In the 35 years that Greg Evans drew and wrote the “Luann” comic, he tackled many difficult subjects. Rape by date. Menstruation. Cancer. The novel coronavirus? Evans, a San Marcos resident, observes his own form of social distancing. For now, he doubts his characters are directly addressing the pandemic orRead More →
Happy to see you again! I’m Steve Gustafson and if you love discussing all things comics, you’ve come to the right place. Every week we cover something in the industry and I always appreciate your input in the comments section below. Previously… Last week we discussed The most unpopular membersRead More →
Schools in the United States have been closed for – Well, it’s been a while now and more than likely your student is bored (or has been). Rest assured. Here you’ll find a handful of comics you can read right now – most of them for free or almost free.Read More →
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For St. Louis-based cartoonist Christina Stewart, known as Steenz, what makes a comic book worth reading is its ability to transport readers to a different world. As the newly appointed illustrator and storyboard artist for the newspaper comic “Heart of the City,” set in Philadelphia, her final world is ours.Read More →
Dua Lipa’s ‘Levitating’ Plagiarism Lawsuit Could Change Music Forever Netflix’s New Number 1 Uses A Chilling Special Effect To Disgrace A ’90s Icon There are no heroes in a nuclear war The game that finally figured out how to make playing with strangers bearable Slate is making its coronavirus coverageRead More →
When Broom Hilda debuted, her age was 1,500. Asked about the longevity of Broom Hilda’s publication and why it appealed to readers, Myers said: “The only answer I have seems a bit silly, but I guess they like to read it. That’s all I can think of. You live orRead More →
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Robin Hood values are steeped in Dead Scholars’ Whispers and Shaderunners, two free heist webcomics. When the going gets tough, sometimes it’s necessary to take extreme measures. Robin Hood robbed the rich to give to the poor and a host of heist stories have since explored what it means toRead More →
Until Nintendo releases Animal Crossing: New Horizons on March 20, check out these webcomics. Despite a growing campaign asking Nintendo to release Animal Crossing: New Horizons Early in light of the developing coronavirus outbreak and encouragement for people to practice social distancing, it looks like the Switch game still won’tRead More →
Oni Press has announced three new print collections of popular webcomics, to be released this summer. Works of designers Kyle Latino, Branson Reeseand Rachel Dukes will all be presented in physical format for the first time. In May, Latino’s Young Adult Fantasy/Comedy Comic The dwarf’s wild beard will be collected.Read More →
Cartoonist Stephen Pastis, creator of popular comics Pearls before pork, announced on his Facebook yesterday that his July 27 comic had been taken down by unions and newspapers for being too offensive. Pearls before pork is a daily comic published in more than 750 newspapers. Its main characters are theRead More →
So you want to get into webcomics, but you don’t know where to start? No problem! Here are five tips to welcome you into their wonderful world. Don’t let the starting art/writing put you off Webcomics are, by and large, an amateur medium, and most webcomic creators start out withRead More →
McDonnell grew up in the 1960s reading the “Peanuts” comic strip, which inspired him to become a cartoonist. In his heart, he said he considered Snoopy “my first dog.” McDonnell’s first dog, Earl, a fun-loving Jack Russell terrier who lived to be nearly 19, inspired one of the main charactersRead More →
(Photo credit: LMPC via Getty Images) Not so long ago, children were asking for the Sunday paper. It wasn’t for the business section or the actual news – those belonged to mom and dad. The kids wanted the bright and colorful comic book page, also known as the “funny papers”.Read More →
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer. Photo: Getty Images CNN’s Jake Tapper is many things. He is a television man, a person who says words in public. He has several costumes. He’s too concerned about people being mean to him on Twitter. This last point is relevant because Tapper put aside his fear ofRead More →
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The cartoonist who brought you Boneless Chicken Ranch and Mount Stoogemore may be coming back. >> Read more trending news Gary Larson, whose quirky one-panel comic “The Far Side” produced laughs from 1980 to 1995, hinted as much on “The Far Side” website. A cartoon drawn by Larson showed aRead More →
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Denis Burck One of the pleasures of being here is leafing through these books for the first time. In fact, I do it about 20 times a day. My favorite thing right now is this “Forgotten Sunday Comics” collection. It’s on good paper. The originals were going to fall apartRead More →
William Douglas has been writing The Color of Hockey blog for seven years. Douglas joined NHL.com in March and will write about people of color in the game. Today, he features Ngozi Ukazu and Gaby Epstein, women of color who write webcomics and hockey books on the LGBTQ theme. NgoziRead More →
As newspapers slip into the past, Sunday comics follow suit, leaving readers with one less source of comic relief in their daily lives. Fortunately, webcomics are picking up the cause, as hundreds of artists realize that their comics could gain traction online. In a world where you no longer haveRead More →
