardcover book.In 2012 Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. began to produce new Tarzan adventures as a webcomic by Roy Thomas and Tom Grindberg in a Sunday half-page […]
We ran an obituary for cartoonist Jerry Palen last week. But… Many people knew him as a fellow rancher, others through his iconic characters Elmo and Flo in his syndicated comic strip “Stampede,” the most widely syndicated cartoon in both the U.S. and Canada. Still others will remember Jerry Palen as the sculptor, artist and […]
While non-fungibe token (NFT) collectibles have been very popular, NFTs have brought a slew of unique debates to the table and one of them has been censorship. The artist behind Stonetoss Comics, a series of political cartoons, has been censored by two very prominent NFT marketplaces — Opensea and Rarible. Stonetoss has told the public […]
Webtoons Webcomics Get Into Print The webcomics giant Webtoon is getting into print comics publishing, with a planned fall 2022 debut. Webtoon Unscrolled will be a print graphic novel imprint part of its sister company Wattpad Webtoon Book Group. Tower of God © SIU; Everything is Fine © Mike Birchall Webtoon Unscrolled will be led […]
Crabgrass is a comic strip set in the early 80’s about what it means to be best friends during a time before cellphones, the internet and so-called “helicopter parenting”. If you ever wonder how you managed to survive your own childhood: Crabgrass remembers. At NCSFest a couple weeks ago Shena Wolf interviewed cartoonist Tauhid Bondia, […]
Friday evening saw the National Cartoonists Society announce the winners of a half dozen of the 16 Divisional Awards for 2020 work. And the nominees and winners for those Divisional Awards: Nominees for Advertising/Product Illustration And the winner is… Luke McGarry Nominees for Greeting Cards And the winner is…Scott Nickel Nominees for Online Comics LongformAnd the winner […]
Everybody remembers Garfield Minus Garfield, where Garfield was edited out of his own comic strip. Now there is a new Garfield meme where a Garfield comic strip is edited by replacing the last panel with one specific shot. As a longtime favorite in the Sunday funny pages, Jim Davis’ Garfield has long been the subject of […]
Heidi MacDonald, at The (Comics) Beat, reviews the new comic strip(?) Batman: Wayne Family Adventures that debuted today on the vertical Webtoon platform. As reported earlier, the first Webtoon/DC collaboration debuted this morning, and unsurprisingly, it’s Batman. Specifically Batman: Wayne Family Adventures, by CRC Payne, Maria Li, Lan Ma, Starbite, Jean Kim and Keilamel Sibal. […]
DC Comics and Webtoon have announced they will be collaborating on webcomics. WEBTOON Entertainment Inc, the world’s number one webcomic platform today announced it has entered into a creative partnership with DC. The agreement will see DC and WEBTOON collaborate on several upcoming webcomic series’ set in the DC Universe. These standalone series will appeal […]
Like many of us in early 2021, Martin Lee was deeply affected by many issues, including COVID, George Floyd, and anti-Asian hate crimes. Finding himself in a self-diagnosed “funk,” he needed refuge and found his way back to the art of his youth. Little did he know that this diversion would lead to the start […]
The winners of the 2021 Eisner Awards were announced Friday night at the San Diego Comic-Con. A mostly comic book affair here are the winners in some categories we regularly cover here at TDC. Best Reality-Based Work WINNER: Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio, by Derf Backderf (Abrams) Big Black: Stand at Attica, by Frank “Big […]