2008 Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures and the Dearly Departed
D. D. Degg
FAMILY TREE
by Signe Wilkison
January 7, 2008 -
United Feature Syndicate
OLLIE AND QUENTIN
by Piers Baker
January 7, 2008 -
King Features Syndicate
[first appeared as a weekly feature in
The Galway (Ireland) Advertiser]
RETRO GEEK
by Steve Dickinson and Todd Clark
January 7, 2008 - March 30, 2008
Tribune Media Services
ALLEGHENY MAN
by Tim Corrigan
January 13, 2008 -
Sunday/weekly
The Oleans (NY) Times Herald
The Wellsville (NY) Daily Reporter
DADDY'S HOME
by Anthony (Tony) Rubino, Jr. and Gary Markstein
March 10, 2008 -
Creators Syndicate
TOBY, ROBOT SATAN
by Corey Pandolph
March 10, 2008 -
Boston Metro/NYC Metro
[first appeared as a webcomic on February 11, 2008]
THE DOOZIES
by Tom W. Gammill
March 18, 2008 -
weekly
Arcadia Weekly/Monrovia Weekly
and 2 other weeklies
2 COWS AND A CHICKEN
by Steve Skelton
April 1, 2008 (Tuesday) -
daily panel
Longmont (Colo) Daily Times-Call
[created in 2007 - did it appear in any papers in 2007?]
THE ARGYLE SWEATER
by Scott Hilburn
April 7, 2008 -
Universal Press Syndicate
[first appeared as a webcomic ca. ?]
HOLY MOLE
by Rick Hotton
April 21, 2008 -
six times a week
Bradenton (Florida) Herald
FLARE*
by Dennis Mallonee and Tim Burgard
and Mark Beachum and Gordon Purcell
May 4, 2008 -
weekly
Publishers Group of America
International syndication via Creators November 2, 2008 -
[first appeared in comic books in ?Summer 1986? ?November 1988?]
*Has this appeared in any U.S. newspapers?
DEFLOCKED
by Jeff Corriveau
May 5, 2008 -
King Features Syndicate
[first appeared December 2006 in La Crescenta Valley (Ca.) Sun]
THE KNIGHT LIFE
by Keith Knight
May 5, 2008 -
Untied Feature Syndicate
SCARY GARY
by Mark Buford
June 16, 2008 -
Creators Syndicate
GRUBBS
by Max Weaver and Ted Dawson
?June 18?, 2008 -
weekly?
The Humble (Texas) Observer
HOME AND AWAY
by Steve Sikula
June 23, 2008 -
Washington Post Writers Group
MINIMUM SECURITY
by Stephanie McMillan
July 1, 2008 -
in at least one paper
[began as webcomic ca. ?]
THE WOOD FAMILY
by Ted Greathouse
August 13, 2008 -
in at least three papers in Tennessee and Kentucky
MORGAN
by John Benz
September 1, 2008 -
daily only
Napa Valley (Ca.) Register
SALT CITY
by Doug Brode and Joe Orsak
September 3, 2008 -
alternative weekly
Syracuse (NY) New Times
THE BARN
by Ralph Hagen
October 27, 2008 -
Creators Syndicate
PRESSED
by Ryan Pagelow
October 27, 2008 -
Lake County (Illinois) News-Sun
and the JW Syndicate began syndicating weekly panels in 2008*:
SADDLE PALS by Graham Ward
FUNNY FILES by Jon Carter
MANMALS by Jim Campbell
PK by Rev. James Campbell and Jim Campbell
IMAGINE THAT by Brian Martin
STRANGE BREED by Steve Langille
4 ON THE FLOOR by Ted Nunes
WINGDING by Dan Wedeking
KWIRKS by Bud Gordinier
*I do not know if any of these panels appeared in any newspapers
Additions and Corrections are
Encouraged and Welcomed.
D. D. Degg
THE STRIP: MISTER WONDERFUL
by Daniel Clowes
September 17, 2007 - December 2, 2007
and December 16, 2007 - February 10, 2008
Sunday only
N. Y. Times Magazine
MANGA: TOKYOPOP PRESENTS - UNDERTOWN
by Jim Pascoe and Jake Mylar
January 6, 2008 - ?????*
Sunday only
Universal Press Syndicate
[reprinting the OEL comic book "uncut from chapter one"]
*I do not know if this feature has ended its run or is still ongoing.
