Cartoonist Steve Stiles has passed away.Stephen Willis Stiles July 16, 1943 – January 11, 2020 Steve Stiles is a cartoonist I recognize from his underground comix work. His work appeared in comix books with irresistible titles like Dope Comix and Bizarre Sex. In some box around here I have those floppies, along with his solo Hyper […]
Mickey Mouse first appeared in an animated short in the Fall of 1928 and was an instant hit.By the next Summer:The popular Mickey cartoons piqued the interest of J.V. Connelly of King Features Syndicate, who proposed the release of a Mickey Mouse comic strip as early as June 1929. The Disney Studio soon went to […]
Let’s start the week with a surprise: They still make Gravy Train.Well, I was surprised, anyway.Sherman’s Lagoon has been toying with this little dog shark for several days and it’s been a fun arc, but today’s stopped me, because I thought, of all the time-worn irrelevant references in comic strips, Gravy Train really stood out.That […]
The Roanoke (Va.) Times has changed its Sunday Funnies roster.Six are dropped from the Sunday edition Agnes, Doonesbury, For Better or For Worse, Get Fuzzy, Red and Rover, Speed Bump.Twelve are added to the Sunday edition Andy Capp, B.C., Beetle Bailey, Big Nate, Dennis the Menace, Foxtrot, Marmaduke, Mutts, Shoe, Snuffy Smith, The Family Circus, […]
We covered this new comic feature by Steve Breen earlier; but today it is official (with instructions and today’s date):CAPTION IT! by Steve Breen January 12, 2020 – weekly Creators SyndicateIt can be seen on the Creators site, GoComics, which carries the Creators strips, has not yet added it to their comics page.
Jim Scancarelli used his Sunday space to honor the history of his Gasoline Alley strip, and do homage to the strip’s creator Frank King.Jim did his research for those throwback panels. Gasoline Alley January 15, 1921 Gasoline Alley February 2, 1921 Gasoline Alley April 16, 1921 Gasoline Alley January 14, 1921 Great job Jim!Gasoline Alley can […]
Newspaper reporter Ken Fuson has passed away.Ken Fuson, born June 23, 1956, died Jan. 3, 2020 at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, of liver cirrhosis, and is stunned to learn that the world is somehow able to go on without him.Journalist Ken Fuson wrote his own (wonderful) obituary.In lieu of flowers, Ken asked that everyone […]
I wouldn’t have brought up Harry and Meghan so prematurely the other day if I’d realized how much their decision to put their marriage ahead of parental expectations was going to explode into an international incident.I like Steve Sack‘s take because it tells the tale so simply, like finding out that Orr paddled all the […]
In sequential panels cartoonist Jerry Craft, for the New York Times Book Review, tells how comic books were a portal to “heavier” literature.[Aside: Science backs up Jerry.]The Review notes that, “Jerry Craft is the author and illustrator of the graphic novel “New Kid,” winner of the 2019 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature.”Which makes me […]
David Fitzsimmons sets the scene, to the extent that you can set a scene which, as he notes, changes and shifts and contradicts itself at every moment.Secretary of State Pompeo demonstrated the kind of fancy-dancing necessary to serve in this Cabinet at his news conference yesterday, at which the press asked him obnoxious questions like […]
On Canada’s Family Feud, a contestant botched the final question—costing her family $10,000—because the fast food chain was clearly the first thing to come to mind when she heard the word “Popeye’s.”The goof went viral and reached the fast food chicken’s upper management.Fernando Machado, global CMO of Popeyes and sister brand Burger King, said the […]
Etsy is selling all kinds of decorative Calvin and Hobbes art for home and office.Book Riot shows the objets d’art with links to the Etsy pages.This seems like a lot of material from a man notorious for keeping the licensing of his creation down to books, a couple of calendars, and a few prints.No copyright […]
The Cincinnati Enquirer has hired Kevin Necessary as political cartoonist and illustrator.From The Enquirer:Kevin Necessary is an illustrator and editorial cartoonist. His editorial cartoons will appear Sundays in The Enquirer and online each Friday.Kevin explains his job to fellow Cincinnatians in words and pictures: Who is Kevin?I am a comics journalist and editorial cartoonist for WCPO/9 […]
You don’t actually have to be funny to be in the Friday Funnies, and Heart of the City scores with a sweet Sunday rerun that brought me back to my adolescence.The only places open after dinner in our little town were bars, one of which was our designated hangout in high school, a place about […]
The Cartoon Art Museum is proud to announce its second biennial Tribute Auction, A Boy and His Tiger: A Tribute to Bill Watterson, featuring original art in homage to Bill Watterson and his seminal comic strip creation Calvin and Hobbes.And the auction is a go!The Cartoon Art Museum’s salute to Watterson’s enduring talent, A Boy […]