For the GoComics Blog Natalie Finander gives us a rundown of “The Cartoonists Who Made ‘Nancy.’” “When the character of Nancy was introduced to the world, she was only meant to stick around for a week. Ernie Bushmiller added her to the “Fritzi Ritz” strip in 1933 as an incidental character; he planned to drop […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for September 2026 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent bookstore is a good idea. Wallace the Brave: All Hands on Deck! by Will Henry With evocative artwork and imaginative storytelling, […]
Rick Kirkman, Jerry Scott, and GoComics are announcing that Baby Blues will go strictly rerun beginning next March of 2027 and will be alternating new and rerun material from now until then. Rachel DeSchepper for the GoComics blog reports: All good things must come to an end, and that’s the case for one of our […]
The Sunday Zits comic strip will be original material while the daily Zits will remain in rerun status.The Daily Cartoonist contacted the creators of the Zits comic strip and Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman passed our inquiry on to King Features Executive Editor Amy Anderson who graciously responded: Jerry and Jim will continue to create […]
Below are some comic and cartoon books scheduled for September 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. E Is for Edward A Centennial Celebration of the Mischievous Mind of Edward Gorey E Is […]
As Mike noted GoComics dropped the black line from Baby Blues today. They did the same with Phoebe and Her Unicorn (and on the comic strip’s tenth anniversary no less). On the other side of the tracks Comics Kingdom put out Prince Valiant with the blacks but no color. So for the Thomas Scott Roberts […]
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 […]
It is looking more and more like the February 2, 2025 will be the last Candorville distributed to print newspapers. Stars and Stripes weekend edition for February 7, 2025 has been issued and the comics section does not include Candorville. The Stars and Stripes Sunday Comics is a strange animal. Starting with the masthead that […]
Lincoln Peirce offered a bit of critical commentary in Big Nate (AMS) yesterday.It’s no secret that a lot of comic strips have outlived their creators, but, when a cartoonist gives up a strip, what happens next varies. If a strip is not in a lot of papers, the syndicate may shut it down, but if […]
In advance of the October release of their 35th book “Adult Time,” the Daily Cartoonist conducted an email interview with “Baby Blues” creators Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott.**TDC: Your 35th (!) Baby Blues book hits the streets in mid-October. How does a 28-year-old comic have 35 books?JS: This is actually our 45th Baby Blues book, […]
The book drops today, and if you love me you’ll order it here but that’s not what I wanted to say about it.Jack Ohman comes close to what I wanted to say about it, because it’s a portrait of chaos and paranoia that would be funny if it weren’t actually happening in our actual government.I’ve […]
(Baby Blues) (Between Friends)I’ve wanted to ratchet things down a bit here without re-introducing the Lenten Political Fast, and how better than to start the week with a Juxtaposition of Warm Parental Feelings from each end of the process.As often as you might say, “Oh, I wish this moment could last forever,” I was always interested […]
Darrin Bell has just branched out into editorial cartoons and I strongly suggest you follow him because he’s swattin’em out of the park faster than I can steal them.I’m really conflicted about this one, because there are an awful lot of cheap and unfair anti-ACA cartoons, as well as cheap and unfair anti-Obama cartoons in […]
After yesterday’s conceptual extravaganza, I’m resting my brain, with the help of this silly “The Flying McCoys” panel.One of the questions anyone in the arts faces is “Where do you get your ideas?”There’s no real answer to that, because the really complex ideas start and build and grow … but the dumb ones, at least […]
I’ll be the first to admit that I love dumb jokes. And, when it comes to dumb jokes, Joe Martin is the champ, with a lineup of strips in which stupid reigns supreme and Willy reigns above all. Willy & Ethel make the misadventures of the Kramdens look like “Dynasty,” and have been doing so […]