Canadian editorial cartoonist Norm Muffitt (AKA Bush) has passed away at the age of 69 due to cancer. Terri Kemball, who served as editor of the Sherwood Park-Strathcona County News for 12 years, met Muffitt in 1992 and described him as having a delightful and gentle sense of humour. “I think that was one of […]
Noel Murray has a long (about 2500 words) and detailed article over at the AV Club about the history of the comic strip. In reducing the study of newspaper comics to its most essential titles, some significant artists and strips inevitably end up as outliers, even though they may be worth considering from either an […]
Garfield the cat is the 900 lb gorilla on the comics page and now on Facebook. As of this writing, the fan page for Jim Davis creation is 2,497 friends away from having 3 million Facebook fans. His last wall post says that once the 3 million mark has been passed there will be a […]
Baldo creators Hector Cantu and Carlos Castellanos have announced that to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (September), they are featuring the talent of six hispanic comic artists every Sunday starting on the 11th through October 16. Hector says turning over their Sunday feature to other artists is a “way for us to shine a spotlight on […]