Wiley Miller, the cartoonist behind the popular ‘Non Sequitur,’ told an audience for the first time on Monday that he nearly lost his livelihood and his marriage after scribbling a vulgar note to President Donald Trump that appeared in the newspapers from the country. The comic that aired on FebruaryRead More →
More than 130,000 people attended Comic-Con International 2019: San Diego, and the number has grown every year since the first convention in 1970. Directors and actors from famous superhero adaptations have used this event to endorse and announce exclusive details for their upcoming projects. . As the convention’s popularity grew,Read More →
Cathy Guisewite, 68, is a comic artist who created the “Cathy” comic strip. The syndicated strip ran from 1976 to 2010 and poked fun at women’s personal and professional issues. She is the author of “Fifty Things That Aren’t My Fault” (Putnam). She spoke with Marc Myers. A “Cathy” momentRead More →
Webcomics/webtoons are amazing. Not only are they accessible and easy to read thanks to their vertical scrolling format, but IN COLOR. I’m a die-hard manga fan, but I prefer the experience of reading webtoons because I find them more practical and aesthetically pleasing. A few years ago, when I discoveredRead More →
Stan Lee’s passing last November left a giant hole in the hearts of comic book fans everywhere. Kevin Feige recently confirmed that there are a finite number of Stan Lee cameos left in future MCU films, and when those run out, fans will no doubt feel the loss even more.Read More →
It’s the end of an era for Spider-Man’s Diary Adventures as the long-running comic book faces an end and an uncertain future. The Amazing Spider-Man daily newspaper comic book is coming to an end in its current form. Artist Alex Saviuk has confirmed his and Roy Thomas’ run on theRead More →
BRAND COLLECTION The funny ones on Sunday welcome new residents. We’re launching 14 new comics in our weekly four-page comics section starting with Sunday’s Pantagraph. We know comics are a morning ritual and an escape from the day for many readers, so we take any adjustments very seriously. We’re alwaysRead More →
The funny ones on Sunday welcome new residents. We’re launching new comics in our weekly four-page comics section starting in this Sunday’s Herald & Review. We know comics are a morning ritual and an escape from the day for many readers, so we take any adjustments very seriously. We’re alwaysRead More →
Published: 02/19/2019 09:57:05 On Wednesday, we’ll feature a new panel of daily comics, “Close to Home,” which has long been part of our Sunday comics section’s lineup. On Sunday, we’ll be launching “Born Loser,” a comic strip that was released nationwide in 1964. Both comics replace “Non Sequitur,” a favoriteRead More →
Staff reports | South Bend Grandstand The Tribune will no longer publish the “Non Sequitur” comic because the cartoonist slipped a vulgar insult to President Trump on February 10. The decision was not political; it was about meeting our most basic standards of decency. Cartoonist Wiley Miller dropped an F-bombRead More →
Union-Tribune note to readers appearing on the comics page on February 15, 2019. Miller won the Reuben Award Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year for his biting satirical strip “Non Sequitur”. On Friday, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported that “Non Sequitur” would immediately end its run in the daily section andRead More →
The inspector | Cincinnati Applicant The Enquirer will stop running the Non Sequitur comic strip in its daily and Sunday newspapers after learning that the cartoonist hid a profane message aimed at President Donald Trump in the comic published on Sunday. “We support the cartoonist’s right to free speech, butRead More →
At least a dozen newspapers have taken out a syndicated cartoon after learning that a cartoon contained a hidden slur aimed at President Trump. On Sunday, the “Non Sequitur” comic appeared to simply show bears dressed as Leonardo da Vinci. But The Butler Eagle, a Pennsylvania newspaper, said on MondayRead More →
The Richmond Times-Dispatch will no longer publish the “Non Sequitur” comic strip, effective immediately. Our comics section on Sunday included a Wiley Miller “Non Sequitur” strip that contained a vulgar reprimand from President Donald Trump. The same comic was published in many newspapers across the country. The writing, which readRead More →
A Pennsylvania newspaper has halted a syndicated comic strip after a cartoon published on Sunday included a hidden insult to President TrumpDonald TrumpArizona GOP asks court to overturn vote-by-mail system McCarthy slams GOP members who spoke at white nationalist conference: ‘Unacceptable’ First jury trial against defendant starts riot from JanuaryRead More →
Few gag-a-day comics from the golden age of newspaper comics are as beloved by aficionados while remaining as obscure to the general public as Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller. The comic, about a rambunctious little girl, her buxom aunt and tough-talking best friend, was a study in comedy essentials, using aRead More →
UPDATE: Apparently, the “Alley Oop” comic won’t be extinguished. The New York Times reported that the tape, currently in hibernation, will be relaunched in January. The new creative team behind the tape will be writer Joey Alison Sayers and artist Jonathan Lemon. They will tell the story of Alley OopRead More →
Webcomics are nothing new. They’re also not that up-and-coming thing I “need to tell you about.” They are part of the cultural pantheon, the nerdy landscape – launching successful careers, conventions and memes that have adorned everything from t-shirts to energy drinks. But sometimes, even when a comic genre isRead More →
