I don’t do much comic book news, but these two were a part of my youth. Marie Severin and Gary Friedrich, creators during Marvel Comics Silver Age (and beyond), have passed away. Born on the same day separated by 14 years, they passed on the exact same day. GARY EUGENE FRIEDRICH AUGUST 21, 1943 […]
Karen Moy has been the credited writer of the Mary Worth comic strip since 2004. Two years ago she was joined by artist June Brigman, and for the first time since 1939 women were the creative team of Mary Worth. Kurt J. Kolka interviews Karen about her background, her comic strip career, and Mary Worth’s […]
Earlier this week Stephen Roth interviewed Jeff Corriveau about his Deflocked comic strip and life as a cartoonist. GoComics: You’ve stated that DeFlocked is based loosely on Hippocrates’ Four Humors. Can you explain to those of us who aren’t Greek scholars what that means, and how you came up with the idea? Jeff: Yeah, it’s […]
It’s Mary Shelley’s birthday so I’m gathering pieces from various spots to compose a Quick Hits entry. It’s BookFest all over the Nation The Washington Post celebrates by commissioning cartoonist Patrick McDonnell to compose a simply wonderful comic strip featuring his Mutts characters. Mr. Fish: Cartooning From the Deep End The […]
As Mike Peterson noted today, anti-Muslim fanatic Geert Wilders planned to replicate a cartoon contest that a dozen years ago resulted in death and destruction. The contest was to have been held at the tightly guarded offices of his Party for Freedom in the Dutch parliament building. The Dutch government had been at pains to […]
xkcd fires back on behalf everyone comfortable enough with the language to use it intelligently, by which I mean to communicate an idea beyond “I’ve memorized these rules.” One of my most-cited sites is known informally as “Everyone Loves Their Jane Austen,” though it’s listed on search engines as “Singular “their” in Jane Austen and […]