Blondie

Hi, all! I hope you are recovering from your Thanksgiving feasts if you celebrate! Today, Saturday, November 26, is a very important day for comics history: the 100th birthday of Charles “Sparky” Schulz, the creator of Peanuts, one of the most beloved comic strips of all time. Usually, we only post about birthdays related to King Features comics, but Mr. Schulz was such an inspiration and good friend to so many of our cartoonists and had so much influence on the direction of not just comics but pop culture in the 20th century that we wanted to celebrate his legacy. Patrick McDonnell, the creator of MUTTS, spearheaded this project in collaboration with the Charles M. Schulz Museum to celebrate this special birthday! As you look around Comics Kingdom today, you will see many of cartoonists have contributed to this celebration by honoring Mr. Schulz in their comic strips. Here is a collection where you can see them all together! Todd the Dinoaur by Patrick Roberts Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis Rhymes With Orange by Hilary Price & Rina PIccolo The Lockhorns by Bunny Hoest and John Reiner Daddy […]

Everyone wants to be a prankster on April 1st. With only a few days ’till the big holiday, here’s a list of Top Ten Comics on April Fools’ Day to prepare you and maybe give you some wild ideas!   Don’t forget to stay tuned for new April Fools’ comics coming this Thursday.   1) Take It From The Tinkersons April 1, 2020 It’s a joke, right? RIGHT?!   2) Blondie April 1, 2020 Okay but these kids really should apologize…   3) Hi and Lois April 1, 2015 Have you done your taxes yet?   4) Mother Goose & Grimm April 1, 2015 Funny or cruel?   5) Mutts April 1, 2020 Nooo we don’t wanna see Mooch or Earl leave!   6) Six Chix April 1, 2014 You better hope this trick is performed on April Fools’ Day.   7) Dustin April 1, 2019 What would you do if your doctor said this to you?   8) The Family Circus April 1, 2019 Nice try, kiddo.   9) The Lockhorns April 1, 2013 Should companies start recognizing April 1st as a free holiday?   10) Baby Blues April […]

Happy Groundhog Day! Celebrate this special day by watching the Bill Murray movie and by checking out our Top Ten Comics on Groundhog Day! Hopefully the little guy doesn’t see his shadow this year…   1) Mutts February 2, 2010 Technically he didn’t see his shadow sooooo…   2) Blondie February 2, 2021 A selfie worth fighting over!   3) Sally Forth February 2, 2020 We’re all secretly Ted.   4) The Lockhorns February 2, 2021 Oh that’s right. Have you taken down your Christmas tree yet?   5) Mother Goose & Grimm February 2, 2015 Nobody ever though it would come to this??   6) Rhymes With Orange February 2, 2015 Every year, the groundhog strives to perfect his shadow.   7) Hi and Lois February 2, 2013 Someone learned how to trick the system!   8) Marvin February 2, 2021 Groundhogs aren’t really weather forecasters…….Right?   9) Six Chix January 31, 2006 We all know exactly why he’s scared of his own shadow.   10) The Family Circus February 2, 2016 We all wish this day could be a second Christmas.

Who doesn’t love to see their favorite characters from different titles hanging out? We certainly do, so here’s another Top Ten Comics on Crossovers! If you missed part 1 from last year, you can find it right here.   1) Hi and Lois October 24, 2017 Why you look at that; it’s every dad ever going to work! Plus a guy in a shaky marriage.   2) Mutts August 6, 2020 Someone had to tell Popeye to calm down.   3) Blondie May 4, 2020 Would you like to see Dagwood switch jobs with Beetle Bailey for one day?   4) Curtis March 5, 2020 A strip featuring Nancy and Curtis as best friends?? Sign us up!   5) Arctic Circle June 17, 2019 For Barney Google’s 100th anniversary, the mustached, googly-eyed star himself had multiple crossovers across many of our strips! Hopefully in this one, he won’t leave good ol’ Spark Plug for one of them speeding scooters.   6) Shoe June 17, 2019 Another Barney Google Centennial crossover. This time with our favorite bird reporter. Spark Plug definitely didn’t like the sound of that!   7) Mother Goose […]