THE STRIP: LOW MOON
by Jason (John Arne Saeteroy)
February 17, 2008 - June 1, 2008
and June 15, 2008 - June 22, 2008
Sunday only
N. Y. Times Magazine
THE STRIP: THE MURDER OF THE TERMINAL PATIENT
by Rutu Modan
translated by Jesse Mishory from The Hebrew
June 29, 2008 - September 14, 2008
and September 28, 2008 - October 5, 2008
and October 19, 2008 - November 2, 2008
Sunday only
N. Y. Times Magazine
LONG TIME PASSING
by Ed Stein
July 4, 2008 - August 22, 2008 weekly
and August 26, 2008 - August 29, 2008 daily
Rocky Mountain News
THE STRIP: PRIME BABY
by Gene Luen Yang
November 9, 2008 - November 16, 2008
and November 30, 2008 - December 7, 2008
and December 21, 2008
and January 4, 2009 -
Sunday only
N. Y. Times Magazine
THE SEARCH FOR SANTA
by Greg Evans
December 8, 2008 - December 25, 2008
daily only
Newspaper Enterprise Association
[reprints the 1999 NEA Christmas series
"A Puddles Christmas", retitled and edited by NEA]
THE STORY OF THE ARCTIC LEAGUE
by W. Charles Barber and Cliff Rogerson
December 12, 2008 - December 24, 2008 (13 strips)
Elmira (NY) Star-Gazette
[first ran in 1964, rerun every year since]
Corrections and additions welcomed
D. D. Degg
FARLEY
by Phil Frank
February 18, 1985 - January 2, 2008*
San Francisco Chronicle
* reprints since April 15, 2007
LUCKY COW
by Mark Pett
April 21, 2008 - February 2, 2008
Universal Press Syndicate
THEY'LL DO IT EVERY TIME
by Jimmy Hatlo and Bob Dunn and Al Scaduto
February 5, 1929 - February 3, 2008
King Features Syndicate
THE PERRY BIBLE FELLOWSHIP
by Nicholas Gurewitch
September 16, 2003 - February ??, 2008
alternative weekly
self syndicated
[first appeared in 2001 in The Daily Orange of Syracuse Univ.]
HUTCH OWEN
by Tom Hart
August 14, 2006 - March 7, 2008
NYC Metro
[first appeared ?1993?1994? as/in a comic book]
THE HUMBLE STUMBLE
by Roy Schneider
August 15, 2005 - March 9, 2008
United Feature Syndicate
STORMFIELD
by Wes Alexander
April ??, 2003 - March 10, 2008
weekly
DBR Media
THE GOLDEN YEARS
by Bill Murray
November 14, 2005 - March 24, 2008
weekly
DBR Media
JET NEWS
by Bill Murray
early 21st Century - March 24, 2008
weekly
DBR Media
MARVIN THE CALF
by Ralph Hagen
November 14, 2005 - March 24, 2008
weekly
DBR Media
SCREAMS
by Guy Gilchrist and Ralph Hagen
ca. 2001 - March 24, 2008
weekly
DBR Media
RETRO GEEK
by Steve Dickenson and Todd Clark
January 7, 2008 - March 30, 2008
Tribune Media Services
SOMEWHAT COUNTY
by Scott Bullock
ca. 1998 - April 20, 2008
Sunday only
Summit (Colo) Daily News
DYKES TO WATCH OUT FOR
by Alison Bechdel
1985 - May 14, 2008
alternative weekly
self syndicated
[first appeared in the New York City monthly WomanNews in 1983]
PRETEENA
by Allison Barrows
April 23, 2008 - May 18, 2008
Universal Press Syndicate
DENVER SQUARE
by Ed Stein
January 12, 1997 - May 21, 2008
Rocky Mountain News
OUT OF THE GENE POOL
by Matt Janz
January 6, 2002 - June 22, 2008
retitled "Single and Looking" July 30, 2007 - demise
Washington Post Writers Group
SPOT THE FROG
by Mark Heath
January 5, 2004 - July 5, 2008
United Feature Syndicate
REDEYE
by Gordon Bess and Bill Yates and Mel Casson
September 11, 1967 - July 13, 2008*
King Features Syndicate
*I don't know if KFS and papers continued with reprints
GEEZER
by Kevin Stark
early 2001 - August 3, 2008
daily only
Pauls Valley (Okla) Daily Democrat
DIESEL SWEETIES
by Rich Stevens
January 8, 2007* - August 10, 2008
United Feature Syndicate
*some papers began running it on January 1, 2007
[webcomic before, during and after syndicate run]
CLEAR BLUE WATER
by Karen Montague-Reyes
May 3, 2004 - September 28, 2008
Universal Press Syndicate
[continued as a webcomic October 17, 2008 - ]
OPUS
by Berke Breathed
November 23, 2003 - November 2, 2008
Sunday only
Washington Post Writers Group
ACTION GEEK
by Doug Chapel
October 16, 2003 - December 25, 2008
Worcester (Mass) Magazine
BALDERDASH
by David Lee Bilbrey
?early 1985? - December 30, 2008
weekly panel
Bowling Green (Ohio) Sentinel-Tribune
WHISKEY! TANGO! FOXTROT!
