A few things that stood out this week. Scott Ketcham‘s wildly off-model Dennis the Menace and Joey didn’t bring about the amount of comments I thought it would. Though it sticks out like a sore thumb I am not bothered by it. For those who are there’s another Scott Ketcham panel coming next week. Will […]
December 25, 1975* — Older Strips # — Special Materials
It’s All in the Timing That was some timing for Zippy to mention Superman #1 at the same time as a near mint issue sells for $12,200,000. What are the chances that Griffy was aware of the auction deadline a month earlier when he created the strip? Much less likely is that Dave Whamond would […]
While Bill Hinds seems to be the permanent cartoonist for Marmaduke now, Kit Mills has stepped in for Rachel Merrill as the Gil Thorp “guest artist” for this week at least. We’ll see how long the guest stays. I can only guess that Rachel needed some time to work on her and Henry Barajas‘ Death […]
Super Power SundaySeems we had some children exhibiting super powers in the Sunday comics. Clayton reveals his superpower to little sister Katy in Adam @ Home. While we may be witnessing the rise of the most powerful being in the Comics Kingdom universe. A couple months ago we saw Olive exhibit some kind of ESP […]
Before we get too far away from last Sunday… WallpaperA few “wallpaper” (where the image remains the same) strips Sunday with Macanudo, Slylock Fox, and Doonesbury. The Slylock Sunday included the above Two Scenes Alike feature plus Spot the Differences and How to Draw components so it had a lot of sameness on their Sunday […]
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 […]
A True CrossoverStarting off this week is a true crossover. not just guest appearances. Sometime in the not-so-distant past Bob Scott, who lives in Southern California and whose comic strip Molly and the Bear appears on Andrew McMeel’s GoComics, got together with Deon Parson, who lives in Indiana and whose Rosebuds comic strip appears on […]
While GoComics has developed a habit of not including the black plate on a Sunday strip or two this year since their Great Reset, that oversight is usually corrected within hours or at least before the day is over.What continues to irritate me is their refusal to post the complete Sunday of a lot of […]
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 […]
GuestsFlash Gordon isn’t the only comic strip with guest creators this week, Dick Tracy began a new story with a guest writer – though the guest writer remains Eric Costello. I understand that Mike Curtis is in ill health, but sooner than later Eric is going to have to get a promotion from “guest” to […]
Today is the last installment of Apartment 3G, and Tom Spurgeon has a hale-and-farewell that is worth your time.I used to see the strip in one of the Chicago papers — the Trib or the Sun, I forget which — but only read it because it was on the page. Like Mary Worth, it was […]
While I’m off playing the wistful wallflower at a vendor’s table, here are some comic collections you may want to put on your list. Any list you like. I’ll even suggest who might like it:For your older and still obnoxious sibling: Rick Stromoski’s Soup to Nutz is not the only syndicated strip that serves up nostalgia […]
Today’s Stone Soup stands up well enough on its own, but to absorb the full effect of the bathos, you have to have been following the saga of “Holly’s boyfriend” since it began nearly a full month ago. We’ve not only gone through the sturm und drang alluded to here of Holly’s mom insisting on […]