April saw Comics Kingdom average adding one web comic per week to their line-up. Willy Black, The Planet Syndicate, God’s Hands, and, today, Comiclicious. Tomorrow The Kingdom will start the month of May with another new addition: Nate Fakes notified fans of his Break of Day panel that beginning May 1, 2023 the comic would […]
One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. And for the late Bill Blackbeard, the treasure that he’d stored from floor to ceiling in his San Francisco home was maybe the largest, most comprehensive private collection of American newspaper comics ever assembled. “He was single-minded,” said Caitlin McGurk, curator of comics and cartoon art at the […]
A dose of philosophy from Barney & Clyde (Counterpoint) this morning. I had a flash of a relevant thought that I couldn’t place, but then realized it was from a fencing lesson in Scaramouche, in which Andre Moreau is told to hold his sword like a small bird: Too firmly and he’ll crush it, too […]
Counterpoint Media has informed us that Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jack Ohman is returning to the Tribune syndicate. From this weekend’s notice: We are sad to announce that this is the last syndicate newsletter with Jack Ohman. He is moving back to his former syndicate home, Tribune Content Agency, effective May 1. We still adore Jack, […]