Jeffrey Lindenblatt’s Paper Trends returns with a survey of the comics page of the year 2000.
The Rookies, Biggest Winners and Losers, and the Ranking.
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While Jeffrey introduced us to the rookies of 2000, Comics Kingdom introduces us to their rookie line-up.
We’re celebrating “Graduation Season” at Comics Kingdom and are proud to welcome our latest lineup of outstanding new comics. These new comics are packed with unique stories and incredible artistry that are sure to entertain and captivate. Let’s dive into the latest members of our prestigious lineup!
Alex Garcia at Comics Kingdom introduces Flash Gordon, Never Been Deader, Rosebuds, The Saga of Brann Bjornson, Mara Llave: Keeper of Time, Suburban Fairy Tales, Working Cats, and more.
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Volume 43, Number 2Winter 2024 The Scholarship of Comics: In Memoriam, David Kunzle (1936–2024)
The past several decades have witnessed an explosion of scholarship on comics, including monographs, thematic books, sociological studies, articles, essays, exhibitions, and reprints. Those efforts have unearthed much about the origins and development of the medium, and they are indebted to Kunzle’s groundbreaking work.
The Source, Notes in the History of Art from The University of Chicago Press has a new volume on the “Scholarship of Comics.” The issue is dedicated to the late David Kunzle and the Editor’s Note: Of Kunzle, Kids, and Komix is available gratis.
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The San Diego Comic-Con will be held July 24 – 28, 2024 and the Special Guests are being announced.
The SCCC Unofficial Blog has a list of the cartoonists scheduled to attend and the people from our part of the comic world include Bill Amend, Liz Climo, Patrick McDonnell, and Julia Wertz. More to come.
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New Barney Google and Snuffy Smith Specialty Art
Cartoonist John Rose informs us that:
I was asked by King Features to create some new art for the Barney Google And Snuffy Smith home page on the Comics Kingdom website. It was a fun piece to create! Here’s a portion of it. Check out the full image here: https://comicskingdom.com/barney-google-and-snuffy-smith
Looks good.
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For some reason the last panel of the May 29, 1973 Doonesbury strip is getting a lot of play on social media.
Thank you for mentioning our new Feature Image on our BG&SS website!