All this talk about Gannett and Doonesbury and The Gannett 34 reminds me I never updated the list. The original Gannett 34: Group 1: Blondie, Zits, Beetle Bailey, Family Circus, Hagar the Horrible, Dennis the MenaceGroup 2: Garfield, Peanuts, For Better or Worse, Baby Blues, Pickles, FoxTrotGroup 3: Pearls Before Swine, Jump Start, Ziggy, Marmaduke, […]
A little political humor on a day I don’t intend to be political at all. As I’ve said before, however, the news is so absurd that it’s hard to satirize, and I appreciate Ruben Bolling for being able to do it simply by treating Donald Trump as a six-year-old, at which point his behavior becomes […]
Chester Gould pre-Dick Tracy; Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson and Star Wars; the wonderful art of Bud Blake; Drowsy Dick awakes years before Little Nemo. [Chester Gould’s] first newspaper job was at the Tulsa Democrat, the forerunner of the Tribune, within weeks of his 1919 high school graduation. That job entailed drawing cartoons in a […]
With the resignation of Andy Sareyan taking effect this month Andrews McMeel Universal (AMU) has announced the promotions of Kirsty Melville and Brent Bartram to fill top positions at the company. Earlier this month AMU made note of Kirsty Melville being promoted to chief executive officer: Kansas City, MO (February 6, 2024) – The Andrews […]
First of all, we knew — didn’t we? — that Dear Leader wasn’t going to cough up the money he owes E. Jean Carroll. Not in a timely manner, certainly, and most likely not out of his own pocket. It seems more likely that the courts will force him to pay his fines to New […]
Here we thought the USA TODAY Network’s move to restrict their newspapers’ choice of comics to some part of The Gannett 34 was just a budget cutting effort – saving money going to the syndicates and saving manpower hours by setting up pagination layouts for the groups newspapers. Turns out it was all a cover […]
So earlier today Mike Peterson brought up trivia contests. Mike said: I gave up on trivia contests after losing a squeaker because I said Lake Baikal is the largest freshwater lake within a single nation’s boundaries. They wanted Lake Superior, which has a greater surface area but contains less water and is sure not within […]
Start with a confession: I like this Off the Mark (AMS) because, once he’s found true love, they can get married and produce blended offspring, all of which I will like more.I’ve tried a number of single malt Scotches and they’ve convinced me that wise distilleries blend their whiskies to create a better tasting beverage. […]
They should change the name of this KFS Vintage feature to “Judge Crater.” Here are the missing episodes, plus a few bonus items.
Frederick Burr Opper was early in the 20th Century considered The Dean of American Cartooning a title he retained long after his death. Cartoonist and illustrator he made his name in the humorous weeklies of the late 1800s (Wild Oats, Puck, etc). His fame only grew when signed on to the Hearst Empire creating comics […]
Seems like President’s Day is a good excuse to start with this example of our love of lies and mythology from Barney and Clyde (WPWG), particularly since this isn’t President’s Day. It’s George Washington’s Birthday.Her teacher’s comment leaves a lot unsaid. Does she mean that it’s inaccurate because George’s father praised his honesty, or because […]
Heathcliff, J. D. Crowe and Mardi Gras, Vintage Comic Strip Preservation and sharing, Robb Armstrong and Franklin Armstrong, Brad Guigar – 24 years as a cartoonist, WEBTOONS, Reader reviews of the new Gannett comics pages. Whether you get your Heathcliff comics from the aforementioned account or the comic’s perplexing original website, it’s clear something has […]
The term “useful idiots” was not coined by Lenin, but it still means what we thought it meant, and Maartin Wolterink (Cartoon Movement) depicts a post-Lenin Russian leader flanked by a pair of his most useful idiots, as he munches contentedly on roast Ukraine.Dave Whamond takes a shot at Tucker Carlson, who had the misfortune […]
Original February 15 item: It seems that a new artist will take over the Dick Tracy comic strip soon. Possibly right after the current Minit Mysteries arc ends on February 25, 2024. The Dick Tracy page at Tribune Content Agency already lists Charles Ettinger as Mike Curtis‘s artistic partner. Charles doesn’t have the Dick Tracy […]
Current King Features cartoonists Ray Billingsley, George Gant, Darrin Bell, and Bianca Xunise plus, from the past, pioneering Black cartoonist Ted Shearer are gathered to help celebrate Black History Month. 1.RAY BILLINGSLEY (Curtis) Veteran cartoonist and comic artist Raymond Curtis Billingsley is an African American cartoonist best known for creating the comic strip CURTIS. Debuting […]