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Oct 21, 2005
What’s better than having a Comic Strip Collection Book? Having Two!
So many wonderful comic strip collections have been issued this year, it’s a pretty tough decision on which books to buy. Drooling over them at the store, scanning the pages and fawning over them does no good. (Yep, I have done that.) Having them in hand at home, reading and laughing
...Oct 7, 2005
Comics Sherpa: The Insights of Cartoonist Justin Thompson
The Ucomics feature, Comics Sherpa, is a popular site for both hopeful and new cartoonists. For a fee, the cartoonist can have their humourous work published in a prominent position along with the professionals. There are no editors to woo, no art directors to win over, just the viewing public.
Oct 7, 2005
Justin Thompson, Creator of 'MythTickle'
Justin Thompson’s days are crammed with inventiveness and creativity, from his day job at Charles Schulz Museum, his skilled endeavours as an actor and a Medieval jouster and now a dedicated cartoonist of the giggle-worthy MythTickle.
Sep 23, 2005
Todd Clark and Scott Nickel, Creators of 'Triple Take'
It’s more than a chuckle… one look at this comic strip just might produce three laughs. Triple Take cartoonists Todd Clark and Scott Nickel have the tough job of creating three punch lines in every installment of the comic strip. And so far, they have been every bit a success.
Sep 9, 2005
Let's Celebrate! 75 Years of 'Blondie'
Dancing, racing to work with a kiss on the way out the door and smiling at each other through it all, Dagwood and Blondie Bumstead have reached the glorious milestone of 75 years of publication of Blondie. It’s an event few comic strips manage to reach.
Jun 10, 2005
Chester Gould, Creator of 'Dick Tracy'
Dogged determination and an amazing 61 comic strip ideas over a ten-year span at long last made the dream of Chester Gould a reality in 1931. He kept his attention focused on cartooning for the Chicago Tribune; Chester finally won over the editor with an action-filled crime comic strip featuring an
...May 27, 2005
Five Explanations for Random Grinning
Hee hee, hah! Ha ha… Oh! Hello there, comics fan. I was just looking at a few of the les-promoted but hilarious comic strips on-line. Have a look at some of these great funny bone ticklers – some by new cartoonists; some are second offerings by professionals. Sarcastic, warm and fuzzy,
...May 13, 2005
Nell Brinkley, Creator of 'The Brinkley Girl' and Early Comics Innovator
Known as “the queen of comics” in the Golden Age of Illustration, Nell Brinkley brought a new style of cartooning to the newspaper pages. Ready for something different than the sassy, rosy-cheeked cute kids in cartoons, readers were enthralled with Nell’s artwork. There were few women in cartooning, and few cartoonists
...Apr 29, 2005
Rick Stromoski, Creator of 'Soup to Nutz'
It’s no wonder that Soup to Nutz is famed for hilarious family dynamics and right-on-the-button fun. As the seventh youngster in a family of 12 kids, creator Rick Stromoski’s childhood must have been a cartoonist’s dream of laughter and scuffles. He has honed his self-taught cartooning and humourous illustration skills into
...Apr 15, 2005
Nick Anderson, Editorial Cartoonist
Nick Anderson takes serious topics, adds his touch of satire, a dash of acerbic wit and finishes them off with fine, professional pen-work. Presto! A comic statement that gives politicians a black eye or the medical system a jolt. From early cartooning as a teenager to becoming full-time editorial cartoonist, he
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