On this very date in 1982, Sally Forth entered our lives. Okay, it didn’t technically enter my life until 1997 when I was hired to write the strip, simply because it did not run in my hometown paper. Of course, a lot has changed with the strip since it premiered four decades ago, including the […]
With the Sally Forth comic strip celebrating its 40th anniversary today (and all week), cartoonist Jim Keefe is taking the opportunity to recall the time he met Sally Forth creator Greg Howard, accompanied by Jim’s Sally Forth mentor Craig MacIntosh. I got to meet Greg Howard just once in 2012 before I took over the […]
The first For Better or For Worse Sunday issue of 2022 was not only well received at GoComics, but in newspapers.A letter to The Baltimore Sun: I had to comment on the wonderful message in the comic strip, “For Better or For Worse” (Jan. 2) by Lynn Johnston. … I read it several times and […]
Might as well start the day in puzzled mode, since I don’t have a particular hobby horse to ride.Specifically, I’m puzzled by “The trouble with instant coffee,” in today’s Pardon My Planet (KFS) because it suggests that there’s something that isn’t troubling about instant coffee. Which is to say that, while I agree the crystals […]
The Public Domain post got me to thinking there was one 1925 continuity that ran into 1926 and we might as well show the complete run here. J. R. Williams’ Out Our Way began in 1922 and in a few years it had become a very popular comic panel, appearing in many newspapers across […]
Comic books had appeared long before 1922, but that was the year a comic book appeared on a regular periodic schedule as the appropriately named Comic Monthly began to be published on a monthly basis, with the first issue cover dated January 1922.From ComicBooks.com: In January of 1922 Comics Monthly #1 appeared on the newsstands […]
Here are our ten most popular cartoons of year, 2021. Jeff Koterba was swinging for home runs this year, winning SIX of the Top Ten spots, along with ELEVEN of the Top Twenty. This was a fantastic year for Jeff! Daryl Cagle also refers to them as the “most reprinted cartoon[s],” all of which I […]
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I make a weekly cartoon for The Guardian newspaper about books and a weekly science cartoon for New Scientist magazine. I work as an illustrator and have written a number of comic books and, most recently, a children’s book called The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess. I’ve drawn ten covers for The New […]
“One of my favorite writers is Man (Emanuel) Martin.”That seems a reasonable way for anyone to introduce Man Martin. I know it holds true for me.The introduction continues: His writing career was already well established with wonderful books but then he had to become greedy and become an outstanding comic strip creator as well, the […]
I’m sure Dave Coverly simply intended to make a funny with this Speed Bump (Creators), but it hit at a moment when it struck a nerve. And if you hate sports, trust me and stick around.The death of John Madden brought out a lot of tributes, including some rebroadcasts of games from when he coached […]
Speaking of The Sun Also Rises…From the Duke University law site: On January 1, 2022, copyrighted works from 1926 will enter the US public domain, where they will be free for all to copy, share, and build upon. The line-up this year is stunning. It includes books such as A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh, Felix Salten’s […]
The Sally Forth comic strip is 40. And Ces and Jim will take us back to the beginning beginning tomorrow (January 3). They give us a bit of forewarning in today’s strip.© King Features Syndicate Also today, and going forward, is Patrick McDonnell‘s return to Mutts after an extended sabbatical. According to an earlier announcement: MUTTS […]
F-Minus (AMS) hit me solidly this morning because I’d just been through my morning check-in on social media, which included a whole lot of people declaring their defiant intent to something-something-something in the New Year, mostly involving not takin’ nothin’ from nobody.I’d rather they pledged to lose weight, which isn’t going to happen either, but […]
This is an installment of 2021 Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.(part 1: Debuts – – part 2: Departures – – part 3: Dearly Departed – – part 4: Detours/Deviations) 2021 DebutsThese comics began appearing in U. S. newspapers in 2021 MT. PLEASANT by Rick McKee and Kent Sligh January 3, 2021 – Tribune Content […]