by Tom Pappalardo
January 17, 2007 - December 30, 2008
weekly strip
Valley (Mass) Advocate
RACS contributors help me with all the data,
but a special thanks to Charles Brubaker for
the end dates to the DBR Media strips/panels.
Additions and Corrections
Welcomed and Encouraged!
Merlin Haas
<ab2b04bb-f7bb-4569...@r10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
"D. D. Degg" <ddd...@comcast.net> wrote:
> PRETEENA
> by Allison Barrows
> April 23, 2008 - May 18, 2008
> Universal Press Syndicate
Start year is wrong, isn't it?
best -- Merlin Haas
D. D. Degg
MARTY LINKS
nee: MARTHA BEATRICE ARGUELLO
September 5, 1917 - January 6, 2008
"Bobby Sox"/"Emmy Lou", greeting cards
http://mikelynchcartoons.blogspot.com/search?q=bobby+sox
CARROLL ROBERT (BOB) ZAHN, JR.
July 6, 1934 - January 6, 2008
"Bigg's Business", "Hap Hazard",
magazine cartoonist
http://www.cartoonfile.net/
PAUL G. EBERHART
November 23, 1935 - January 27, 2008
King Features Syndicate sales and
Director of Operation 1979 - 1999
ROBERT OWEN (BOB) CALLAHAN
April 23, 1942 - January 28, 2008
"Dark Hotel", comic book writer, editor and historian
http://www.salon.com/comics/dark/3/index/index.html
GUSTAVO MONTANO (GUS) ARRIOLA
July 17, 1917 - February 2, 2008
"Gordo", animator
http://momscancer.blogspot.com/2008/02/gus-arriola-and-language-of-lines.html
http://www.rcharvey.com/gordo.html
JACK BARRETT
November 5, 1929 - February 3, 2008
St. Petersburg Times artist/illustrator 1970-1990,
art teacher, fine china designer,
[the obits mentioned he was a comic strip artist
but never said what comic strip, not in my records]
STEPHEN ROSS (STEVE) GERBER
September 20, 1947 - February 10, 2008
"Howard the Duck", "Star Wars"
comic book writer/editor
http://www.nemsworld.com/howard/
ROBERT LOWELL (ROBIN) MOORE, JR.
October 31, 1925 - February 21, 2008
Tales of the Green Beret"
author
http://matttauber.blogspot.com/2008/03/interview-with-joe-kubert-about-robin.html
MARIO A. DEMARCO
January 24, 1922 - March 1, 2008
cartoonist, illustrator,
comic strip and pop culture historian
CAROLYN LEE JAGODITS
July 16, 1935 - March 3, 2008
South Bend (Ind) Tribune illustrator
RAYMOND JOHN (RAY) ORROCK, JR.
January 8, 1929 - March 3, 2008
cartoonist for the Catholic Voice,
newspaper humor columnist
DAVID (DAVE) STEVENS
July 29, 1955 - March 18, 2008
"Star Wars", "Tarzan" (both assisting Russ Manning),
comic book writer/artist, illustrator,
Rocketeer creator
WESLEY DONALD (WES) ALEXANDER, JR.
