Hey Kids! Comics! Books for Your Valentine
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for February 2022 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through…
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Cartoon MADness
Mad #24 is nipping at our heels with a release date of February 15. It features a new cover by…
Comic Chronicles – Three Cartooning Aces
Syracuse University has Ray Thompson‘s Papers and the inventory includes a biography of the 20th Century cartoonist and writer: In…
Ron Goulart, Comics Historian (Bibliography)
The Ron Goulart funeral home obituary is up. Mr. Goulart who was born in Berkeley, California was a widely recognized…
Comic Book Stuff – News About the Old
We don’t feature a lot of comic book news here – mostly because there are so many comic book news…
The Art of Lettering Comics
Ginger Snappish offers a primer on comic lettering. Part 2 of The Art of Lettering Comics. Other blogs…
Hey Kids! Comics! New Books for a New Year
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for January 2022 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through…
Insane Nonsense in the Original Art Market
So this happened… From Eric Diaz at The Nerdist: Penciller Mike Zeck’s artwork for page 25 of Marvel’s classic event…
Ron Goulart – RIP
Science fiction and mystery writer and comics historian Ron Goulart has passed away. Ronald Joseph (Ron) Goulart January 13, 1933…
Judy Hansen is The Beat’s Person of the Year
Judy Hansen is an agent (her company is Hansen Literary Agency) but she’s much more than that. She is someone…
Tony Tallarico – RIP
Cartoonist/illustrator Tony Tallarico has passed away. Anthony F. (Tony) Tallarico September 20, 1933 – January 6, 2022 From the Berndt…
100 Years Ago the Monthly Comic Book Appears
Comic books had appeared long before 1922, but that was the year a comic book appeared on a regular periodic…
2021 The Dearly Departed
This is an installment of 2021 Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.(part 1: Debuts – – part 2:…
Xmas Comix Linx
Mike is far more industrious than I am, I’ll just link to some favorite sites that have gathered Christmas comic…
Listing Toward the End of the Year
Lists and Best-Ofs will be coming fast and furious. Here’s a few before the rush. Instagram’s Favorite New Yorker Cartoons…