Lost 1935 Barney Google animation found
Over on Lee Glover’s blog, “Mice Laugh Softly Charlotte” he’s got a rare treat that will only be posted for…
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Herriman art posted on Strippers Guide blog
Last week I alerted you that Allan Holtz was asking readers of his blog, the Stripper’s Guide, if he should…
Goldberg, Hoest, Lynch to panel Musuem event
Stan Goldberg (Archie Comics), Bunny Hoest (The Lockhorns), and Mike Lynch (magazine cartoonist) will be paneling a discussion on 1940s…
To print or not to print George Herriman cartoons
Allan Holtz, over at the Stripper’s Guide blog, spent a day going through the Los Angeles Examiner archives and found…
Hal Foster finally gets respect in Windy City
Despite living in the Chicago area for nearly two decades, Hal Foster’s work, Prince Valiant was never published in the…
How Beetle Bailey’s Camp Swampy got its name
When Charles Brown (yeah, that’s his real name) contacted Mort Walker to see if he would autograph a historical book…
Check out the very first Pogo strip
Craig Yoe writes in to share a scan of the very first Pogo comic strip over on his web site….
Bill Amend presented 2007 Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year
Straight from the NCS are the results for this year’s Reuben Awards held last Saturday night. Bill Amend, creator of…
World’s longest comic strip attempted
Mark Pett, creator of Lucky Cow holds the Guinness World Record for the LARGEST comic strip. Back in June of…
Wicks cartoon legal case coverage
Bryan Munn at Sequential, a blog that covers “Canadian Comix News & Culture,” has been following the Ben Wicks abandoned…
Calvin and Hobbes becomes animated on YouTube
From YouTube. I’m actually surprised at how well the animators tried to keep the original drawing style of Bill Watterson….
How to go about syndicate the wrong way
Charles Brubaker writes in to point out attention to Chris Harding’s blog wherein he writes about his short-lived syndication deal…
“Art of Dick Tracy” exhibit to open in Chester Gould museum
More than a 100 examples of original Dick Tracy cartoons will be on display at a new exhibit called the…
Transcript of Charles Schulz’ 1994 speech posted
Mike Lynch has posted the first part of a speech that Charles M. Schulz gave (presumably at a NCS function)…
Legacy features still appreciated by older generation (UPDATED)
Over at Newsday, Bill Mcternan is talking about the comics that still grace the comics page decades after the original…