Something*Positive [link added] is a ‘day in the life’ webcomic that follows the main character of Davin MacIntire and his group of friends. Started in 2001, it is loosely based on the life and friends of creator Randal “R.K.” Milholland, and is darkly funny, skewering everyone and everything it can. It is sweet and sad […]
ComicLab hosts Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar are preparing for an educational and entertaining live recording of the ComicLab podcast at the Boston NCS Conference and Reubens in August. Featuring a panel of cartoonists who are succeeding with self-publishing, self-promotion, and fan management on platforms like Patreon, Kickstarter, Substack, and more, you’ll discover what strategies […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for May 2025 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea. Let’s start with one I just learned about that should have been on the February […]
A Newnan Times-Herald comics page survey; Mara Llave, Keeper of (No More) Time; Pope Leo XIV and Peanuts; Russ Manning’s Star Wars; The Phantom and Advance Local; and a Comics Kingdom Survey (what!? when?). Newnan Times-Herald Comics Page Change As part of a planned revamp of its comics page, The Newnan Times-Herald (locally owned, not […]
Eye Lie Popeye by Marcus Williams debuted on Comics Kingdom today (ignore that Friday May 9 date). While the official story of this Popeye story claims that “the series has already made waves since debuting during Free Comic Book Day [of 2024]” it had partially appeared earlier episodically as a webcomic preview in late 2022. […]
The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) has announced the finalists for the twelve 2024 Silver Reubens. All eligible entries in each division were reviewed by multiple NCS chapter juries to determine the top nominees. Please note: the Art for Animated Media division was suspended for 2024 due to an insufficient number of qualified entries. And the […]
OpenAI’s new image-generation tool is so popular it’s “melting” the company’s GPUs, forcing temporary limits, according to CEO Sam Altman. The tool has gone viral for its ability to create Studio Ghibli-style AI, reigniting copyright concerns. Fortune delves into the AI generated images that purloin the style of Studio Ghibli style. The company launched the […]
In a few days (April 1, 2025) the new GoComics website will present itself to the world at large, and while we don’t have any details as to most of what will be new and improved we have an idea of what it may look like. Yeah the new (top) page is going to look […]
Darrin Bell has returned to his Disobey in Advance Substack with a multi-panel vertical political comic. The Trump Intervention begins? is an eleven panel comic strip which may be a continuing plot line as it ends with the teaser: “Will the Intervention work? Will it ever even get off the ground? Stay tuned to find […]
The National Cartoonists Society officially (it has been an open secret since last year’s gathering) announces the the time and place for 2025’s Reuben Awards and NCS Conference. The NCS Board is thrilled to announce that the 2025 NCS Conference and 79th Annual Reuben Awards will be held AUGUST 14-16th in BOSTON, MA. We have […]
Count Me Out/In After 11 and a half years cartoonist Graham Nolan has moved his weekly Sunshine State comic strip from GoComics to his own Compass Comics site. It sounds as if the archives at GoComics will not be there for long: To have it in two places is to fracture the audience. I want […]
Editorial cartooning, caricaturing, graphic noveling, webcomicing, comic stripping – we cover the bases. Martin Rowson, British cartoonist for The Guardian who occasionally shows up in Mike Peterson’s columns, has deceided to celebrate his 66th birthday by reducing his output to once a week: Just so you know, from 15th February 2025 I’m cutting back to […]
Exciting news: At the beginning of April you’ll be introduced to a brand-new GoComics with a host of upgraded features and improved functionality—and more will roll out throughout 2025! A year and a half after their last update, The GoComics Team announces some immediate changes and some still to come: Shall we assume that commenting […]
Allison Garwood & Petunia & Drew, Sarah Anderson & Sarah’s Scribbles, Terry Beatty & Rex Morgan M.D., San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Funnies, Colleen Doran & Dr. Martin’s Dyes, Michael Maslin & The New Yorker, The Saturday Evening Post, Paula Pugh’s Best of 2024, and the Animated 2025. Allison (Big Al the Gal) Garwood is taking […]
Yesterday Tea Fougner, Editorial Director of King Features Syndicate (KFS) comics since 2018, posted on her LinkedIn page that she has stepped down from her position at KFS and from the company itself. Tea wrote: Today was my last day at King Features. I was offered a choice between a reduced role and a severance […]