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May 19, 2020
Comics KingdomLEADS!!!
Not all leads are created equal….in fact, some leads shouldn’t be created at all!Read nowMay 18, 2020
Comics KingdomMental Health Awareness Week 18-24 May 2020 (UK and US)
The subject of mental health is important to me. A severe but acute period of depression (more on that in the link below) was what lead me to leave the pharmaceutical industry and ...Read nowMay 17, 2020
Comics KingdomPandemic Zoom Cartoonists Convention
So this weekend was when American and Canadian editorial cartoonists were supposed to be looking at each other through the bottom of a glass in Toronto. But with the world stuck at...Read nowMay 15, 2020
Comics KingdomTimeline – 2008 Part 3
Sports are occasionally the subject of Beetle Bailey strips. My father was an avid golfer, so that popular pastime was most frequently depicted, particluarly in episodes involving ...Read nowMay 15, 2020
Comics KingdomTimeline – 2008 Part 3
I live in a unique historical district in Connecticut known as “Silvemine” which includes parts of three towns – New Canaan, Norwalk and Wilton. Here is a l...Read nowMay 14, 2020
Comics KingdomBodacious Review Of Our Barney Google Book
Bodacious thanks to Steven Thompson of the Forces Of Geek website for a wonderful review of the new IDW Library Of American Comics Essentials book Barney Google For President. ...Read nowMay 10, 2020
Comics KingdomHappy 30th Anniversary, Between Friends!
When my editor sent me an email asking if I would like to write something for the 30th anniversary of my strip “Between Friends”, I wrote back telling her I thought she...Read nowMay 9, 2020
Comics KingdomCovid-19 and the Comics
New Zealand went into lockdown at the end of March, which meant that most people had to stay at home unless they were essential workers. A month after that people who could not wor...Read nowMay 8, 2020
Comics KingdomTimeline – 2008 Part 2
Miss Buxley was introduced in 1971 as General Halftrack’s secretary. Readers enjoyed having a pretty girl in the strip at first, but over the years criticism mounted and we w...Read nowMay 8, 2020
Comics KingdomTimeline – 2008 Part 2
Cartoons are a unique combination of words and pictures. Comic historian R.C. Harvey uses the term “visual-verbal blending” to describe how this works and often j...Read nowMay 6, 2020
Comics KingdomVintage Barney Google And Snuffy Smith Newspaper Ads
When newspapers add a comic strip to their lineup they often run advertisements in the paper promoting the fact that the new strip is premiering on a certain date. Here are s...Read nowMay 2, 2020
Comics KingdomDurok’s Vengeance
Today’s Flash Gordon (5/3/2020) features Dale Arden’s confrontation with Durok. This isn’t the first time Dale has crossed paths with Durok. Which means it’...Read now