“Nancy” is back, and this time you don’t need to be a snooty scholar to dig into this American comics classic. Several momentous incidents have drawn fresh interest in the cartoon character who has ...
An original copy of the first edition of the first "Superman" comic from 1939 — which had been lying undiscovered in an attic for decades — was sold at auction on Thursday for more than $9 million, ...
40 years ago — on November 18, 1985 — a new comic strip appeared in the newspaper: Calvin and Hobbes. Hobbes was a stuffed tiger, but in the mind of 6-year-old Calvin he was a wryly observant ...
Portland’s newest museum is an ode to the region’s vibrant comic arts scene. The Northwest Museum of Cartoon Arts opened last week in Portland’s North Park blocks. Inside the 5,000-square-foot space, ...
I grew up reading the daily newspaper comic section, and my father’s humor has kept me at it since. One quote from perhaps 1956: “I wonder when Rex Morgan, MD, will make an honest woman out of Nurse ...
Ruben Bolling's Tom the Dancing Bug is widely hailed as being one of the most influential and creative comic strips of the '90s and '00s, and Clover Press is busy reprinting that series in a new batch ...
Cartoonist and Army veteran Charles Schulz holds a drawing of his famous comic strip character "Snoopy," September 1995. (Ben Margot/AP) It was a scene that played out countless times in homes across ...
Charles M. Schulz hated the name "Peanuts." It sounds trite. It sounds cute. It sounds like everything that has groundbreaking comic strip, which made its debut 75 years ago this month — October 2, ...
"Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz is joined by his characters Charlie Brown, Lucy and Snoopy, left to right, after his star was unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Hollywood section of Los ...
The Amazing Spider-Man Classic Newspaper Comics campaign will feature four volumes, with strips from the years 1977, 1978, 1979, and 1980. Each volume will measure 11" x 8.5" in a horizontal format ...
It’s officially October and what better than to celebrate with a few of the best Halloween comic strips Charles M. Schulz has to offer! These strips, which are exclusive to Dread Central, are part of ...
In 1977, the Amazing Spider-Man made the leap from comic books to the newspaper funny pages. A daily strip by comic legends Stan Lee and John Romita Sr. brought the adventures of Peter Parker to a new ...