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Reply All launches, NY Daily News drops 12 comics
Yesterday was a pretty stacked day and I didn’t get a chance to post what I consider significant news. Donna Lewis’ Reply All launched yesterday. It is running in the Washington Post replacing Watch Your Head. She was also invited to do a live chat with the Washington Post. Transcript is found here. The New [...]
Posted on: Mar 1, 2011, Section: Comic strips, New Launches, Comments: 24 Comments
WPWG to launch Reply All by Donna A. Lewis
Washington Post Writers Group is launching Donna A. Lewis’ Reply All on February 28. Donna’s strip is described as an exploration of the “value of honesty, the power of knowledge and the impact of a bad-hair day on one’s self-perception.” Donna is a D.C. attorney by profession. Her first foray into cartooning was a web [...]
Posted on: Nov 18, 2010, Section: Comic strips, New Launches, Comments: 12 Comments
Launching today: Thatababy! by Paul Trap
Today is the launch of a couple of new strips – one being Thatababy by Paul Trap. You might remember that Paul’s strip was one of the finalists of the Amazon Comic Strip Superstar contest sponsored by Amazon and Universal Uclick last year. Since his strip was discovered in a contest rather than through the [...]
Posted on: Oct 4, 2010, Section: Comic strips, New Launches, Comments: 12 Comments
Mick and Mason talk about Dogs of C-Kennel
With the announcement of the launch of Dogs of C-Kennel, I fired off a few questions to Mick and Mason Mastroianni about their new feature and what role they each play in its creation – especially because they are so involved with two other strips B.C. and The Wizard of Id. Alan: What was the [...]
Posted on: Sep 21, 2010, Section: Comic strips, New Launches, Comments: 8 Comments
Record number of features launched this year
If you’ve been counting, there are now seven features that have launched or scheduled to launch this year. That’s a giant leap from the three that launched in 2009. King Features and Creators are releasing features on a near six month cycle this year with Washington Post Writers Group, United Media and Universal Uclick each [...]
Posted on: Sep 20, 2010, Section: Comic strips, New Launches, Comments: 24 Comments
Creators to launch Dogs of C-Kennel
Mick and Mason Mastroianni, the grandsons of B.C. creator and Wizard of Id co-creator Johnny Hart, will be launching their own comic strip – The Dogs of C-Kennel on October 4 with Creators Syndicate. Mason is the lead cartoonist and writer for B.C. and according to Creator’s website, Mick is the head writer for Wizard [...]
Posted on: Sep 20, 2010, Section: Comic strips, New Launches, Comments: 10 Comments
New comic: Ed Stein’s Freshly Squeezed
Today is the launch of Ed Stein’s Freshly Squeezed . If your local paper isn’t carrying it, check it out on comics.com
Posted on: Sep 20, 2010, Section: Comic strips, New Launches, Comments: 2 Comments
Universal Uclick to launch Thatababy in October
Universal Uclick is launching Paul Trap’s Thatababy this October. You might remember Thatababy was among the final 10 in the Amazon Comic Strip Superstar Contest last year. The best place to see Paul’s work is still on Amazon’s website. Paul Trap is a freelance writer and illustrator. He serves as the editorial cartoonist for Baseball [...]
Posted on: Sep 15, 2010, Section: Comic strips, New Launches, Comments: 12 Comments
United to launch Freshly Squeezed by Ed Stein
Former Rocky Mountain News editorial cartoonist Ed Stein is launching a new comic strip through United Media on September 20. The new strip, entitled Freshly Squeezed, is a close spin-off from Denver Square, the local daily comic strip that Ed produced for the Rocky Mountain News for 11 years ending in 2008. The new strip [...]
Posted on: Jul 16, 2010, Section: Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, New Launches, Comments: 0 Comments
Bob Weber Jr. and Jay Stephens launch Oh, Brother!
Today King Features launches a new comic strip entitled Oh, Brother! by Slylock Fox and Comics for Kids creator Bob Weber Jr. and Emmy Award-winning creator of Secret Saturdays and Tutenstein Jay Stephens. Oh, Brother! is centered around a precocious younger brother, Bud, and a more sensible slightly older sister, Lily. From King’s announcement to [...]
Posted on: Jun 28, 2010, Section: Comic strips, New Launches, Comments: 11 Comments
Weingarten talks about upcoming launch of Barney & Clyde
Michael Cavna interviewed Washington Post humor columnist Gene Weingarten about the upcoming launch of his new strip Barney & Clyde (drawn by David Clark). MC: So what was the genesis of “Barney & Clyde” — how did you come to sire this strip”? And speaking of siring: Can you tell us exactly how this brainchild [...]
Posted on: Jun 4, 2010, Section: Comic strips, New Launches, Comments: 34 Comments
New daily Wallace & Gromit comic strip to launch
Wallace & Gromit fans can rejoice – but only if they’re in the UK. Marketing Week reports that Titan Comics and Aardman Animations have agreed to create a daily comic strip of the animated feature. The comic launches on Monday in The Sun.
Posted on: May 14, 2010, Section: Comic strips, International, New Launches, Comments: 7 Comments
Barney and Clyde to launch in June
The long rumored comic strip by Gene Weingarten, Pulitzer Prize humor columnist for the Washington Post, has a launch date. Michael Cavna reports that the strip is a partnership between Gene, his son Dan and David Clark (1996 NCS Newspaper Illustration division award winner). The strip “Barney and Clyde” launches June 7 and is described [...]
Posted on: Mar 24, 2010, Section: Comic strips, New Launches, Comments: 45 Comments
Brett Koth, Creators launch ‘Diamond Lil’
Brett Koth, who works with Jim Davis’ to help produce concept and gags for the Garfield strip, recently launched a new strip through Creators Syndicate entitled Diamond Lil. As of March 1, “Diamond Lil” became Koth’s first nationally syndicated cartoon drawn under his name alone. He has served previous stints penning “Bugs Bunny” and “Mr. [...]
Posted on: Mar 22, 2010, Section: Comic strips, New Launches, Comments: 2 Comments
Dustin strip passes 100 client papers
Congrats to Steve Kelley and Jeff Parker whose recently launched Dustin has quickly jumped to the “more than 100 newspapers” category. From the press release: “Dustin is the most successful new comic to be introduced into syndication in recent years,” said George Haeberlein, King Features vice president, worldwide syndication sales. “It has been appearing in [...]
Posted on: Mar 5, 2010, Section: Comic strips, New Launches, Comments: 7 Comments
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