I used to love the newspaper comic "Alley Oop" as a kid. Cave men, dinosaurs, and sci-fi time-travel stuff? I was all over that. The modern version seems to have been dumbed down and gotten very silly. And still, I find myself wondering how, cave people Alley and Oola got any ID or at least managed to get through airport security

#alleyOop #NewspaperComics #Comics #comicStrips

When Uncle Lumpy was guesting at https://joshreads.com/ a few weeks back, mentioned Flash Gordon; thought I remembered something about being another legacy strip handed over to a contemporary cartoonist. Dan Schkade, name’s familiar, he did some Spirit stuff?

Dropped in at what seemed like the beginning of an arc, despite my unfamiliarity with the whole series got caught up in it. Looks like a new storyline started yesterday: https://comicskingdom.com/flash-gordon/2024-10-22

#comics #NewspaperComics #FlashGordon

Did you know that the ever popular Mary Jane style shoe was named after a comic strip character (and a slightly mysterious one at that)? Find out more at my blog:

https://blog.arkholt.com/mary-jane-shoes

#comics #comicstrips #comicstriphistory #busterbrown #newspapercomics

Jules Feiffer on cartoonists’ view of comic strips as art, from The Comics Journal 124:

“FEIFFER: I always thought of it as an art form. My love for Eisner, my love for Caniff, I always thought these guys were artists, and when I brought it up, they got very defensive.
GROTH: What did they think of themselves as, then? Craftsmen?
FEIFFER: Yeah. 'This is my job. I'm a cartoonist. What's all this big deal about art?’”

#comicstrips #comicstriphistory #newspapercomics

https://notes.arkholt.com/pubs/thecomicsjournal/tcj-124-aug-1988/feiffer-comic-strip-art

Jules Feiffer on his comic strip Clifford:
"GROTH: How did you get to do the Clifford strip for [Will] Eisner?
FEIFFER: It was in lieu of giving me a raise."

https://notes.arkholt.com/pubs/thecomicsjournal/tcj-124-aug-1988/feiffer-clifford

#comicstrips #comicstriphistory #julesfeiffer #newspapercomics

Floyd Gottfredson on portraying emotion in comic characters, from The Comics Journal 120:
#comics #comicstrips #comicstriphistory #newspapercomics. that they act with their whole bodies from their heels up. They don't act with just their heads or their arms or their mouths… his whole body feels that thing. Whatever it is he's portraying in that particular panel, he feels it from his heels up.”

https://notes.arkholt.com/pubs/thecomicsjournal/tcj-120-mar-1988/floyd-gottfredson-portraying-emotion

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Floyd Gottfredson on visuals over words, from The Comics Journal 120:

"...any time you can tell your story visually, do it... tell it in action as much as you can. Use the word to complement the drawing."

https://notes.arkholt.com/pubs/thecomicsjournal/tcj-120-mar-1988/floyd-gottfredson-visuals-over-words

#comicstrips #comicstriphistory #comics #newspapercomics

Did you know that Skippy Peanut Butter was named after a comic strip character? Did you know that in fact the name was stolen from a comic strip character? Find out more than you ever wanted to know about peanut butter, food crimes, and trademark infringement on my blog:

https://blog.arkholt.com/Skippy

#comicstrips #newspapercomics #comichistory #percycrosby #Skippy

Skippy, by Percy Crosby, from January 29, 1929.

I had already planned on posting this before today’s events, but strangely it has ended up being relevant.

#comics #comicstrips #newspapercomics #comichistory #percycrosby #Skippy