I didn't entirely get the intended construction of the jokes in the Sunday Bizzaro (Sp??) strip yesterday . ( The strip appars to be not online , as it is a King Features Syndicate strip , who - Gasp !!! - appear to think they're in the comics business to make money , and keep their strips behind a wall . )
The joke was " variations on ' I Love New York ' "...but was the panhandler's shirt supposed to be saying " I Owe New York " ?" I Have Zero , New York " ?
The yokel , in Middle Ages garb...Was his shirt suppost'a mean " I Love York " , as in the English county that New York was indeed named after ??? ( And Prince Charles is now considered the Duke of , if I recall correctly . )
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The cast of Crankshaft spent two weeks at the San Diego ComiCon (July 10-22).
(July 21 is my favorite.)
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I've never been, but this would have been the year to go (without all those "Hollywood" folks there).
Jeff of Earth-J July 31, 2023 at 1:16pm
The cast of Crankshaft spent two weeks at the San Diego ComiCon (July 10-22).
They went in-person last year when there was no in-person attendance.
This year they went and finished before the convention started.
(I still love the strip)
I used to go starting in the early 70s when it was all comic books and watching movies. (movie projectors running all night before there were any home videos).
I lost the narrative thread of the Funky Winkerbean comic strip back in the 1990s when I was not taking a daily paper. But now, thanks to the Kent State University Press, I can recitify that oversight with THE COMPLETE FUNKY WINKERBEAN, volume eight of which reprints the years 1993-1996. A memorable sequence from 1994 is when a student brings a gun to school. Westview High's principal, Fred Fairgood said: "We were all victims of that gun that was brought into school today! The school board has been thinking about installing cameras and hiring security personnel, and now those things will probably become reality... and future generations of Westview students won't remember a time when it felt safe to be in school without them!"
Another memorable sequence from 1994: instead of selling Thanksgiving turkeys, the band sells plots of land in Bill & Hillary Clinton's Whitewater development.
In 1995, Wally and Monroe become th new Funky and Les, and the comic book shop Komix Korner is introduced on Sunday, April 2. The high school literary magazine sponsored by Les Moore comes under attack, he and Lisa take steps toward becoming a couple, and, most memorably, Susan Smith attempts suicide. This plot development I do remember, from the wordless single-panel strip which ran Sunday, June 25, and from the coverage in my local paper. I still have the article about it, the angry letters and the strip itself clipped from the St.Louis Post-Dispatch, but I experienced it completely out of context. For example, I didn't learn until today that [SPOILER] Susan survived [END SPOILER]. The introduction to The Complete Funky Winkerbean (v8) also includes copious coverage and reprinted newspaper articles.
All of the "The Funnies Aren't Funny Anymore" lamentations which inevitably surface after every comic strip death of a sympathetic character never cease to amuse me (in a sad way), because they've been around (at least!) since [SPOILER] "The Death of Mary Gold" in The Gumps (1929) [END SPOILER].
King Features Syndicate is replacing The Amazing Spider-Man syndicated newspaperr comic strip with a revival of Flash Gordon. From The Washington Post: "Flash Gordon, American Icon, Returns to Comics After a 20-Year Break"
I'll give it a try, bur don't expect lush artwork at the caliber of Alex Raymond. Looking a the results from things like Nancy, Popeye, Mark Trail and now Flash Gordon, it seems the ability to draw is no longer a requirement for today's comic strip artists.
Ooh... that don't look good.
I think I've seen as much as I need to.
Looks to me like someone doing their best Michael Avon Oeming impersonation. I'm personally tired of that style, but isn't it popular these days?
Drawing in that style is probably why this guy was hired.
Hermes Press has solicited Mandrake the Magician: The Complete Newspaper Dailies Volume 2: 1936-1938. Funny thing is, I don't remember volume one. Then I realized: Titan Comics released a similar volume in 2016, comprising the first six continuities. Judging by the contents of Hermes v2, v1 would have had only five, plus it would have been $20 more expensive. No brainer, right? I probably just put it out of my mind. But now it's eight years later and Titan has yet to release its v2. Do I order Hermes v2, which contains six stories this time but one of them is duplicated? Decisions, decisions...
I'm not sure we needed THIS.
(I particularly like the read of the line "It doesn't belong to any of us.")
Oh, man. This thread popped up, and I'm so sorry to see you guys aren't enjoying the Flash Gordon strip like I am. Style of art aside -- I like it, and feel like it owes as much or more to Bruce Timm as Mike Oeming -- Schkade knows how to keep a story moving. This is honestly one of the best-paced adventure strips I've ever read. Using four panels a strip -- and none of them seeming crowded! -- really puts the foot on the accellerator, and Schkade is taking us all over Mongo, exploring what life is like now that Ming's been defeated. Plus, each Sunday is a recap of the week, but made fresh (and offering nuance) by telling it from a different character's POV.
I urge you to give it another try. You can read a month for free if you pull up Comics Kingdom on Hoopla, probably available from your library.
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