Comic books have always had a relationship with comic strips. The modern comic book began by either reprinting comic strips or featuring new pages patterned after the comic strip format. As the new material overwhelmed the reprint stuff, it was not unusual to see new comic book stories based on newspaper comic strip characters. © […]
Recently The Fergus Falls (Minnesota) Daily Journal replaced Brian Crane’s Pickles with Tundra by Chad Carpenter. This is sure to upset the older subscribers who make up the majority of newspaper readers. On the other hand comic strips are not just supposed to entertain but to attract and retain new readers. Tundra will surely appeal […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for May 2022 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic or independent book store is a good idea. Are We Lost Yet?: Another Wallace the Brave Collection Popular Comics: Giant-Size Volume 1 Black & White Edition Remarkably […]
“Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness. … Have you no sense of decency?” — Joseph Welch I’m not quite old enough to remember when Joseph Welch brought a halt to Sen. Joe McCarthy’s reign of terror in 1954, but I’m old enough to remember the […]