Comic strip crossovers are so much fun!  I love reading them.  Several great comic strip crossovers from years past were featured on the Comics Kingdom blog this week. That fun blog post reminded me of one of the greatest comic strip crossovers in which I was honored to participate.  It was for Dagwood and Blondie’s 75th anniversary in 2005. Snuffy and Loweezy were among many other comic strip characters that were invited to help them celebrate. Throughout the month of August, comic strip cartoonists everywhere included Blondie and Dagwood in their own comic strips.  The Bumsteads were depicted giving their characters an invitation to the big 75th Anniversary Party. Snuffy and Loweezy get their invitation in our Barney Google and Snuffy Smith comic strip from August 29, 2005.   Then on September 4th, in the Blondie comic strip, the Bumsteads were joined by all their comic strip friends who had gotten an invitation to their 75th Anniversary Party!  It was a real hootin’ holler!     Wow!  Such a beautiful Blondie comic strip from September 4, 2005 commemorating 75 years!

Since 1930, Blondie has been giving the world plenty of laughs and lots of fun. Celebrate with this retrospective piece written by CBS News exploring the history of the strip! Did you know that Blondie was made into a few TV shows and PLENTY of movies?   https://www.cbsnews.com/news/almanac-blondie/   You’re gonna have to excuse Dagwood, though. Keeping us readers entertained for 89 years is exhausting enough. He’s going to need a good nap today!      

Friends! NEWS! I’m proud to announce that in addition to my own daily syndicated comic strip “Intelligent Life,” distributed worldwide by King Features Syndicate/Comics Kingdom, I have joined the “Blondie” team as assistant artist to amazing long-time head artist John Marshall and unparalleled writer Dean Young. This is a very exciting new adventure, and I could not be more PROUD to be part of this most wonderful legacy of comics history, not to mention just a wonderful group of people to work with! (Here’s my first Strip to see print which ran on 4/26/17) – David

Greetings Comics Royals! A blonde brownie is also known as a “Blondie”  Today is “National Blonde Brownie Day!”  A blonde brownie is also known as a “Blondie”!  We’re celebrating with our favorite catering maven…Blondie Bumstead! Blondie sells custard pies as well as blondies at her catering place   Blondie doesn’t really take a break Blondie also sells sardine sandwiches  We suggest that you celebrate “National Blonde Brownie Day” by eating a blondie! In other news… David Reddick (“Intelligent Life”) posts his drawing of the late great Alan Rickman. Alan Rickman by David Reddick  Jim Keefe (“Sally Forth”) posts his tribute to the late great David Bowie.   Hilary reacts to the passing of the late great David Bowie  Norm Feuti (“Retail”) announces his first graphic novel for kids will come out in July 2016!  Get your copy of “The King of Kazoo“! Finally, Dan Piraro (“Bizarro”) will be appearing in a free comedy show Friday January 22!  If you’re in the Los Angeles area, go see him and other funny people tonight! Dan Piraro appears in a comedy show tonight  

The Blondie Sunday Page from October, 25, 2015. Snuffy appears in the second panel drinking punch with Prince Valiant at the Bumstead’s Halloween party. On October 25th, Dean Young and John Marshall created one of the most beautifully crafted Sunday pages I’ve ever seen!  I was so incredibly impressed when I saw the Halloween-themed strip that day, first in my local paper, and then again on Comics Kingdom!  Wow!  It was amazing, both in art and text!  What a great idea!  So, imagine my total surprise when earlier this week I opened my front door to see a package delivered from my mailman.  What was inside?!  A gorgeous full-color signed print of this Blondie Sunday Page!  Thank you so much Dean and John…it just goes to show, the bigger they are, the kinder they are!  I was truly honored they thought of Snuffy and me. The kind inscription on the print they sent me.  

Back for an encore, the Blondie Bow Ties & Beeris an event that combines great food, trendy craft beers, toe tappin’ music and of course ‘blondies’ for dessert. This year we warmly welcome honorary chairs Fred & Aleta Fisher who will welcome our bow-tied guests on October 10, 2015 at the Dunedin Fine Arts Center from 7PM – 10PM. All of our guests are encouraged to wear bow ties as they enjoy a night of dancing and fun that supports the wonderful work we do at the CDC. The money raised at this year’s event will enhance important CDC dental services, expand the denture program and increase the frequency of our free Smile Again Dental Screening & Extraction days (see below). For more information about this year’s event, download ourcomplete event invitation and for sponsorship opportunities please email Allison Sapiega at [email protected].