Updated June 11 The Columbia Journalism Review is reporting on the controversy: Rogers took some time off from the Post-Gazette, but said he hopes to return to work this week. “I plan to draw the best work I can draw and submit it with the intention of getting it in the paper,” he says. “I […]
For sale on eBay: Prints of the art for a 1982 golf themed cover. Jam artwork by Hank Ketchum and Charles Schulz featuring Dennis the Menace and Peanuts characters. From the seller: I am offering a VERY RARE Peanuts / Dennis the Menace 1982 Golf Journal magazine cover print. Please see all photos and ask […]
The “official” Nick Meglin obituary: Nick Meglin was an American writer, humorist, and artist. He was known for his work as a contributor, comics writer, illustrator and editor for the satirical magazine Mad. He also scripted Superfan, a 1970s comic strip by Jack Davis. He was active as a lyricist of musical theatre and had […]
First and most important: Can anyone tell me if all is well with Jim Scancarelli? Gasoline Alley, in its centennial year, has been reruns since November 2017; and Jim doesn’t seem to be just fiddlin’ around. Why won’t Mark Schultz and Tom Yeates reboot their strip to “Tales of Young Val” like I want? […]
Over at Hogan’s Alley, Tom Heintjes does an interview with “Cathy” cartoonist Cathy Guisewite. From the interview, Guisewite says: “It never would have occurred to me to put my thoughts into a comic strip if it weren’t for Peanuts. That strip was absolutely, 100 percent the guiding influence on my comic strip. I grew up reading […]
The New York Daily News has replaced the recently ended “Soup to Nutz” with Hector Cantu’s and Carlos Castellanos’ “Baldo.”