So this happened…From Eric Diaz at The Nerdist: Penciller Mike Zeck’s artwork for page 25 of Marvel’s classic event series Secret Wars’s eighth issue features the [first appearance origin] of Spider-Man’s black suit. This costume, which was really a living alien symbiote, would eventually bond with a certain reporter named Eddie Brock, and become Venom. […]
As I comment on today’s Ben (MWAM), it is minus-7 F (-22 C) outside, but the good news is that the massive snow will not arrive until Monday. The better news is that I don’t much care, because, like Ben and Olivia, I’m retired and don’t have to go out anyway.“Retired” being relative these days, […]
Well not so much shoes or ships, more so comic strips.Baby Blues‘ circulation number is dropping by at least one with its move to Andrews McMeel. The Waterbury Sunday Republican is asking readers to vote for a replacemnt.It’s time for a change to our popular Sunday comics, and we want your help. Starting next month […]
Science fiction and mystery writer and comics historian Ron Goulart has passed away.Ronald Joseph (Ron) Goulart January 13, 1933 – January 14, 2022 “I was hardly there when the electric dishwasher grabbed me.” “It was a clear black night and they were several million miles from home.” “The dead man went for a walk” […]
The big news today is that Steve Kelley (Creators) has embraced Critical Race Theory and has begun promoting that view of history in his cartoons. Or at least in this one.And he has the situation right: Democrats have long been critical of their party’s legacy in Civil Rights.As Biden suggested, and as Kelley confirms, they’ve […]
Lucy is, of course, Lucy Shelton Caswell, original curator of The Billy Ireland.Lucy with current curator Jenny Robb The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum (BICLM) is pleased to announce the winners of the annual Lucy Shelton Caswell Research Award for 2022. As a result of postponing the 2021 award due to COVID, we were able […]
Update: As Jerry Scott informs in the comments below Baby Blues is up at GoComics.original January 12 post:Baby Blues, the very popular comic strip by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman, has switched teams moving from King Features Syndicate to Andrews McMeel Syndication. Kansas City, MO (January 11, 2022) Andrews McMeel Syndication (AMS) will assume sales […]
Publisher Simon & Schuster has created Boynton Bookworks, an imprint dedicated solely to the creative output of Sandra Boynton. From Associated Press via Kansas City Star: Sandra Boynton’s prolific career as an author, cartoonist and songwriter has reached the point where a publisher has formed an imprint dedicated solely to her books. On Thursday, […]
Cartoonist Orlando Busino has passed away. Orlando Francis Busino October 10, 1926 – January 11, 2022 From the obituary:Orlando F. Busino, 95, of Ridgefield, died peacefully on Tuesday, January 11, 2022. He was the loving husband of Ann (Darlington) Busino having just celebrated 70 years of marriage. Mr. Busino was a retired Cartoonist and his […]
Tom Tomorrow indulges in a bit of self-examination, and it strikes home with me as well, since I also monitor social media or possibly obsess over it.The difference between us, I think, is that he can’t help feeling things while I seem to be able to compartmentalize more, which is the difference between artists and […]
Milton Caniff finds his horizons unlimited as Steve Canyon debuts January 13, 1947. The first eight dailies and the first Sunday.© Ester Parsons Caniff Estate
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 […]
Comics DC makes us aware that:In his cartoon from yesterday “Urine Trouble,” Clay planted a bunch of conservative cartoonists, many of whom are anti-vaxxers or covid denyers, under a bunch of tombstones. I see Scott “Dilbert” Adams, Henry Payne, Al Goodwyn, Mike Lester, Branco, Chip Bok, Glenn McCoy, Gary McCoy, Tom Stiglich, Rivers, Lisa Benson, […]
Chip Bok (Creators) was likely being sarcastic with this one, but the comments indicate that a whole lot of the wrong readers liked his cartoon.Having recently been puzzled by the idea that maybe Michael Ramirez had had a Saul-of-Tarsus moment, I was prepared for this, but I laughed anyway. Sarcasm can be tricky, and there […]
Bill Amend, creator of the FoxTrot comic strip, has been using his Twitter feed to dump on Fox News and, separately, the NFT culture with non-FoxTrot “editorials” drawn on napkins.Bill felt that his NFT slap had gained him enough new followers that he could afford to lose a few by chiding Fox News. I picked […]