Gérald Forton – RIP
It is being reported that comic artist Gérald Forton has passed away. Gérald Marcel Forton April 10, 1931 – December…
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Comic Books: Lists and Stuff
Up, up, and away as comic book auction results reach – biff! zow! – incredible prices. A decent grade issue…
Hey Kids! Comics! All I Want For Christmas…
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for December 2021 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through…
Spotlight on Senior Stripper Sy Barry
At 93 Sy Barry, artist of The Phantom comic strip from 1961 to 1994 and a comic book artist for…
The Phantom: Original Fantomen Story #1000
In 1950 the Swedish comic book starring The Phantom began with reprints translated from the U.S. comic strip. A dozen…
Comic Chronicles – Recent and Distant Past
In one of his most celebrated paintings, O the Roast Beef of Old England, William Hogarth appears as himself, sketching…
Hey Kids! Comics! Building Books Better
Tom Gauld comic Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for November 2021 release.Images and links (mostly) via…
Cartoonist Clippings
Neil Gaiman Calls Out MoMA for Not Giving Cartoonist Credit From MoMA, crediting the publisher but not the artist: The…
Gene D’Angelo, KFS and DC Colorist, Has Passed
Word is spreading on social media that Gene D’Angelo has passed away. Anthony Tollin gives a nice profile of Gene’s…
Being For the Benefit of St. Jude’s Kids – Reminder
A reminder that there are only two days left until the National Cartoonists Society auction to benefit the St. Jude Children’s…
Weekend Roundup – Cartoonists and Comics
© DC Comics The Jewish co-creators of the comic book superhero Superman will be posthumously inducted into the Jewish American…
Happy Birthday to Senior Stripper Larry Lieber
Happy 90th Birthday to comic book and comic strip cartoonist Larry Lieber! It was the latter half of the 1960s…
NCS Auction for The Benefit of St. Jude’s Children
Beginning on October 27th and running through November 3rd of this year, the National Cartoonists Society and the NCS Foundation…
Comic Artist Arrested as Alleged January 6 Rioter
A graphic and comic book artist who was part of a group of insurrectionists who charged and attacked Capitol police…
Comic Art News and Reviews
Joe Dator puts a book together. © Joe Dator What do you wish you had known before making a…