After 35 years Lincoln Peirce slowed down on the his Big Nate comic strip output, now it is a Sunday-only project instead of having an everyday deadline. In an interview with Rob Tornoe of Editor and Publisher he says the plan is to continue Big Nate as a Sunday strip for many more years. Peirce […]
In 1935 Noel Sickles and Milton Caniff were riding high having transformed the daily comics pages with their comic strips. Sickles influenced the black and white comic art with his work on Scorchy Smith, while Caniff had brought a new phase of adventure with his writing on Terry and The Pirates. And since they shared […]
Comics Kingdom Updates for a Better Reading Experience Once again a comic strip platform, this time Comics Kingdom, is updating their site. It is not a wholesale upgrade of the kind where the site is messed up for a week or two, these are minor tweaks. First up is they have added a “like” button […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for September 2026 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent bookstore is a good idea. Wallace the Brave: All Hands on Deck! by Will Henry With evocative artwork and imaginative storytelling, […]
GoComics had the black line issue solved for quite awhile until recently. Today Biographic lost it, and since it is only available as part of Andrews McMeel Syndicate’s newspaper e-portal I don’t know if it will ever be fixed as they did to The Born Loser after Labor Day weekend. The unsyndicated Looks Good On […]
Peter M. Wallace is an Episcopal priest in Hawai’i, an author, and a fan of comic strips. He used his most recent weekly Substack essay “In Praise of the Comic Strip” to proclaim the virtues of the small reading material to society and to newspapers. First of all, I confess, I have loved comic strips […]
This month filmmaker George Lucas’ one billion dollar Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will open to the public. Reviews of the Los Angeles comic museum which features comic and illustration art side by side with classic art has drawn high praise and pans in reviews. The praise comes from L.A. news sources who have no […]
Thimble Theatre in January 1929 saw the introduction of a one-eyed sailor with watermelon forearms who was hired to get Castor Oyl to Dice Island and back, During the course of the adventure Popeye, the sailor, was revealed to be virtually indestructible – with a lot of help from the supernatural power of The Whiffle […]
Mike led off today’s CSotD with Red and Rover and so do I, but for a different reason. I was beginning to worry about Basset and the strip after it had been in daily rerun status for the past four weeks – two weeks being the normal vacation time. But today saw Basset return to […]
For the second week in a row McDonnell has treated us to a new MUTTS, and for the second Friday in a row it is an illustrated proverb by Daniel Ladinsky. I don’t know if these are new or from the book collaboration Ladinsky and McDonnell did several years ago. I also don’t know if […]
Schmoey Comics by Josh Lawrence began last year online. In May 2026 the comic strip began appearing every other week in The Westford (Mass.) Villager. From The Westford Villager where the newspaper has set up a 2026 May to Aug. archive: Schmoey Comics is a comic strip that was featured bi-weekly in the print version […]
“Snoopy in Style NYC” is a pop-up exhibit showcasing “Charles M. Schulz’ [Peanuts] comic strip through the lens of fashion, creativity, and culture” in New York’s Meatpacking District during the month of September. More at Parade. But this isn’t about that. News of the exhibit prompted Nicole Anderson at Architectural Digest to take a closer look at the […]
The second panel of today’s Over the Hedge comic strip had me thinking it was a rerun from 10 years ago since the commonly accepted though erroneous start of the Sunday funnies is closer to 130 years ago, not 120. But the copyright reads 2026 and I find nothing to dispute that. I do give […]
The Wayno® Merge The WaynoBlog and News From Wayno® will be one and the same beginning next weekend. From WaynoBlog: The Saturday Bizarro recap is moving. As of next week (September 5), this post will become part of News from Wayno on Substack. If you’re a regular visitor to this page, please head over to […]
The New Yorker’s Cartoon Slide Show Tribute To Edward Frascino In remembrance of Edward Frascino The New Yorker has posted a gallery of Frascino cartoons. The Comic Strip That Originated as an Old-Time Radio Comedy Okay so it isn’t the book, but Commonplace Fun Facts takes a very thorough look at the history of the […]