News and notes
§ The LA Times looks at the rising sales for novels based on manga. Already a huge category in Japan, the novels are catching...
Boy on a Stick and Slither goes to Comics.com
As the line between comic strips and webcomics continues to blur, more of Ted Rall's handiwork is visible at United Media, as Steven L....
Rall on Maakies
Ted Rall's Maakies strip has finally been published..
There's a long history here, but the short version is that Tony Millionaire and Ted Rall agreed...
Pibgorn to return to the web
Here's a story going around that strikes us as hiving quite a bit of interest. PIBGORN was one of United Media's wwebcomics (yes they...
Catch-up news: Burford, etc.
Some interesting stuff that we caught on our spin around the web:
§Brendan Burford named to replace the late Jay Kennedy:
Brendan Burford has been named...
SUTTON IMPACT ends
Ward Sutton writes to say he is wrapping up his SUTTEN IMPACT strip which ran in the Village Voice among other places.
In the...
RIP Brant Parker
Wow, they're going fast. 'Wizard of Id' cartoonist Brant Parker has died at age 86, Parker of course collaborated on Id with Johnny...
Morning News Briefs
§ Alex Raymond's space adventurer Flash Gordon returns in a new TV show on the SciFi channel, starring Eric Johnson:
The 22-hour series is...
Johnny Hart Remembered
Much much remembrance to mark the passing of cartoonist Johnny Hart. The syndicate has already announced that his two strips -- B.C. and The...
RIP Johnny Hart
Famed comic strip artist Johnny Hart died yesterday the AP is reporting.
Cartoonist Johnny Hart, whose award-winning "B.C." comic strip appeared in more than...
Gasoline Ally’s Sunday Walks
Everyone has been linking to this, but we won't be left out of the fun: Rger Clark's gallery of the "Autumn Walk" strips from...
Cartooner searches for killer!
Opus's Berkeley Breathed is entering Dick Tracy territory as one of his drawings appears on America's Most Wanted to help track down the culprit...
