Comic Strip News and Revues. Now and Then I seem to bringing up Caroline Cash’s Nancy on a regular basis since she took over the strip this year, but she keeps reminding me of Bushmiller‘s Nancy. Especially early Ernie endeavors: There was more Bushmilleresque Nancy from Cash Monday. Speaking of synchronicity separated by decades. i […]
As everyone knows Garfield celebrates his birthday every year on June 19 because it was on that date in 1978 that Garfield began his syndicated newspaper comic strip. But cartoonist Jim Davis introduced Garfield and Jon two and a half years before that on January 8, 1976 as a weekly strip in The Pendleton Times. […]
That two panel Nancy/No Ice in context, Revolutionary War comix, Bootleg Calvin and Hobbes, 2026’s Free Comic Book Day. Comic Giveaway Day (it’s complicated), 2026’s Best Picture Oscar eligible animation, powerhouses Disney and Webtoon partner.The Nancy NoticeAnyone with access to social media has seen those Nancy “Notice/No Ice” panels, it is ubiquitous. What may surprise […]
If you can’t trust cartoonists, who?Like Monty I read the daily comics, unlike Monty mostly online since my local only carries six comics, two of the three mentioned above. Barely moving on we come to Daddy Daze where we find out that we can’t trust cartoonists. Rory out of The Barn is just flat out […]
Featuring Crabgrass, Pogo, The Saga of Brann Bjornson, Macanudo, Blondie, Broom-Hilda, Garfield, Mark Trail, Cornered, Shrimp & Grits, and more, including Flash Gordon and Ming the Merciless!Batty SquirrelsThe second row of today’s two-tiered Crabgrass introduced new characters who I would like to see return. Matt, the unseen Jeff, Pam, and the unnamed Pam’s husband should […]
Sunday: To Comma or Not To Comma and Two Title PanelsTwo words in Rubes and two words in Cowtown, both with the proper use of the comma or lack thereof.I think my favorite part of The Sunday Funnies was the dinosaur vignette in Little Oop‘s title panel. Also, for no reason I can discern, the […]
Medical Emergency Alert in Rex Morgan, M.D. Finally, after two months of no Doc Rex (since July 5, 2025), we will get the star of his eponymous comic strip back in action! Or so you would have thought. But Dr. Morgan is a no show, instead it is some anonymous attending physician who happens to […]
Let’s Get Political We are used to Non Sequitur going political, and even Herb and Jamaal and Over the Hedge voice their opinions of the government more frequently these days. But it comes as a surprise when Wizard of Id and Thatababy get digs in at the government.Dave Whamond pulls an old (2002) Dave Coverly […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for June 2025 release (or so).Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets,though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea. Hägar the Horrible: The First 50 Years by Dik Browne It’s time to set sail with the […]
Some quick hits about strips in today’s colored comics supplement. My mornings:It’s a vicious circle as previewed in Garfield‘s title panel with the results in Take It From the Tinkersons. “Leaving on a jet plane” “Don’t know when I’ll be back again” Some synchronicity between Judge Parker and Willy Black today. More Marciuliano… I know […]
Joann Mackenzie for the Glouchester Daily Times talks to local cartoonist Mark Parisi (or here), nominated for the National Cartoonists Society’s 2024 Cartoonist of the Year aka The Reuben Award. Now in its 38th year and distributed daily by United Press Syndicate [sic] to some 100 newspapers, “Off The Mark” [link added] has been described […]
The Born Loser, Frank and Ernest, Calvin and Hobbes, Frazz, Bizarro/Bizarfield, Tom the Dancing Bug, Ripley’s Believe It or Not, Big Nate, Eye Lie Popeye, Mutts and, of course, more.The Born Loser archive at GoComics only goes back to 1994, so those of you who didn’t see the debut strip from May 10, 1965 on […]
The way most people interact with their favorite newspaper comics isn’t by sitting down with the funny pages or with a comic app. In fact, it’s not even with a comic at all. It’s with the merchandise and other licensed products featuring these favorite comic characters, which let them walk off the pages and into […]
Breaking Cat People NewsTaking a break from breaking cat news is Breaking Cat News getting into breaking people news this week. People news involves those in control of our lives and governments, and Georgia Dunn goes there: Georgia leads off the comments by telling her readers why: For folks not loving a strip touching on […]
I’m off getting a magical new hip that will allow me to leap tall buildings in a single bound. While I’m recuperating in a place of dubious connection, here’s an interview I did in 2003 for the Post-Star of Glens Falls, NY. The cartoons were added in 2010 when I replayed the interview for Comic […]