On March 17, 1985 we met a 13-year-old ( a pre-teen?) Luann. above: the first daily Luann – March 18, 1985 Over the the 35 years the strip has been around Luann has grown to be a young adult. On the occasion of the anniversary Andrews McMeel Syndication interviewed creator Greg Evans. What is your […]
Nick Anderson captures the moment, and I would add that not only has Facebook (and Twitter, for that matter) become a seething cauldron of coronavirus stupidity but seems to be ramping up the political idiocy as well. And while I chuckle, too, at all the cartoonists saying they’ve practiced social isolation all their lives, part […]
Kids’ author Mo Willems is here to make Mondays a little better for a while: Starting today, he’ll release a new “Lunch Doodle” video each Monday at 1 PM. The Kennedy Center and Mo Willems informs: When I became the Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence, I didn’t realize the most impactful word in that title would be […]
Cartoonist Basil Wolverton made a name for himself as a comic book artist, with weird humor and art. Like most cartoonists of the time he tried to create a syndicated newspaper comic strip. But he never made it – well, he did make it for one panel. One of Basil’s attempts at syndication was a […]
The 2020 Reuben Awards Weekend and Dinner is being held in Kansas City, Missouri. The choice of Kansas City has to do with it being the home of Andrews McMeel, and has been since the company started 50 years ago. So it is A Golden Anniversary for the syndicate. Origins from ReferenceForBusiness.com: The company that […]