Original February 15 item: It seems that a new artist will take over the Dick Tracy comic strip soon. Possibly right after the current Minit Mysteries arc ends on February 25, 2024. The Dick Tracy page at Tribune Content Agency already lists Charles Ettinger as Mike Curtis‘s artistic partner. Charles doesn’t have the Dick Tracy […]

Current King Features cartoonists Ray Billingsley, George Gant, Darrin Bell, and Bianca Xunise plus, from the past, pioneering Black cartoonist Ted Shearer are gathered to help celebrate Black History Month. 1.RAY BILLINGSLEY (Curtis) Veteran cartoonist and comic artist Raymond Curtis Billingsley is an African American cartoonist best known for creating the comic strip CURTIS. Debuting […]

Comic strip artist Enrique Badia Romero has passed away. Enrique (aka Enric) Badia Romero May 13, 1930 – February 15, 2024 Spanish comic artist Romero, who gained fame with British comic strips, has died. From John Freeman: We’re sorry to report the passing of Spanish comic artist Enric Badia Romero, also known as Enrique Badia […]

There are several major news stories going on, but they happened late in the week, so, since only a few American editorial cartoonists post on weekends, we’ll have to wait until Monday or perhaps even Tuesday for commentary on them. In the meantime, here’s a serious funny piece from First Dog on the Moon, and […]

Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for February 2024 release.Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets,though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea. THE COMPLETE DICK TRACY DAILIES & SUNDAYS Volume 5 1938-1939 by Chester Gould THE COMPLETE DICK TRACY DAILIES & […]

British comic artist, writer, and editor Paul Neary has passed away. Paul Neary December 18, 1949 – February 10, 2024 A number of places have reported Paul’s death, here is John Freeman: I’m very sad to report the passing of award-winning comic artist, writer and editor Paul Neary, who has died after a long illness. […]

Letting Dave Whamond lead off, despite a couple of hesitations. One is about the connection between the shooting and football, but my main quibble is with “How could this happen?” because, come on, who’s surprised anymore? Which is his point, so he should have reworked it. He does make up for it with the looks […]

Some notes taken while reading this week’s comics. J. C. Duffy started the week with one of his Fusco Brothers possibly commenting on the comics page consolidation going on among newspaper companies. The next day Harry Bliss used his Bliss panel to make an observation about artists in general. Then Gary Hallgren(?) with Hagar the […]

A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read. If you click on that link, you’ll find that Mark Twain didn’t say it, but a lot of people have and for good reason. We’re in the middle of a particularly apt example. As noted the other day, self-appointed experts leapt to […]

Editorial cartoonist Michael de Adder shares news via X/Twitter of a new comic strip project: I’m working on a comic strip called THE deEP STATE By Michael de Adder. It will be available through Substack and Patreon. Links below. Choose either Substack or Patreon, it will be the same content updated at the same time. […]

Sun-Times editorial cartoonist Jack Higgins has passed away. John Joseph (Jack) Higgins August 19, 1954 – February 10, 2024 The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting the death of Jack Higgins: Pulitzer Prize-winning Sun-Times cartoonist Jack Higgins knew the power of the pen. “Political cartoons are meant to take the mighty and the pompous and cut them […]

When I was in college, Notre Dame had a game against Tulane. I was in the reception area of a dorm at St. Mary’s when a group of people got back from the game, including a girl who had been to Pat O’Brien’s, and brought one of the bar’s special Hurricane glasses all the way […]

GoComics serves notice of Wannabe by Luca Debus, a new comic strip that debuted a month ago. This new digital comic strip from creator Luca Debus follows McKenzie, Andy, and Margot. The daily feature follows the roommate trio through all the mayhem and mishaps that come with being a twenty-something, like crafting the perfect social […]

The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum claims to house the world’s largest collection of cartoon- and comics-related materials, including a range of inked paper, artifacts, newspaper clips, magazines, scrapbooks, and even the drawing board used by Chester Gould, who created the Dick Tracy comic strip. But it is much more than an archive: it is at […]

Jeff Stahler (AMS) taps into something that occurred to me during the game. A lot of what they were advertising was of little interest to me, but I also had a sense of “been there, seen that” as creative ideas seemed replaced by celebrity cameos. Celebrity cameos were once a delightful surprise because they only […]