Comic books had appeared long before 1922, but that was the year a comic book appeared on a regular periodic schedule as the appropriately named Comic Monthly began to be published on a monthly basis, with the first issue cover dated January 1922. From ComicBooks.com: In January of 1922 Comics Monthly #1 appeared on the […]
Here are our ten most popular cartoons of year, 2021. Jeff Koterba was swinging for home runs this year, winning SIX of the Top Ten spots, along with ELEVEN of the Top Twenty. This was a fantastic year for Jeff! Daryl Cagle also refers to them as the “most reprinted cartoon[s],” all of which I […]
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I make a weekly cartoon for The Guardian newspaper about books and a weekly science cartoon for New Scientist magazine. I work as an illustrator and have written a number of comic books and, most recently, a children’s book called The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess. I’ve drawn ten covers for The New […]
“One of my favorite writers is Man (Emanuel) Martin.” That seems a reasonable way for anyone to introduce Man Martin. I know it holds true for me. The introduction continues: His writing career was already well established with wonderful books but then he had to become greedy and become an outstanding comic strip creator as […]
I’m sure Dave Coverly simply intended to make a funny with this Speed Bump (Creators), but it hit at a moment when it struck a nerve. And if you hate sports, trust me and stick around. The death of John Madden brought out a lot of tributes, including some rebroadcasts of games from when he […]