November 10, 1966 - March 18, 2008
"Stormfield", printer
JAMES NOEL (JIM) MOONEY
August 13, 1919 - March 30, 2008
"Funky Winkerbean" (April 18, 2008),
comic book artist
http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/04/13/jim-mooneys-last-work-funky-winkerbean/
JOHN V. (?Vincent?) (JACK) HANRAHAN
January 16, 1933 - April 28, 2008
Cleveland Press editorial cartoonist,
greeting card cartoonist,
Mad magazine and TV comedy writer
TED KEY
nee: THEODORE KEYSER
August 25, 1912 - May 3, 2008
"Hazel", magazine cartoonist,
creator of Mr. Peabody and Sherman
http://www.pbase.com/csw62/key
WILLIAM W. (BILL) ELDER
nee" WOLFGANG WILLIAM EISENBERG
September 22, 1921 - May 15, 2008
"Flash Gordon",
comic books, Mad, Playboy, Humbug, Trump
http://gatochy.blogspot.com/2008/05/bill-elder-1921-2008.html
JOHN JAMES KNUDSON
November 22, 1922 - May 19, 2008
San Diego (Ca.) Union editorial cartoonist,
L. A. Tidings editorial cartoonist,
AAEC member since the 1950s
MEL H. CASSON
July 25, 1920 - May 21, 2008
"Redeye", "Jeff Crockett", "Angel", "Sparky", "It's Me Dilly"
http://mikelynchcartoons.blogspot.com/2008/05/mel-casson-1920-2008.html
ED ARNO
nee: ARNOLD EDELSTEIN
July 17, 1916 - May 27, 2008
magazine cartoonist (New Yorker, Look,
Saturday Evening Post, N.Y.Times)
http://www.thenewyorkerstore.com/search_results_category.asp?sitetype=1&artist=Ed+Arno§ion=prints&advanced=1&title=Ed+Arno
CHARLES EDGERTON KAVENAGH
September 19, 1924 - June 25, 2008
N.Y.Herald Tribune cartoonist and sketch artist,
TV graphics artist
CREIG VALENTINE FLESSEL
February 2, 1912 - July 17, 2008
"David Crane", "Li'l Abner", "Friday Foster", "Dixie Dugan",
King Features Syndicate Book of the Month comic strip,
comic books, magazine illustrator
http://www.comicstripfan.com/newspaper/t/thisweekinastrology.htm
http://lambiek.net/artists/f/flessel_creig.htm
LEE PATRICK (PAT) MCCARTHY
September 1, 1931 - August 5, 2008
"Bottoms Up",
Amarillo (Texas) cartoonist/graphic artist,
illustrator, greeting cards, boxer
RICHARD C. (DICK) MAYER
November 2, 1929 - August 22, 2008
"Drawn to Sports",
Detroit Free Press sports cartoonist
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=C4&Date=20080824&Category=SPORTS&ArtNo=808240805&Ref=PH&Params=Itemnr=1
JAMES DURWOOD (JIM) NOAH
April 24, 1928 - September 5, 2008
"Billy the Panther"?,
Ft. Worth (Texas) Star Telegram cartoonist,
Ft. Worth Fire Department 1952 - 1989
GEORGE STANLEY CROTCHA
October 21,1954 - September 17, 2008
The Funny Times Business Mangler
DONALD S. (DON) WILDER
June 21, 1931 - September 24, 2008
"Crock", "Goosemeyer", "Out of Bounds",
CIA graphic analyst
http://www.tonystrading.co.uk/galleries/comicstrips/crock.htm
JOHN WOODMAN HARRIS, JR.
October 13, 1922 - October 9, 2008
Pasadena (Ca.) Star news cartoonist
L.A. Times cartoonist
New Yorker, financial advisor
MARILYN HAFNER CUSHMAN
December 14, 1926 - October 31, 2008
illustrator, artist,
"Molly & Emmett" (Lady Bug magazine)
PARK ADAM RUSSELL
March 7, 1988 - November 23, 2008
"Ordinary Man"
JAMES R. CANNON
October 23, 1923 - December 11, 2008
Muncie (Ind) Courier Times advertising artist,
Antique Week cartoonist, commercial artist
corrections encouraged,
additions sadly accepted
D. D. Degg
> > PRETEENA
> > by Allison Barrows
> > April 23, 2008 - May 18, 2008
> > Universal Press Syndicate
>
> Start year is wrong, isn't it?
