Friday Follies and Funnies
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Starting out with…
Proof of Publishment
The twice weekly Olive & Popeye comic strip has been around since 2022, but now there is proof that it is being published in at least one newspaper via the King Features Weekly Service (KFWS).
The Sidney (Nebraska) Sun-Telegraph comics page for their March 6, 2025 issue shows the Olive & Popeye installment for February 11, 2025 among the other KFWS comics. For reasons I am not privy to the Olive & Popeye strip (titled “Olive” at The Sun-Telegraph) is a month behind the other current comics. Does the Weekly Service delay the release of Olive & Popeye strips by a month like they do the Barney Google and Snuffy Smith strips by a year? What I can say is that they are only using Emi Burdge’s Tuesday strip continuity and not Randy Milholland’s Thursday story.
This is the first instance I have of the strip being printed in a newspaper.
On to other funny pages
Hat tip to Weber and Underwood for Slylock Fox‘s wonderfully cartoony panel (or two, I guess) Tuesday.
Also on Tuesday I got a laugh (out loud) from Glenn McCoy‘s twist on a familiar aphorism in his The Duplex:
Continuing through the week…
Relative Synchronicity
The August 20, 1956 Vintage Beetle Bailey and the June 25, 1955 Vintage Hi and Lois both came through my Comics Kingdom feed on March 5, 2025.
It’s like those two characters could be related.
Still with the reruns…
Richard’s Poor Almanac(k) this week carries some predictions for 2007 comics pages. Amazingly almost all of the comic strips Richard Thompson mentions are still available through GoComics or Comics Kingdom, and most can be had for print newspapers.
Aside: I had it in my head that at some point Richard did retitle the strip adding that last “k,” but I can find nothing to verify that apparently false memory.
Vive la révolution
Curious if Liniers is reflecting the mood of the nation or Thursday’s Macanudo was just a kingly coincidence.
Always enjoy it when Jim Keefe gets an opportunity to flex his Flash Gordon drawing chops in Sally Forth. “Bettina’s Quest” begins here and Keefe gets to draw a dragon for a week.
Jim Keefe offers a look behind the scenes at his Patreon.
“Schkade’s run is an entertaining delight”
Differently, but still excellently, in our current Flash Gordon series, Schkade’s art is stylized. Characters have memorable silhouettes and more prominent features (bigger noses and such), which is more caricatured than Raymond’s art or any other Flash Gordon run before.
Since launching in October 2023, writer and artist Dan Schkade’s Flash Gordon has proven to be a remarkable refresh for a beloved character. It’s a reimagining for a new era but harkens back to the thrills of classic, pulp comics.
Marcus Price at Twin Cities Geek reviews Flash Gordon in general and Dan Schkade‘s version in particular.
Later in the night at the Old Comics Home
After a harrowing trip from Gasoline Alley Walt and Mutt and Jeff have arrived at the Old Comics Home.
But…but…I thought the Old Comics Home was for retired comic characters??
Maybe this is not your Rex Morgan, but your father’s Rex Morgan!!
Late breaking news;-)
The Rick O’Shay comic strip has been banned from all U. S. Government locations and publications!
Why?
The given reason:
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