Reuben Weekend – NCS Special Awards
Awarded by unanimous vote of the NCS Board of Directors, The Gold Key honors the recipient as a member…
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Reuben Weekend – NCS Divisional Award Winners 3
The National Cartoonists Society announced the winners of the final Divisional Awards for 2020 Saturday evening. The nominees and the…
Comic Chronicles: Will Be That Was
Old stuff. A London illustrator in 1898 looks ahead one hundred years and is not all that far off. ‘Cycle…
Hey Kids! Comics! Pure Treat
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for October 2021 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through…
Greta Tomlinson – RIP
Dan Dare comic artist Greta Tomlinson has passed away. Greta Edwards (neé Tomlinson)1927 – September 4, 2021 From…
Sam Cornell – RIP
Animator Sam Cornell has passed away. Samuel Miller (Sam) Cornell June 1939 – May 1, 2021 From the IMDb:…
Looking Back on Comics News This Week
As the old cliché goes, “What goes around comes around.” And Charlie Daniel is still coming around. At Bacon &…
Russ Kick – RIP
“Rogue transparency activist” and comics editor Russ Kick has passed away. Russell Charles (Russ) Kick III July 20, 1969 –…
Cartoonists in the News
As one of the last remaining full-time newspaper cartoonists left in the U.S., I was starting to feel like a…
Convention Season Begins: CXC, AAEC, NCS/CAF
It’s a convention extravaganza for the next three weekends. Starting with Cartoon Crossroads Columbus. Alison Bechdel, Hilary Price, Jerry Craft,…
Larry Lieber, Stan Lee’s Brother, Sues Marvel
comic characters © Marvel Comics Larry Lieber, who scripted the initial appearances of Iron Man, Thor, Ant-Man, Loki, Fin Fang…
Hey Kids! Comics! Harvest Those Bookshelves
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for September 2021 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through…
My Two Million Dollar Comic Book – update
Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962). First appearance of Spider-ManAt Heritage Auctions with 6 days until end of bidding. Okay, so my…
Book Burning – Not a Thing of the Past
Post World War II North America: 21st Century North America: Canada: Tintin and Asterix books destroyed because they…
Chris Ware on the Creation of Comics
Reading a single page of a comic book takes about 15 seconds. Creating it, on the other hand, takes 40…