Aaarrrggghh!
Thank You.
That should be
April 23, 2001 -May 18, 2008
D.D.Degg
Brian Henke
> These creators passed away in 2008.
>
> MARTY LINKS
> nee: MARTHA BEATRICE ARGUELLO
> September 5, 1917 - January 6, 2008
>
> CARROLL ROBERT (BOB) ZAHN, JR.
> July 6, 1934 - January 6, 2008
> "Bigg's Business", "Hap Hazard",
>
> PAUL G. EBERHART
> November 23, 1935 - January 27, 2008
> King Features Syndicate sales and
> Director of Operation 1979 - 1999
>
> ROBERT OWEN (BOB) CALLAHAN
> April 23, 1942 - January 28, 2008
>
> GUSTAVO MONTANO (GUS) ARRIOLA
> July 17, 1917 - February 2, 2008
>
> JACK BARRETT
> November 5, 1929 - February 3, 2008
> St. Petersburg Times artist/illustrator 1970-1990,
> art teacher, fine china designer,
> [the obits mentioned he was a comic strip artist
> but never said what comic strip, not in my records]
>
> STEPHEN ROSS (STEVE) GERBER
> September 20, 1947 - February 10, 2008
> "Howard the Duck", "Star Wars"
>
> ROBERT LOWELL (ROBIN) MOORE, JR.
> October 31, 1925 - February 21, 2008
> Tales of the Green Beret"
>
> MARIO A. DEMARCO
> January 24, 1922 - March 1, 2008
> cartoonist, illustrator,
> comic strip and pop culture historian
>
> CAROLYN LEE JAGODITS
> July 16, 1935 - March 3, 2008
> South Bend (Ind) Tribune illustrator
>
> RAYMOND JOHN (RAY) ORROCK, JR.
> January 8, 1929 - March 3, 2008
> cartoonist for the Catholic Voice,
> newspaper humor columnist
>
> DAVID (DAVE) STEVENS
> July 29, 1955 - March 18, 2008
> "Star Wars", "Tarzan" (both assisting Russ Manning),
> comic book writer/artist, illustrator,
> Rocketeer creator
>
> WESLEY DONALD (WES) ALEXANDER, JR.
> November 10, 1966 - March 18, 2008
> "Stormfield", printer
>
> JAMES NOEL (JIM) MOONEY
> August 13, 1919 - March 30, 2008
> "Funky Winkerbean" (April 18, 2008),
>
> JOHN V. (?Vincent?) (JACK) HANRAHAN
> January 16, 1933 - April 28, 2008
> Cleveland Press editorial cartoonist,
> greeting card cartoonist,
> Mad magazine and TV comedy writer
>
> TED KEY
> nee: THEODORE KEYSER
> August 25, 1912 - May 3, 2008
> "Hazel", magazine cartoonist,
>
> WILLIAM W. (BILL) ELDER
> nee" WOLFGANG WILLIAM EISENBERG
> September 22, 1921 - May 15, 2008
> "Flash Gordon",
>
> JOHN JAMES KNUDSON
> November 22, 1922 - May 19, 2008
> San Diego (Ca.) Union editorial cartoonist,
> L. A. Tidings editorial cartoonist,
> AAEC member since the 1950s
>
> MEL H. CASSON
> July 25, 1920 - May 21, 2008
> "Redeye", "Jeff Crockett", "Angel", "Sparky", "It's Me Dilly"http://mikelynchcartoons.blogspot.com/2008/05/mel-casson-1920-2008.html
>
> ED ARNO
> nee: ARNOLD EDELSTEIN
> July 17, 1916 - May 27, 2008
> magazine cartoonist (New Yorker, Look,
>
> CHARLES EDGERTON KAVENAGH
> September 19, 1924 - June 25, 2008
> N.Y.Herald Tribune cartoonist and sketch artist,
> TV graphics artist
>
> CREIG VALENTINE FLESSEL
> February 2, 1912 - July 17, 2008
> "David Crane", "Li'l Abner", "Friday Foster", "Dixie Dugan",
> King Features Syndicate Book of the Month comic strip,
>
> LEE PATRICK (PAT) MCCARTHY
> September 1, 1931 - August 5, 2008
> "Bottoms Up",
> Amarillo (Texas) cartoonist/graphic artist,
> illustrator, greeting cards, boxer
>
> RICHARD C. (DICK) MAYER
> November 2, 1929 - August 22, 2008
> "Drawn to Sports",
>
> JAMES DURWOOD (JIM) NOAH
> April 24, 1928 - September 5, 2008
> "Billy the Panther"?,
> Ft. Worth (Texas) Star Telegram cartoonist,
> Ft. Worth Fire Department 1952 - 1989
>
> GEORGE STANLEY CROTCHA
> October 21,1954 - September 17, 2008
> The Funny Times Business Mangler
>
> DONALD S. (DON) WILDER
> June 21, 1931 - September 24, 2008
> "Crock", "Goosemeyer", "Out of Bounds",
>
> JOHN WOODMAN HARRIS, JR.
