Check out the very first Beetle Bailey strip. And it was rejected
Brian Walker, comic historian, author and son of Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker, posted the first week of proposed strips to be included in the 1950 launch of the iconic comic, but three of the...
View ArticleSan Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum forced to find new home
The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco will lose its current space in June after a lease ends. From the San Francisco Chronicle: The institution, which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, has...
View ArticleWSJ: Profiles Jules Feiffer and his new career in graphic novels
The Wall Street Journal profiles Jules Feiffer, how he got into cartooning and how at age 86, he’s still going strong drawing graphic novels. I began drawing at age 3, and the more I drew, the better I...
View ArticleVic and Nat’ly creator Bunny Matthews announced he has a brain cancer
From Gambit: Bunny Matthews, who created the quintessential comic-strip Yats “Vic and Nat’ly” in 1982, announced today in a Facebook post that he is suffering from brain cancer. Matthews, whose...
View ArticleNCS Foundation announces Celebrity Cartoonist Caribbean Cruise
So a really cool thing is in the works – not just in the works, it is happening this January. National Cartoonists Society Foundation President Steve McGarry has organized a week-long Caribbean...
View ArticleCheck out the 1980′s Fantistic Funnies tv show with your fav newspaper comics
Charles Brubaker has posted a fascinating piece over at Cartoon Research about the 1980′s “The Fantastic Funnies” television show wherein actress Loni Anderson, best known for WKRP in Cincinnati,...
View ArticleKing Features to celebrate 100 years with 16 full-color broadsheet supplement...
King Features is celebrating its 100th year this November by printing and distributing a full-color collectable supplement to newspapers. The supplement will be 16 broadsheet pages with comics through...
View ArticleJohnny Hart’s B.C. comic starts from the beginning today at GoComics
As of today, you can start reading Johnny Hart’s B.C. from the very first comic (see below) over on GoComics. The reboot of the comic is being called Back to B.C. The current story-line B.C. by...
View ArticleKing Features celebrates 100 years in syndication
King Features celebrates 100 years in syndication this year. During the National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards weekend, they paneled a session on comic history at the Library of Congress. Here’s...
View ArticleOriginal Tintin art sold for $1.2 million in Hong Kong
An original 1936 original art piece by Belgian cartoonist Herge for a Tintin comic has fetched $1.2 million at a Hong Kong auction. According to the BBC, it is the only original from the book The Blue...
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