Big Nate gets involved in new shenanigans as an animated tv star today. The beloved comic strip Big Nate by cartoonist Lincoln Peirce has evolved quite a bit from a newspaper comic strip first debuted in 1991 to a full-blown media franchise that includes illustrated novels and even a stage musical. After more than three […]
In Cowley County Kansas Curtis has replaced Baby Blues.From The Courier Traveler: We need to update readers on changes to our comics page. First the comics. Our main supplier of comic strips, King Features Syndicate, recently lost Baby Blues to another syndicate. We had to scramble to fill that spot and chose Curtis. It’s been […]
A second day of foolishness, a second day of inventing headlines that satirize classic book titles.Jimmy Margulies (KFS) leads off with a comparison of nitwits. As noted yesterday, not knowing squat about Canada didn’t stop Yanks from not only commenting on the convoy but actively supporting it, and now we’ve got Republican Senators coming to […]
Happy 30 years to Non Sequitur, Wiley Miller‘s wry look at the absurdities of everyday life. Wiley Miller’s Non Sequitur debuted on February 16, 1992 and GoComics interviews the cartoonist on the occasional of the comic strip’s 30th anniversary. Can you share what your experience has been like working with Andrews McMeel? I’m contractually obligated to […]
Berkeley Breathed’s Bloom County comic strip is in development as an animated television series with the creator as co-writer and executive producer.From Variety:Ack! Bill the Cat, Opus and the rest of Berkeley Breathed’s “Bloom County” universe are heading to Fox. The comic strip, created and written by Berkeley Breathed, is being developed as an animated […]
Clay Bennett (CTFP) starts off today’s tour of bathos and foolishness with this commentary on the news that Trump’s accounting firm announced they don’t intend to defend his financial statements because they don’t trust the information he gave them.It’s a large “Uh-Oh” indeed and, while his co-conspirators and rightwing defenders will continue to attack NY […]
Comic strip artist Mel Keefer has passed away.Melvin James (Mel) Keefer July 2, 1926 – February 11, 2022 comic strips, comic books, animation, illustratorFrom the obituary: A native Angeleno, Mel was born to Ida and Charles Keefer, later becoming big brother to Phyllis. His West Adams childhood revolved around two passions: sports and art. He […]
Matt Bors is returning to comics, not political cartooning, rather comic books.When Matt announced last year his stepping back from political cartooning he was … making some space in my life for other kinds of comics that I’m excited about but have never had the time to fully pursue. That includes a partnership with Ben […]
Late last year cartoonist Scott Diggs Underwood became part of the Slylock Fox team as a collaborator with Bob Weber, Jr. on the Sunday issues of the King Features Syndicate feature.Apparently not paying close attention to the Slylock Fox and Comics for Kids, this past Sunday’s art struck me as odd. The horse wasn’t a […]
Speaking, as we were yesterday, of brilliant women of the past, this Pearls Before Swine (AMS) calls to mind Madame de Staël‘s quote “To know all is to forgive all.”I’d agree that, if you can see both sides of an issue, it’s easier to be generous in judging, and it’s as true today as it […]
Magazine cartoonist Bill Woodman has passed away. William Frederick (Bill) Woodman October 30, 1939 – February 12, 2022 Friend and fellow cartoonist Mike Lynch has learned through the family of Bill’s passing:My friend, the “cartoonist’s cartoonist,” Bill Woodman passed away on Saturday. I received a call from his daughter, Anne, yesterday afternoon. My deep condolences […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for February 2022 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through your local comic or independent book store is a good idea. The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1922-1924 Invisible Presence Flash Gordon Dailies: Austin Briggs Come Over Come Over (hardcover edition) review SUPERHUMAN: THE BRONZE AGE OF […]
My old friend, Mrs Carter, could make a pudding, as well as translate Epictetus. — Samuel JohnsonAs noted yesterday, liking sports is as optional as liking ballet, but then there are polymaths like Elizabeth Carter whose intellectual curiosity and wide span of interests was testimony to the sexism inherent in the term “Renaissance Man.”F’rinstance, this […]
We were going to set up an anniversary post for Wednesday but Wiley beat us to the punch with today’s Non Sequitur. Wiley, who has better resources than we, works a very clear shot of that original panel from February 16, 1992 into the February 13, 2022 Non Sequitur strip. Wiley admits […]
Sentimentality for the good old days is not a new emotion.On February 13, 1922 Al Posen with his Them Days Is Gone Forever yearned for better times. above from The Shreveport Journal of February 13, 1922Here’s Allan Holtz talking about the Posen and his comic strip:It seems to me that having to do a daily […]