This Comic Strip Is the Best Read for Fans of The Far Side
Maria Scrivan’s Half Full is a comic strip with similar offbeat humor to The Far Side that fans will love.
Arantxa Pellme, in a two minute video from Comic Book Resources, nominates
Maria Scrivan’s Half Full as the rightful successor to Gary Larson’s The Far Side.
Maria Scrivan ended syndication to newspapers about a year and a half ago but continues to update Half Full three times a week with about half of them being new panels (so half full?).
Is Brooke McEldowney ghost writing Luann?
It seems that Luann yesterday and today, or whenever Stef is featured, is more along 9 Chickweed Lane lines.
The Keith Knight Life
Keith Knight, who is currently based in Chapel Hill, is one of the lucky few to have worldwide success in the art of cartooning.
“He’s like a gem to have in this area,” Bob Goldstein, biology professor and adjunct faculty in art at UNC, said. Goldstein said that he has sent students to Knight’s workshops and they have appreciated what they learned from the sessions.
Over the next weeks, Knight will be holding beginner and advanced cartooning classes in three two-hour-long sessions at the Carrboro Century Center.
Margaret Hungate profiles Keith Knight for The Daily Tar Heel. More Keith Knight here.
It’s About Time, It’s About Space
Today’s Flash Gordon makes me think a cameo by Mara Llave, Time Keeper (and space traveler?) is possible.
Comics Kingdom Royalty Profiled
Before we leave Comics Kingdom let’s check out their News page where we find the newly knighted cartoonists Emi Burdge interviewed in print and Tommy Devoid interviewed audibly.
Today, we’re spotlighting Emi Burdge, the brilliant artist currently working on Olive and Popeye.
In this episode, we dive into the darker (and funnier) corners with Never Been Deader and Tommy Devoid.
Bagged It!
I don’t want to pass up the Slylock Fox hat tip to Peter Bagge. I first thought Bob Weber, Jr. and Scott Underwood had roped Peter Bagge himself to draw Count Weirdly, but I guess it is Bob and Scott themselves drawing.
60 Years Later, Here’s Why ‘Mafalda’ Is Still an International Icon
No matter where you’re from, most people have heard of Mafalda . The comic strip, written and drawn by Argentinian cartoonist Joaquín Salvador Lavado Tejón, commonly known as Quino, ran from 1964 to 1973 and focused on a six-year-old girl named Mafalda, who showcased the country’s middle class while also reflecting progressive ideas. Always concerned with peace, Mafalda was the more politically minded cousin of Peanuts in the comic strip world, and the world embraced her for it.
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz at Remezcla tells how Quino’s Mafalda became a worldwide phenom.
This is Synchronicity
Today Brewster Rockit and Thatababy pay tribute to James Earl Jones.
The Daily Show with Jon Garfield(?)
Last night The Daily Show with Jon Stewart checked out a trio of classic books: George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five, and Jim Davis’ Garfield: Fat Cat 3-Pack Volume 1 (the good stuff).
Watch via YouTube (about a minute in).
ngl I did get a hearty chuckle when Jon whipped out that Fat Cat 3-Pack
Truly a harbinger of the End Times
I wish we could get Peter Bagge as a guest!
Still, rather fun to try and ape his style…gave me an excuse to pour over a bunch of his stuff.
I am getting sick and tired of being forced to watch a low-quality (1960’s) Popeye cartoon on every single page that Comics Kingdom displays. Do they really think that ramming that crap down every reader’s throat will make it (or them) more popular? Luckily, all of the King Features strips that I follow are also available at Arcamax.