Mort Walker’s Beetle Bailey celebrates 60 years
Mort Walker’s Beetle Bailey is celebrating 60 years with series of events and special strips. From the press release: The…
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Best comic goodbyes. Ever
Tom Spurgeon: So with the finale for the television show Lost rapidly receding into the background, the reaction to the…
Time looks at best long-running comics
With the announcement of the end of Little Orphan Annie, Time Magazine is looking at the best long-running comics. They…
The Phantom returns to comic books
Dynamite Entertainment, under license from King Features syndicate, returns The Phantom to comic books this August with Alex Ross at…
Cafe Con Leche character to come out of closet
Charlos Gary isn’t saying which character, but on a recent blog post he announced that one of his characters from…
Briefs: Doonesbury, Boondocks, Stein, Schulz
A restaurant man who was featured in Doonesbury back in 1997 for a eminent domain dispute between Donald Trump and…
Select ‘Bloom County’ running in USA Today
To commemorate the second volume of the Bloom County Complete Library being released, USA Today is running select strips with…
AZ couple has $350k worth in Peanuts originals
Speaking of original Peanuts artwork, a Phoenix woman took her stash of original Peanuts art that she’s been buying up…
Dick Tracy statue unveiled to honor Dick Locher
Congratulations to Dick Locher who was honored yesterday with the unveiling of a new Dick Tracy statue that will now…
1997 April Fools comic switch cited as one of best
Three publications have listed the 1997 comic strip April Fools switcheroo as one of the all time best. Klue.com lists…
Check out original art in Ted Dawson collection
Ted Dawson has posted two original art from Rose is Rose and Hi and Lois (1961).
Buck Rogers coming to big screen in 3D
Paul W.S. Anderson is said to be working on a Buck Rogers 3D feature film. Anderson directed “Alien vs Predator.”…
NYT: Surge of republications of comics is awesome
Douglas Wolk, writing for the New York Times, writes about the surge of comic strip republications lately. As the modern-day…
Bill Mauldin stamps available this month
United States Postal Service will begin selling Bill Mauldin stamps this month. The stamp features a photo of himself along…
2010 Festival of Cartoon Art schedule announced
The tenth triennial Festival of Cartoon Art will take place at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH October 14-17,…