Comic strips could easily be considered the godfathers ... Trudeau doesn't shy away from controversy and is one of the only popular newspaper comics (if not the only one) to feature openly gay ...

“Best water on the planet,” shouted a guy ... they were not in color and had no continuing characters. The first newspaper comic strip character was featured in Joseph Pulitzer’s New York ...

From Comics Kingdom we check in on The Phantom, Flash Gordon, Mutts, Rosebuds, and The Family Circus plus a trip to The ...

has helped rescue a disappearing corner of American popular culture. After decades in which comic-strip syndicates and libraries have been purging themselves of paper archives for microfilm ...

"Mutt & Jeff became the first successful daily comic strip," Gardner said. "It was so popular that William Randolph Hearst, the grandfather of newspaper comics, didn't just see it as a business ...

The Washington Examiner (I know, I know) published an article this morning by Mark Judge titled “Celebrating Superman’s ...

Black coffee, a few quiet minutes to read the news — good and bad ... Next week, we're going to refresh our comics with a new lineup. Many of your best-loved strips will remain — yes ...

It was the recipient of the Reuben Award — the cartooning industry Oscars — for best newspaper comic strip in both 2018 and 2022. And — maybe most importantly for the hometown crowd — his ...