Profiled: Charles M. Schulz Museum
Great article in the San Francisco Chronicle about the Charles Schulz Museum. The Schulz Museum has had about 100 unique…
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Profiled: Mandrake cartoonist Phil Davis
The King Features Syndicate archivist profiles Phil Davis who was the artist behind Lee Falk’s Mandrake the Magician. When Lee…
How in the @^$%! did “@^$%!” come to represent swear words?
Ben Zimmer, writing for Slate looks at the history of @#$%! and how it came to represent swear words in…
There’s a lot less “Beetle” in international versions of Beetle Bailey
King Feature’s The Archivist has a interesting post on the internationalization of Mort Walker’s Beetle Bailey: Ever since the 1950’s,…
Lost Jack Kirby strip found in France
Interesting find in France. After the screening (which went over well with the audience, thanks!), Bernard, Reed and I had…
Vincent Faletti, age 95, reintroduced to his own work
A cool story from The Saginaw News about the city’s historian coming upon cartoons by Vincent Faletti in the city…
Check out: Rejection note to Marmaduke creator
Zombie Boy creator Mark Stokes found a rejection note sent to Marmaduke creator Brad Anderson around 1958 by an unknown…
Check out rejected comic strip by Jack Davis
Renee French has posted samples of a comic strip submitted for syndication by Jack Davis. The comic was entitled Bo…
Diamond’s Geppi watches $1 million art value evaporate
An long but interesting read by Daniel Best about the $1 million purchase of a near complete Archie original art…
Profiled: Popeye cartoonist Hy Eisman
The Glen Rock Patch posted a profile of Hy Eisman the current cartoonist for E.C. Segar’s Popeye. But the 84-year-old…
Early B.C. strips posted
The nice people over at the Johnny Hart Studios mention that this week is not only Johnny Hart’s birthday, but…