The Daily Cartoonist

Greg Evan’s “Luann” turns 25

Congrats to Greg Evans, whose feature Luann turns 25 this March.
From the press release:
Luann may still be a teenager to her fans, but Greg Evans’ popular strip is turning 25 next month! On March 17, Luann marks a quarter-century in the comics with a special tribute strip and a thank you to its loyal [...]

Posted on: Feb 22, 2010,  Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 8 Comments

Non Sequitur turns 18 years old

Wiley Miller’s Non Sequitur is officially 18 years old (as of yesterday). Here is the debut strip:

A couple of notes about Non Sequitur. It’s one of those strips that makes me wish I didn’t have to wait until the creator dies or retires before a complete volume can be printed.
And My first syndicates strip submission [...]

Posted on: Feb 16, 2010,  Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 10 Comments

Non Sequitur celebrates 10 years with Universal

Glowing praise from Universal Uclick’s John Glynn to Non Sequitur creator Wiley Miller who celebrates 10 years in syndication with Universal.
Wow. 700 papers, multiple books, best-selling calendars and critically lauded graphic novels later … Wiley remains on the top of the game. A master illustrator whose line work is nonpareil and whose writing [...]

Posted on: Feb 2, 2010,  Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 15 Comments

Happy 25th anniversary Bizarro

Last Friday was Dan Piraro’s 25th anniversary of his Bizarro comic panel in syndication.
You may think that all of that adds up to fame and fortune, but you’d be wrong. I’m a little bit famous, in some areas, in some circles, and not at all rich. But I’m not complaining. I’ve made a nice [...]

Posted on: Jan 25, 2010,  Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 3 Comments

Piers Baker’s Ollie and Quentin turn two

Piers Baker’s Ollie and Quentin have hit the two year mark in syndication.
He writes on his blog:
Ollie and Quentin is two years old this week. Two years since I handed my life over to the Syndication Monster and its Deadline Hounds who snap at my heels every day. At my launch I was about 6 [...]

Posted on: Jan 8, 2010,  Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 2 Comments

Syndication anniversaries for McPherson, Hinds

Universal Uclick editor John Glynn reports that John McPherson’s Close to Home has hit the 17 year mark in syndication yesterday.
Bill Hind celebrated his eighth anniversary doing his Cleats feature last Wednesday.
Congrats to them both.

Posted on: Dec 1, 2009,  Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 0 Comments

JumpStart celebrates 20 years today

Today marks Robb Armstrong’s 20th anniversary doing his JumpStart comic strip.
From the press release:
“Words cannot express my gratitude for JumpStart,” Armstrong said. “I would call it a dream come true, but I never dreamed of this phenomenon…never imagined this kind of longevity.”
One of only a handful of syndicated African-American cartoonists, Armstrong brings a unique [...]

Posted on: Oct 2, 2009,  Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 4 Comments

September 30 named International Free Press day

I’m a day late on this one: To mark the fourth anniversary of the first printing of the Danish Mohammad cartoons, the International Free Press Society has named September 30th as International Free Press day.
In an era in which the act of speaking out in the Western world has become increasingly subject to the pressures [...]

Posted on: Oct 1, 2009,  Section: Anniversaries, Cartoons, Controversies, International, Comments: 1 Comment

Mallard Fillmore celebrates 15 year anniversary

Bruce Tinsley’s Mallard Fillmore is celebrating 15 years in syndication. To commemorate, King Features is launchng a “political retrospective featuring 15 iconic strips that highlight the political landscape over the years as seen through mallard’s unique perspective.” The feature runs today through June 10.
Making appearances as caricatures in the anniversary series, President Obama congratulates [...]

Posted on: Jun 1, 2009,  Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 14 Comments

Todd Clark’s Lola turns 10 on Sunday

Todd Clark’s comic strip Lola turns 10 this Sunday. The comics, syndicated through United Media, appears in 125 papers. The comic features an active, razor tongued grandmother in her late 70’s.
From the United Media press release:
“It’s flown by for me,” Todd said of the ten years. “I’d like to thank everyone from the bottom of [...]

Posted on: Apr 16, 2009,  Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 7 Comments

Argyle Sweater claims 200 clients in first year

Scott Hilburn’s comic The Argyle Sweater is coming up on its first anniversary as a syndicated comic strip and now appears in over 200 newspapers in the U.S. The strip started as a lowly webcomic on Comics Sherpa before moving up into GoComics.com and landing a development deal for print syndication. The panel comic was [...]

Posted on: Mar 23, 2009,  Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 12 Comments

Barkeater Lake turns 10; go read anniversary blog

Corey Pandolph’s Barkeater Lake turns 10 years old this year. It was first called Social Order and ran in the Casco Bay Weekly in Portland, ME before being picked up in 2002 by United Media and ran on comics.com with the new title Barkeater Lake. In commemoration of the last 10 years, Corey has launched [...]

Posted on: Jan 5, 2009,  Section: Anniversaries, Comic history, Comic strips, Comments: 2 Comments