Newspapers across the country are reeling after tariffs implemented in March raised newsprint prices by 25-30%. Newsprint is usually the second largest expense for local newspapers. RALEIGH, NC (AP) — Residents of a North Carolina town hoping to read “Rex Morgan MD” with Sunday coffee are about to have aRead More →
Comics exist everywhere: in paperbacks, hardcover books, Sunday papers and, of course, on the Internet. A new collection from Comixology sheds light on the field of webcomics and the unique ways they are spreading across the internet. Hit Reblog: The comics that caught fire comes from Hope Nicholson and MeganRead More →
Webcomics are a great and fun thing to read online, especially when updated daily. Sometimes they even reach the end of their intended course. But what happens when authors wander off, lose focus, or disappear into the underground sphere of the Internet? There’s no guarantee of completion, and some projectsRead More →
In the world of comics, Peanuts is the gold standard – the bar of humor and longevity that every comic hopes to reach. But even a super like Peanuts designer Charles M. Schultz has his heroes. Schultz entered the military during World War II, and while his service wasn’t glamorous,Read More →
For many artists with a sense of humor, comic books are a no-brainer when it comes to visually expressing their ideas and feelings. Taking the form of sequential images with superimposed captions and speech bubbles, the narrative art form first became popular in America and Japan in the mid-20th century.Read More →
Mr. Walker worked with associates Jerry Dumas, Bob Gustafson and Bud Jones as well as several of his children to come up with ideas for gags. In addition to “Beetle Bailey”, he created “Hi and Lois”, starring Dik Browne, based on the lives of Mr. Walker’s family members; “Boner’s Ark,”Read More →
Born more than a century ago in Pittsburgh, Zelda Mavin Jackson went by her married last name in 1937 when she became the first African-American woman to create a comic strip for a syndicated newspaper. She’s been a trailblazer for decades, starting with the debut of “Torchy Brown in ‘DixieRead More →
The newspaper comic ‘Arctic Circle’, by environmentally conscious cartoonist Alex Hallatt, is about talking penguins and their northern kin. Starting Monday, under a caption that reads ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, the menagerie will see its world shrink and its conversations center around global warming. Readers will see the drawings come toRead More →
We’ve talked about indie comics and what they do for the LGBTA fan community… but what’s more indie than webcomics? Often the product of a single artist, webcomics offer a unique opportunity to showcase the queer community in all its glory. With hundreds of possible comics, this list barely scratchesRead More →
Readers love their comics. When the Chronicle ceased publication “Get Blurry” at the end of March, the emails started almost immediately: “What happened to Get Fuzzy? Bring him back please.” “No. You can’t get rid of ‘Get Fuzzy.’ It’s one of my favourites.” “There are several awful tapes…you could haveRead More →
When Trina Robbins was around 11 or 12 years old, her mother, a schoolteacher, brought home reams of paper and lots of number two pencils. After carefully folding the sheets in half (and diligently gnawing at the pencil erasers), Robbins would draw four-page comic strips for himself. She remembers oneRead More →
The country of Arkerra is in turmoil. Trolls, goblins, gnolls and other “savage races” have banded together against the human empire of Gastonia and their allies. It’s to a band of adventurers who work to keep the peace. Do the Peacekeepers – Byron Hackenslasher the human berserker, Syr’nj the science-mindedRead More →
What happens when comics evolve for the future? For decades, comics and even press comics have maintained a certain look and a certain format. But now, with the omnipresence of e-readers and smartphones, how will comics adapt to this new screen reality? It turns out that a new comic bookRead More →
One of the most thought-provoking cultural critiques of recent times, Kevin Wong’s “How Snoopy Killed Peanuts” on the classic American comic Peanuts went viral this weekend on gamer site Kokatu. Indeed, we are likely to see many more Peanuts-linked dialog leading to November release of 3D animation Peanuts movie information-or,Read More →
Chris Ware first discovered the work of the late cartoonist Frank King in the 1980s, in the seminal anthology “The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics”. Alley,” King’s long-running comic about the Chicagoan Walt Wallet and his adopted son, Skeezix, a baby left behind in 1921. Ware, an art student inRead More →
One of the risks of following a new webcomic is that the story might never end. You might end up with a comic that lasts for years to get the creator to drop it. But there are some great webcomics that have come full circle instead of fading into oblivion,Read More →
Here are some prime reading holes to dip your toe into: ‘SOCIETY IS NIX’ This book, subtitled “Gleeful Anarchy at the Dawn of the American Comic Strip, 1895-1915”, is an essential introduction to the comic book big bang that occurred at the turn of the last century. A beautifully craftedRead More →
Fully agree. The humor tree of video game webcomics needs to be refreshed from time to time with the blood of… new video game webcomics. Or something. This is the only democratically elected feature on Kotaku, and I call new elections. If you haven’t noticed, we’re down two bands fromRead More →