May 16th, 2014

News Around the Kingdom: Comic Character Cameos and Mentions

by The King

Greetings Comics Royalty!

Cartoonists are a loyal band of brethren who often work in isolation. Every so often, one cartoonist will pay tribute to another by drawing a character or mentioning his or her name in a comic. This week, we share several such examples of comic strip tributes and cameos, including:

Hagar and his crew made a cameo this week in “The Wizard of Id” …

Dean Young deftly works a “Bizarro” mention in “Blondie” …

Dan Piraro (“Bizarro”) shares the work of Jimmy Horwitz, creator of “Watson” and Photoshop wizard.

In other news …

Terri Libenson writes about next week’s Body Image 101 series in “The Pajama Diaries” …

 

Get a sneak peek at the cover of “Peace, Love & Wi-Fi,” the next “Zits” collection here …

“Gil” returns to the Providence Journal’s Sunday comics page …

It’s no secret that the Internet loves cats AND comics fans love the “Flash Gordon” song by Queen. Now Comics Kingdom readers can enjoy both together here …

John Rose shares his coloring technique on a Sunday “Snuffy Smith” comic…

A reader of “Mary Worth” offers job hunting advice to Tommy …

Part three of “Master Magicians and Phantoms: An Interview with Lee Falk” is available here …

Finally, Jeff Koons’ “American Hero: Popeye” went on the auction block this week at Sothebys! Check out what happened next here!

Thanks for stopping by! See you all next Friday!