Don Marquis and George Herriman
Kristy Valenti looks at a lesser known facet of George "Krazy Kat" Herriman's career -- his illustrations for archy and mehitabel. Written by journalist Don Marquis, these popular blank verse poems supposed a friendship...
Bloom County Library due from IDW
IDW Publishing had become known as the home to some very high quality classic comic strips reprints -- Terry and the Pirates, Dick Tracy, the upcoming Rip Kirby -- but they are now...
Recession Watch: Alt-Weekly cartoons
§ Cartoonist Matt Bors sits down with Kevin Allman, editor of The Gambit, an independent alt-weekly out of New Orleans, to talk about the recent weekly comic holocaust. The result is sobering but...
IDW plans Rip Kirby reprint
Okay! Finally some good news! IDW is planning to add Alex Raymond's gorgeous Rip Kirby to its deluxe comic strip reprint series, with the first Dean Mullaney-edited volume due in September:
Following the Eisner-award winning...
Recession Watch: Newsweekly comics meltdown
Yesterday, cartoonist Tom Tomorrow revealed the dire news that his strip, This Modern World, and all other weekly cartoons were being canceled by Village Voice Media, publisher of the Village Voice, the LA Weekly,...
You should be reading ROCKY
One comics genre that only old-timers talk about is "funny animals," and it concerns the foibles and fantasies of humans beings thrown into relief by a cast of anthropomorphized creatures, often cute or endearing....
Check it out: George Herriman
Craig Yoe has launched a website devoted to the great George Herriman, creator of Krazy Kat.
Today is the "launch" of GeorgeHerriman.com! Garge (as his fellow cartoonist TAD used to "call" him) is my...
Cartoonist soothes angry coffee growers
Angry Colombian coffee growers have agreed not to sue Mike Peters over a Mother Goose & Grimm strip which they found offensive, after he apologized. Peters has even been invited to visit Colombia's coffee...
Colombian coffee growers angered by Mother Goose & Grimm
You just do not mess with Juan Valdez. Cartoonist Mike Peters has learned that the hard way. The January 2nd edition of the comic strip Mother Goose & Grimm by Peters has greatly upset...
Media Watch: NY Times on webcomics, Jack Johnson
The comics-loving New York Times ran a couple of comic-themed pieces over the holiday. Leslie Berlin sums up the changes brewing in the comic strip world as Internet syndication takes over from newspaper syndication,...
Please help the NANCY Quest!
Mark Newgarden and Paul Karasik send out a heartfelt plea!
Perhaps you can help us!
Paul Karasik & I are currently expanding our 1988 essay HOW TO READ NANCY into a book-length treatment. Our essay originally...
Robin in the Rye
Andrew Lorenzi remixes JD Salinger and DC Comics. Incredible.
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