> October 13, 1922 - October 9, 2008
> Pasadena (Ca.) Star news cartoonist
> L.A. Times cartoonist
> New Yorker, financial advisor
>
> MARILYN HAFNER CUSHMAN
> December 14, 1926 - October 31, 2008
> illustrator, artist,
> "Molly & Emmett" (Lady Bug magazine)
>
> PARK ADAM RUSSELL
> March 7, 1988 - November 23, 2008
> "Ordinary Man"
>
> JAMES R. CANNON
> October 23, 1923 - December 11, 2008
> Muncie (Ind) Courier Times advertising artist,
> Antique Week cartoonist, commercial artist
>
> corrections encouraged,
> additions sadly accepted
Mel Casson did Mixed Singles (later renamed Boomer).
Judge Parker, One Big Happy, Rose is Rose
- Name three things that used to be in Cincinnati you can now find
in Atlanta
Meet Cecil. He's a redneck. He wants to be a warlord. See Student's
of the Warlord, and vote for it on IMDB! It needs your vote!
D. D. Degg
> > MEL H. CASSON
> > July 25, 1920 - May 21, 2008
> > "Redeye", "Jeff Crockett", "Angel", "Sparky", "It's Me Dilly" http://mikelynchcartoons.blogspot.com/2008/05/mel-casson-1920-2008.html
> Mel Casson did Mixed Singles (later renamed Boomer).
Yep.
Thanks for the addition.
I got him alternating strips with Wm. Brown on Mixed Singles (1972-75)
and then working solo on Boomer (1975-81).
Then, in 1999, he joined with Brown again in a joint effort on the
Paradigm syndicate's "Warp Wilson"; whether that ever got into
newspapers I wouldn't know.
I also have a note saying he was artist on "small society" from
1985 - ????. Does anyone know if that is right.
The link also shows him being a magazine cartoonist.
D.D.Degg
D. D. Degg
> > > PRETEENA
> > Start year is wrong, isn't it?
I did the same thing with
LUCKY COW
by Mark Pett
April 21, 2008 - February 2, 2008
Universal Press Syndicate
That should be
April 21, 2003 - February 2, 2008
D.D.Degg
Jim Ellwanger
<35e4d931-b835-48c4...@p2g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
"D. D. Degg" <ddd...@comcast.net> wrote:
> MANGA: TOKYOPOP PRESENTS - UNDERTOWN
> by Jim Pascoe and Jake Mylar
> January 6, 2008 - ?????*
> Sunday only
> Universal Press Syndicate
> [reprinting the OEL comic book "uncut from chapter one"]
> *I do not know if this feature has ended its run or is still ongoing.
Still ongoing, although I can't imagine any kids having the patience to
stick with it at its 2-comic-book-page-per-week schedule.
--
Jim Ellwanger <use...@ellwanger.tv>
<http://www.ellwanger.tv> welcomes you daily.
"The days turn into nights; at night, you hear the trains."
Beefies
Thanks for the link to my Arriola write-up.
I don't think Ollie Johnston ever did a comic strip, but surely deserves a
mention in this thread.
Disney animator, last of Walt's "Nine Old Men," co-author of the great book
"The Illusion of Life."
October 31, 1912-April 14, 2008.
