Jim Keefe will no longer be coloring King Features Syndicate Sunday comic strips: From 1989-98 I was on staff at King as the head (and only) colorist for the King Features Comic Art Department. From 1999 on I did coloring for them freelance. And as of November of 2021, a little over 30 years total, […]
Word is spreading on social media that Gene D’Angelo has passed away. Anthony Tollin gives a nice profile of Gene’s career: I just received the sad news that ace colorist GENE D’ANGELO recently passed away at age 97. Gene began his long comics career at King Features Syndicate shortly after completing his WWII military service, […]
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans,” Lennon wrote, but today’s Pearls Before Swine (AMS) suggests that so does pizza. I had a life plan not so different from Neighbor Ned’s though not quite as grandiose. I wanted the novel published sooner, but then only to be a successful novelist […]