Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for October 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. One Hundred Years and One Day ago Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard […]
King Features Syndicate (KFS) Editor Amy Anderson is sharing news about the departure of Tony DePaul as the writer of The Phantom and the new daily and Sunday writer Alex Segura. “We have news to share about the next chapter of The Phantom. “This December, Tony DePaul will conclude his 27-year tenure as writer of […]
Former King Features President Joseph F. D’Angelo has passed away. Joseph Francis (Joe) D’Angelo July 4, 1930 – October 13, 2026 The Hearst Corporation is reporting the death of Joe D’Angelo, long time employee and 25 year President and Chairman of King Features Syndicate (KFS). “Joseph F. D’Angelo, former chairman and president of Hearst’s King […]
Tony DePaul has informed readers of his Nickels of the Man blog that he has been dismissed as the writer of The Phantom after more than a quarter century of plotting and scripting the comic strip. DePaul writes: “On September 21, the desk at King Features went dark on me when I started asking questions. […]
For the Library of Congress Stephen Winick traces the origins of Uncle Sam. “In a pair of posts, I’ll look primarily at the stories behind the name “Uncle Sam,” and in a third post look more closely at his iconic image.” In two parts Winick retells the truth and the “metafolklore” about Uncle Sam: Part […]
A baker’s dozen of cartoonists were inducted into the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame last Friday. As far as I know the four living inductees – David Mazzuchelli, Jenette Kahn, Klaus Janson, and Frank Miller – have not worked on newspaper comic strips. But 7 of the 9 posthumous honorees do have comic strip bona […]
Hal Foster’s magnum opus Prince Valiant began on February 13, 1937 and is nearing its 90th anniversary.To celebrate King Features is adding the complete Prince Valiant canon on the Comics Kingdom site. Praised for both the narrative and the art Foster’s comic strip is considered to be the top of the art form.From Brian Walker: […]
Research Sunday Phantom artist and South Seas researcher Jeff Weigel tells us: “Take note that this story will be dealing with real isolationist tribes in Papua New Guinea who deliberately avoid contact with the outside world. I’ve tried to convey their native garb as accurately as possible based on photos I found online.” Sports ToonsWAFB […]
The coming of autumn brings a plethora of comic strips about falling leaves, does it also bring thoughts of death? Three strips kicked off with that topic today. Despite assurances and excuses that they don’t use anymore water than than 50 acres of food those of us who live in agricultural but drought prone areas […]
June Brigman, Comic Artist June Brigman joins Mike Manley, Jamar Nicholas, and Steve Conley‘s Pencil to Pencil podcast this week. Brigman has been drawing Mary Worth for ten years and drew Brenda Starr from 1995-2011 before that though she is probably best known for her Power Pack comic books. She is currently drawing “The Pale” […]
Readers of the Baldo comic strip are used to the occasional guest artists taking on the Sunday page, and less frequently helping out on a week of the dailies. Later this month Baldo creators Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos invite cartoonist Richard Dominguez to take on the art chores as a unique story takes […]
Illustrators spotlighted: Phil Hands, Roz Chast, Stephan Pastis, Stanley Chow, Magreet de Heer, Georgia Dunn, and Patrick Chappatte. Write a Letter To The Editor Illustrated Following up on our Letter to the Editor post we feature Phil Hands’ comic (or here or on Xtwitter) interpreting his and Wisconsin State Journal opinion page editor Scott Milfred […]
The newspapers of the Lee Enterprise group recently had a change of their comics lineup that we thought had been cleared up with them keeping the King Features strips and adding a page of Creators comics. But now a letter to Lee’s Waco Tribune-Herald has a reader upset about the loss of the King comics […]
Tutelandia by Tute has been a part of Andrews McMeel/Universal Uclick/Universal Press Syndicate since June 2004 according to the GoComics archives (I can trace it via newspapers.com from 2005 to 2007) until September 6, 2026. Tutelandia was on the Andrews McMeel Syndication comics roll call until recently. There is not a lot about the panel […]
The Phantom’s cropped comic strips of Wilson McCoy, Al Stoffel’s three decades of writing Bugs Bunny, and Frank Willard’s doppelganger Moon Mullins. The Phantom – The Missing Part During World War Two restrictions were set on pulp paper usage and so newspapers were forced to squeeze their news and features into fewer pages. For syndicates […]