George Gene Gustines over at the New York Times weighs in on the Benders retirement from “Alley Oop” and the strip’s future. From Carole Bender: “Alley Oop has been our constant companion for a big chunk of our lives. Jack started drawing Alley Oop 28 years ago, and I joined him as an assistant 27 years […]
Over at The Comics’ Journal, there’s a nice piece from Frank M. Young on how Roy Crane handled marriage in his King Features’ comic “Buz Sawyer.” From the piece: This is the triumph of Buz Sawyer. Though full of violence—with moments of stark brutality that rival Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy—Sawyer is a character study that inverts the romantic notion […]
King Features is launching “Macanudo” this month from Argentinian cartoonist and recent Eisner-award winner Ricardo “Liniers” Siri. It’s unclear from King’s release what day in September it is launching. One of the launch clients appears to be The Aberdeen News in Aberdeen, South Dakota. They’ve done a welcoming article here (with paywall, unfortunately). update: […]
Let’s start with David Fitzsimmons‘ panel today, because, while he’s not the first to point out that Evangelicals are willing to overlook the entire New Testament and substantial portions of the Old, his depiction of Trump brought something to mind. When I was younger, and not a whole lot younger, I was always bothered by […]