The comic strip MUTTS started with the dog Earl and his owner Ozzie based on cartoonist Patrick O’Donnell and his pet Jack Terrier also named Earl.As Jen Reeder for Forbes was told by McDonnell (or here via Yahoo): “The art director told me I was drawing a Jack Russell terrier,” he said. “And that was […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for October 2026 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent bookstore is a good idea. One Hundred Years and One Day ago Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard […]
Sergio Aragonés and Frank Quitely, Ernie Bushmiller and Tom Gammill, Teresa Burritt and Clay Jones, Romance books and Cartoon Covers, Mo Willems and Adults, Supergirl and the U.S. Mint. Frank Quitely Wins the 2026 Sergio Aragonés International Award John Freeman (downthe tubes) reports that Frank Quitely has been named as the recipient of the 2026 […]
Bill Cooper for Spectrum Culture reviews the new biography Trudeau & Doonesbury by Joshua Kendall. “Garry Trudeau, lives privately and shuns interviews. Freelance journalist Joshua Kendall shines some light on the creator in his latest biography, Trudeau & Doonesbury. “Though Trudeau & Doonesbury covers politics, it focuses on Trudeau’s life and how it impacted his […]
This last weekend at the Baltimore Comic-Con, the Ringo Awards for the best achievement in comic books were announced. Below are the winners and this year’s nominees.Fan FavoritesJury and Fan WinnersBest SeriesWinner: Absolute Batman, DC ComicsNominees:Best AnthologyWinner: Bowling with Corpses and Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown, Dark Horse ComicsNominees:Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel […]
National Comic Book Day honors the art, artists, and stories of comic books. The South Florida Reporter provides a timeline of American comic books (some of the facts are dated and a bit iffy) in an article titled “People Who Collect Comic Books Are Known As A Pannapictagraphist.” “One of the earliest known comics printed […]
Baseball comic books, didactic comic books, and really old comic books. The 2026 Major League Baseball (MLB) post-season is coming up later this month and All Baseball Comics has issued a trio of MLB licensed comic books telling the history of three of their most enduring franchises. All are written by Josh Frankel while Chicago […]
Last weekend was the Small Press Expo in Baltimore, MD and the reveal of this year’s Ignatz Award winners. Below are the winners in each category.Outstanding AnthologyLAAB: A Comics Anthology No. 3 ed. Ronald Wimberly (Beehive Books)Outstanding ArtistCarol Tyler, The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Grief (Fantagraphics)Outstanding CollectionAll the Cameras in My Room by Michael DeForge (Drawn & Quarterly)Outstanding ComicZoo #5 by Anand Shenoy (Self-Published)Outstanding […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for September 2026 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent bookstore is a good idea. Wallace the Brave: All Hands on Deck! by Will Henry With evocative artwork and imaginative storytelling, […]
Following failed union negotiations that would have allowed the newspaper to outsource content to “AI, freelancers, managers” Block Communications will take the same path it did with The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: shut it down if a Good Samaritan cannot be found to purchase The (Toledo) Blade. Ground News supplies bullet points and links to news story […]
Magazine Deathwatch Piggybacking on the news that The Saturday Evening Post is ending its print edition World of Monsters brings news that Castle of Frankenstein and Scary Monsters will be going to the special order/subscription-only market and no longer be distributed to newsstands. I would see Scary Monsters when browsing the very small magazine section […]
On the occasion of its 205th anniversary of publication The Saturday Evening Post announced that the January/February 2027 edition of the magazine will be the last print issue. From Benjamin Mullin of The New York Times (or here) or via The Seattle Times: The magazine’s January issue will be its last in print, according to […]
Ideally the comic books you are trying to sell would be entombed in a sealed archival-grade plastic coffin, aka “slabbed.” Unfortunately for us garden variety collectors that is cost prohibitive except for the most valuable of comic books, unless you are trying to sell them individually on eBay or working a consignment deal. If, like […]
Stephan Pastis is an old veteran of books tours touting his Pearls Before Swine and Timmy Failure volumes. Now he has coerced Wallace the Brave cartoonist Will Henry to join him in a journey around the nation. The occasion is the September 1, 2026 release of a book the cartoonists have co-created with Pastis writing […]
The 2026 Hugo Awards Ceremony was held this weekend at LAcon V with winners announced across 21 categories. The winner of this year’s Best Graphic Story or Comic went to Fred Fordham for his adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea.Previous adapations by Fordham include: When the Sky Falls: Graphic Novel, To […]