The fact checking site Snopes has investigated the circumstances surrounding the recent difficulties between the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Rob Rogers. Was a Cartoonist Fired for an Anti-Trump Drawing? WHAT’S TRUE Rob Rogers was fired by the ‘Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’ after the newspaper rejected a number of cartoons critical of Donald Trump’s presidential policies. WHAT’S FALSE Rogers’ […]
From the ‘‘All Things Considered’ site. Wallace the Brave is a new daily comic strip, which is getting attention, award recognition and increasing readership. It’s about a boy who’s less depressed than Peanuts character Charlie Brown and kinder than Calvin & Hobbes.From the All Things Considered site. ** Check out Wallace the Brave at GoComics. Will’s twitter @MrWillHenry
The book with a new original sketch by Bill Watterson sold at the charity auction for $11,000 to comic book artist Tony Harris. above: Shelton Drum, Tony Harris, and Mr. Harris’ son Details about the highlight of the auction, and more about Team Cul de Sac, at Mike Rhode’s interview with Chris Sparks. Mike Rhode: […]
On June 18, 2018 the television game show Jeopardy!, in the first round, contained a category for comics’ fans. COMIC-CONVERSATIONS The “answers”: $200 It encloses dialogue from a specific speaker’s mouth Then showing an image similar to $400 An image that extends beyond the edge of a page is said to do this medical […]
Garfield by Jim Davis turns 40 today. Newspapers around the world are celebrating the occasion. In Canada the Edmonton Journal ran an article and interview with Jim Davis. Q: What did your life look life before Garfield? A: I was earning $135 a week as an assistant to T.K. Ryan on the Tumbleweeds comic. I […]