Prom season is getting underway around the United States, and this year, Tom Batiuk of FUNKY WINKERBEAN created a prom story about two young men at Westview High School who decide to attend the prom together. Controversies surrounding GLBT youth attending high school proms have heated up over the past few years. Tom was inspired by a similar, real-life... Read More »
So many of us have grown up with SLYLOCK FOX AND COMICS FOR KIDS—everyone remembers sending in drawings in the hope they’d be featured in the strip, or has a funny story about playing “Spot the Six Differences.” Among Slylock’s rotating cast of kooky nemeses, Count Weirdly is often the one who stands out. We’re not entirely sure WHAT Count... Read More »
Sunday is Earth Day, which is one of our favorite holidays here at DailyINK! In April, 2008, a whole slew of King Features cartoonists got together to commemorate Earth Day with themed comics just for the occasion. While it’s not an “official” event, several of our cartoonists continue to pay homage to Mother Earth with some just-for-Earth-Day... Read More »
Fans of EDGE CITY may have noticed that the usually-lighthearted comic strip has taken a turn for the more serious this week, with a storyline featuring young Colin Ardin as he talks with his father, Len, about the Holocaust, and what he learned in his religion class. Next Thursday, April 19, is Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, and Terry and... Read More »
We’d like to extend our warmest holiday wishes to those of you who are celebrating Easter and/or Passover this weekend! Here at DailyINK, we’ve been feeling nostalgic for egg hunts and the time we tried to color our hair with the egg coloring dye (hint: bad idea). So we thought, hey, wouldn’t it be fun to make our own egg-decorating kit this... Read More »
On Monday, Brendan talked about FUNKY WINKERBEAN’S 40th anniversary. On Tuesday, in celebration of this momentous occasion, Black Squirrel Books (of the Kent State University Press) released a fabulous collection of the first three years of FUNKY WINKERBEAN, “The Complete Funky Winkerbean; Volume One, 1972-1974.” I’m so excited to... Read More »
Happy National Organize Your Home Office Day! Yes, that’s an actual thing, apparently. It follows on the heels of “National Goof Off Day,” which we much prefer, and which brought to mind one of our favorite comics about National Goof Offs, DUSTIN, by Steve Kelley and Jeff Parker. But much more in line with today’s national holiday (apparently... Read More »
Way back in 2000, Jay Kennedy, who was then Editor here at King Features, put together a showcase for the work of six talented female cartoonists: SIX CHIX. Twelve years later, the roster has changed someone, but these six funny ladies entertain us every week. Since SIX CHIX doesn’t have a set cast of characters, each of the current “Chix”... Read More »
Kieran Meehan’s PROS & CONS revolves around the overlapping professional lives of three men with very different careers. Samuel Rhodes, a high-powered defense lawyer, Stan Defoe, a tough, street-wise police detective, and Lyndon Peel, a psychiatrist. But the glue that holds these three unlikely acquaintances together is most definitely the... Read More »