Comic strip heavyweights King Features, Creators Syndicate, Tribune Media Services, Universal Press Syndicate and Washington Post Writers Group have coordinated a commemorative event among nearly 100 of their assembled cartoonists to publish material reflecting on the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Though the work will take many forms, essentially every major syndicated comic strip published next Sunday will relate to perhaps the darkest day in American history, when nearly 3,000 people lost their lives in Al-Qaeda's attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and United Airlines Flight 93. Following September 11, King Features has partnered with museums including The Newseum, The Cartoon Art Museum, The Toonseum, The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) and The Society of Illustrators to display selected works in themed exhibits.

The Daily Cartoonist has a comprehensive list of creators and strips officially set to publish 9/11-related content:

Adrian Raeside – THE OTHER COAST
Alex Hallatt – ARCTIC CIRCLE
Anne Gibbons – SIX CHIX
Bill Griffith – ZIPPY
Bill Holbrook – FASTRACK and SAFE HAVENS
Brian and Greg Walker, and Chance Browne – HI AND LOIS
Brian and Ron Boychuk – CHUCKLE BROS
Brian Anderson – DOG EAT DOUG
Brian Basset – RED ROVER
Bruce Tinsley – MALLARD FILLMORE
Chris Browne – HAGAR THE HORRIBLE
Corey Pandolph – ELDERBERRIES
Craig MacIntosh – SALLY FORTH
Dan Parent – ARCHIE
Darrin Bell – CANDORVILLE
Dave Coverly – SPEED BUMP
David Gilbert – BUCKLES
Dean Young and John Marshall – BLONDIE
Donna A. Lewis – REPLY ALL
Ed Stein – FRESHLY SQUEEZED
Frank Bolle – APT. 3-G
Garry Trudeau – DOONESBURY
Gary Brookins – PLUGGERSTM
Gene and Dan Weingarten – BARNEY & CLYDE
Glenn McCoy – THE DUPLEX
Greg Cravens – BUCKETS
Greg Evans – LUANN
Guy Gilchrist – NANCY
Henry Beckett and Carla Ventresca – ON A CLAIRE DAY
Hilary Price – RHYMES WITH ORANGE
Jack Elrod – MARK TRAIL
Jan Eliot – STONE SOUP
Jeff & Bil Keane – THE FAMILY CIRCUS
Jeff Corriveau – DEFLOCKED
Jeff Millar and Bill Hinds – TANK MCNAMARA
Jeff Parker – WIZARD OF ID
Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman – ZITS
Jim Scancarelli – GASOLINE ALLEY(R)
Jim Toomey – SHERMAN'S LAGOON
Joe Giella and Karen Moy – MARY WORTH
Joe Staton & Mike Curtis – DICK TRACY(R)
John Deering – ZACK HILL and STRANGE BREW
John Forgetta and L.A. Rose -THE MEANING OF LILA
John Hambrock – THE BRILLIANT MIND OF EDISON LEE
John Rose – BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH
Jok Church – BEAKMAN AND JAX
Jonathan Mahood – BLEEKER THE RECHARGEABLE DOG
Kevin Frank – HEAVEN'S LOVE THRIFT SHOP
Kieran Meehan – PROS & CONS
Lalo Alcaraz – LACUCARACHA
Lance Aldrich and Gary Wise – REAL LIFE ADVENTURES
Leigh Rubin – RUBES
Lincoln Peirce – BIG NATE
Mark Tatulli LIO and HEART OF THE CITY
Mason Mastroianni – B.C.
Mell Lazarus – MOMMA
Mick and Mason Mastroianni – DOGS OF C-KENNEL
Mike Peters – MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM
Mort Walker – BEETLE BAILEY
Norm Feuti – RETAIL
Patrick McDonnell – MUTTS
Patrick Roberts – TODD THE DINOSAUR
Paul Gilligan – POOCH CAF'E
Paul Jon Boscacci – FORT KNOX
Peter Gallagher – HEATHCLIFF
Peter Guren – ASK SHAGG
Phil Dunlap – INK PEN
Piers Baker – OLLIE & QUENTIN
Ray Billingsley – CURTIS
Rick Detorie – ONE BIG HAPPY
Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott – BABY BLUES
Rina Piccolo – TINA'S GROOVE
Ron Ferdinand – DENNIS THE MENACE
Sandra Bell-Lundy – BETWEEN FRIENDS
Scott Stantis – PRICKLY CITY
Stan Lee – THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
Stephen Bentley – HERB AND JAMAAL
Steve Boreman – LITTLE DOG LOST
Steve Breen and Mike Thompson – GRAND AVENUE
Steve Kelley and Jeff Parker – DUSTIN
Steve Sicula – HOME AND AWAY
Susie MacNelly, Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins – SHOE
T Lewis and Michael Fry – OVER THE HEDGE
Terri Libenson – THE PAJAMA DIARIES
Terry Laban – EDGE CITY
Tim Rickard – BREWSTER ROCKIT: SPACEGUY!TM
Tom Armstrong – MARVIN
Tom Batiuk – FUNKY WINKERBEAN and CRANKSHAFT
Tony Cochran – AGNES
Tony Rubino & Gay Markstein – DADDY'S HOME
Vic Lee – PARDON MY PLANET

There's a number of strips that are noticeably absent from the list, but considering the weight of the day, each creator's decision on whether or not to comment on 9/11 would seem to rest largely with the tone of their strip. It seemed like many creators opted to illustrate completely standalone art following September 11, 2001 to work around producing anything that might resemble the gag-oriented nature of their usual work. Given the justifiably solemn tone that surrounds 9/11, it seems likely that next Sunday's comics could play out similarly.

[Via The Daily Cartoonist]