25 Years of Eavesdropping on San Diegans
The local comic strip Overheard in San Diego by Jay Allen Sanford is celebrating 25 years of appearing in the…
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The Time Has Come …To Speak of Many Things
King Features’ Classic Comics for Middle Graders © King Features Syndicate; Studio MDHR; King Features Syndicate King Features, owner and…
Jen Sorensen Autobiographical Profile
In college I started reading underground comics by Robert Crumb and Peter Bagge, and I was exposed to Matt Groening’s…
The Secret Origin of “Ace Backwords”
From Wikipedia: Peter Labriola (born September 12, 1956), better known by the pen name Ace Backwords is an American author…
Chicago Celebrates Its Classic Comics Culture
Who would have guessed that Chicago was the birthplace of comics? The exhibition focuses on the origins of the comics…
Scott Adams Creates G- and PG-rated Dilbert NFTs
Cartoonist Scott Adams has created and is selling two NFT versions of a Dilbert comic strip – identical except for…
Brian Turner – RIP
Cartoonist Brian Turner (aka Renrut) has passed away. Brian William Turner December 15, 1949 – January 31, 2021 writer,…
S. Clay Wilson – RIP
Underground comix creator S. Clay Wilson has passed away. Steven Clay (S. Clay) Wilson July 25, 1941 – February 7,…
Black (Comics) History Month
There is a growing and welcome sub-genre of comics history that deals with African American cartoonists and the work they…
The Comics Research Bibliography 2020 Edition, Your Resource Source, Now Available
Over 1200 pages long with more than 1200 new entries, this is a bibliography of articles and books on all…
Richard Corben – RIP
Comic artist and illustrator Richard Corben has passed away. Richard Vance Corben October 1, 1940 – December 2, 2020…
David Geiser – RIP
Artist and underground comix cartoonist David Geiser has passed away. David Montague Geiser June 28, 1947 – October 14, 2020…
Matt Bors Comic Suppressed By Media
Cartoonist Matt Bors reports: Every outlet that runs my work* declined to publish my most recent comic, which is probably…
These Days – Stan Mack’s New Comic Panel
The Santa Barbara Independent has announced that famed cartoonist Stan Mack is now contributing a “new occasional feature” called These…
The Sunday Social Session
Art Spiegelman artwork © Art Spiegelman In the age-old discussion about when comics finally “grew up” Maus is often exhibit…