Best Wishes to Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson, a guest at next week's SDCC, and creator of Cul de Sac, one of the finest comic strips currently running, has announced...
Universal Press and Uclick combined
A shake up in KC, as comics strip giant Andrews McMeel has consolidated its syndications and online divisions, merging syndicate Universal Press Syndicate with...
Daryl Cagle’s Reuben Weekend photos
Over at Hogan's Alley!, Daryl Cagle posts his photos from the Memorial Day mingling of the comic strip tribes known as Reuben Awards...
Wednesday Comics to appear in USA TODAY
One of the most intriguing news stories of the last few months has been DC's upcoming WEDNESDAY COMICS, a newspaper-sized weekly comic featuring a...
Would Daddy Warbucks have bailed out Lehman Brothers?
The New York Times finds Jeet Heer's analysis of Little Orphan Annie's anti-FDR tone during the Great Depression a "Big Idea" for today, and...
Alley Oop!
Last year the University of Missouri had a special exhibit celebrating 75 years of the comic strip Alley Oop, which concerns a comical, time...
Earth Day with Comics Zombies
Sean Kleefield does all a favor by rounding up the full slate of Earth Day Comics from our dying newspapers' funny pages. Since...
Ted Rall laid off at United Media
Alan Gardner reports that Ted Rall and eight others were laid off from United Media, the cartoon and content syndication giant.
Ted Rall, who...
More awesome old comics: Bringing Up Father
Over at the NBM blog, Terry Nantier reminds us that a collection of BRINGING UP FATHER is on its way:
Well, we’re putting to bed...
Alt weekly comics strips given no reprieve
Tom Tomorrow reprints correspondence that indicates that things aren't any better for alternative weekly comics than they were a few months ago.
To no...
IDW gets in the ring with Family Circus
Billy, Jeffy, Dolly, and PJ are getting their own deluxe collection treatment, as IDW continues to expand their comic strip empire. At their WonderCon...
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...
