Sid Jacobson was born 90 years ago today, and so joins our Senior Strippers club. Sid, born October 20, 1929, is probably most famous for being a longtime editor, and sometime writer, for the Harvey comic book company. Sid has a claim on creating Richie Rich. Though the Harvey kids are most recognizable, Sid […]
Last night The Ringo Awards were presented at the Baltimore Comic Con. Among the winners was Olivia Jaimes’ Nancy comic strip, and Matt Bors’ The Nib site. BEST COMIC STRIP OR PANEL * Amazing Spider-Man, Stan Lee/Larry Lieber, King Features Syndicate * Bloom County, Berkeley Breathed, Andrews McMeel Universal * Doonesbury, Garry Trudeau, Andrews […]
Original October 19 post: Charles Schulz’ Peanuts is one of the most successful and critically acclaimed comic strips around and for good reason. Schulz didn’t just aim to make simple greeting card jokes but wrote sincerely out of issues and anxieties within his own life, such as his childhood issues in school, complications in […]
We’ll start today with an “I told you so,” illustrated by Wiley Miller, because I had been telling people to get up here and look at the leaves by Columbus Day Weekend. It was a very good, not quite spectacular year, with a lot of color though a little bit muted. Dr. Johnson said […]