Brian F.
brianfies.blogspot.com
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **
Charles Brubaker
> OUT OF THE GENE POOL
> by Matt Janz
> January 6, 2002 - June 22, 2008
> retitled "Single and Looking" July 30, 2007 - demise
> Washington Post Writers Group
Actually started on December 31, 2001 (according to book "Big, Hairy
Noses")
D. D. Degg
> > OUT OF THE GENE POOL
> > by Matt Janz
> > January 6, 2002 - June 22, 2008
>
> Noses")
I had that start date in my record book,
but then on Janz' salcomic site it says it
started on January 6, 2002.
http://www.salcomic.com/about_janz.html
That coupled with the 2003 Susanna McLeod profile
of Matt Janz that claims a start date of January 2002
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/cartoonists/103981
and the (occasionally reliable) Wikipedia article on the strip
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_the_Gene_Pool
along with Eric Agena's date of debut
http://www.comicstripfan.com/newspaper/o/outofthegenepool.htm
not to mention the Suzanne Tobin "Comics: Meet the Artist" 2002
interview that said it had "been syndicated just since January"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/liveonline/02/style/comics031502.htm
convinced me to go with the January 6, 2002 date.
Though your source confirms an November 19, 2001 item in
Editor and Publisher that claimed the strip "will be launched Dec.
31."
I think The Washington Post ran it from the very beginning
but I don't have access to ProQuest to check that date.
D.D.Degg
D. D. Degg
> > These creators passed away in 2008.
> mention in this thread.
You may notice that I sometimes veer from a strict
comic strip creator designation, notably with magazine cartoonists.
D.D.Degg
D. D. Degg
> > MANGA: TOKYOPOP PRESENTS - UNDERTOWN
> > by Jim Pascoe and Jake Mylar
> > January 6, 2008 - ?????*
> Still ongoing, although I can't imagine any kids having the patience to
> stick with it at its 2-comic-book-page-per-week schedule.
My understanding is that UPS now offers this Sunday feature
from the beginning to any paper that wanted to start it after
its official January 6 debut date.
Here's the Concord Monitor starting it in the middle of the year:
http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080704/REPOSITORY/807040314
I guess they(UPS) are no longer soliciting new manga
strips from Tokyopop?
D.D.Degg
Default User
> These are strips and panels that ended in 2008
It's like at the Oscars where they start showing the pictures of the
people who died over the year. Some of the them the audience never
heard of, some they thought died like ten years ago, and others they
really knew.
Brian
--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)
Brian Henke
> D. D. Degg wrote:
> > These are strips and panels that ended in 2008
>
> It's like at the Oscars where they start showing the pictures of the
> people who died over the year. Some of the them the audience never
> heard of, some they thought died like ten years ago, and others they
> really knew.
>
90th: Gasoline Alley, Ripley's Believe It or Not!
75th: Alley Oop
60th: Rex Morgan, MD
50th: BC, Gil Thorp
40th: The Lockhorns
30th: Garfield
20th: Ernie/Piranha Club, One Big Happy, Safe Havens
10th: Heart of the City (any others?)
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Judge Parker, One Big Happy, Rose is Rose
- Name three things that used to be in Cincinnati you can now find
in Atlanta
Meet Cecil. He's a redneck. He wants to be a warlord. See Student
Brian Henke
DR. MICHAEL ANTHONY PETTI
November 20, 1915-September 4, 2008
comic strip: Dr. Guy Bennett (as Dr. B.C. Douglas)
Cincy...@aol.com
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Judge Parker, One Big Happy, broadsheet newspapers
- Name three things that used to be in Cincinnati that you can now find in Atlanta
D.D.Degg
> ...one more 2008 cartoonist death that was not reported.
> DR. MICHAEL ANTHONY PETTI
> November 20, 1915-September 4, 2008
> comic strip: Dr. Guy Bennett (as Dr. B.C. Douglas)
Dr. Guy Bennett samples at The Fabulous Fifties:
http://allthingsger.blogspot.com/search?q=bennett
Dr. Petti also created and wrote the syndicated
"Health Capsules" panel from 1961 - 2002.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/q3ga5s2
[Continued today by Bron Smith
http://www.gocomics.com/healthcapsules ]
D.D.Degg