The Fort Hood Sentinel welcomes back the Another Monday comic panel by Chaplain (Maj) Stephen Dicks to its pages.“Another Monday” is back. Due to a recent permanent change of station back to the Great Place, Chaplain (Maj.) Stephen Dicks, 1st Cavalry Division Artillery chaplain, will be a regular contributor to the Sentinel, injecting his artwork […]
Young cartoonist Colby Stith has snagged a spot in Colony Magazine, a monthly distributed to the coastal area north of Los Angeles. Colby’s Tales From Eno panel will appear monthly beginning in August 2019.Colby said that he’s been drawing comic strips since he was in the second grade and worked with his cousin on a […]
In just four months Counterpoint has been so successful that it has added a second weekly edition to its output. As explained when they opened it up to us:We are more than just a roundup of recycled editorial cartoons from syndication; Counterpoint pays for original content. When we publish our newsletter, these are a collection […]
When I was a lad of 16, I trained to earn the Red Cross’s Junior Life Saver designation. It required passing a variety of swim tests, with the finale being a simulated rescue of a drowning swimmer.My “victim” was a camp counselor who, during the school year, played lacrosse at Cornell and, while lacrosse players […]
Earlier this year the Ruston Daily Leader switched out some of their comic strips. Sounds like they had a few complaints.A few months ago, we changed the comics (or “funnies”) package that runs in the printed Ruston Daily Leader each day. We’ve heard much feedback from the community… So please take the time to check up to […]
The famous 1,000-to-1 words-to-picture ratio may be understated when it comes to the political cartoon. A case can be made that public opinion has, over time, been more often shaped by these artists than by the words of their polemicist colleagues on the nation’s editorial pages. A salient political point made with humor can pack […]
Harry’s, a UK-based toiletries company, has added comic strips to their mystery item program.Harry’s introduced the Mystery Item programme to their online retail experience in 2018, one year after the brand was founded. It has now become a permanent offer and has risen to become their second most popular product. Items that the customer has […]
I’m not prepared to anoint David Fitzsimmons as the next Nostradamus or even Jeanne Dixon, but he did run this cartoon before last night’s debates.I started to watch the debates, but the Jeopardy! format put me off.Actually, a Jeopardy! format might have been kind of fun: Each candidate could select a question from a column […]
AMP Kids has reinvigorated their blog with a new series – Comics 101.Amp Kids is Andrews McMeel‘s publishing arm for young readers. Among others things they have recently started a more or less weekly series about Comics for Kids. Why Comics are Great for Kids (and Libraries)The numbers speak for themselves: When libraries add a comics/graphic […]
On Friday, July 26 (above), Ray Billingsley started a story line in his Curtis comic strip.This week Ray introduced a new character. My disappointment comes from, after two days of “Quincy Shearer,” none of the commenters mentioning the origin of that name.Quincy by Ted Shearer was a classic, and one of a small group of […]
Bob Gorrell brings up a point that either side can run with.Obviously (well, obviously to me), there is nothing wrong with pointing out racism when it is (A) real and (B) a major factor in something.In fact, you’d be a fool not to, unless the racism is in your favor and you’re hoping it will […]
Dilbert creator Scott Adams has sparked outrage by using yesterday’s Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting to promote his WhenHub app.The app allows regular citizens to become “video advisors” offering advice on any topic, for a fee, which will be paid in WHEN coins (currently valued at just over one cent). When anyone provides a paid-for interview, […]
The Spokane Spokesman-Review on Sunday (July 28, 2019) gave readers a two-page color center spread in the their first news section to a look at the history of comics in the newspaper. Put together by Charles Apple the piece opens with the purpose of comics:The first newspaper comic strips developed about 124 years ago — give […]
Matt Wuerker, I’m quite sure unintentionally, provides a catalyst for today’s political rant.I grew up on Hoppy and Cisco and other TV heroes who rode into town, confronted and defeated the bad guys, and then accepted the thanks of the grateful citizens and rode off into the sunset.However, as I grew older, I realized that […]
In 1979 Steve Carpenter, an artist for Hallmark Cards, Inc. created a curly haired dog for a greeting card. A Hallmark executive saw the drawing and thought it had possibilities … as a comic strip.Card companies had had a long association with comic characters. In 1960 Hallmark itself began a very successful relationship with Charles […]