ComicsAlliance.com http://www.comicsalliance.com ComicsAlliance.com http://www.comicsalliance.com/media/feedlogo.gif ComicsAlliance.com http://www.comicsalliance.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/New App Makes 'Calvin And Hobbes,' 'Peanuts,' And More Classic Strips Available For Freehttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/23/comic-strip-app-gocomics-calvin-and-hobbes-the-far-side-peanuts/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/23/comic-strip-app-gocomics-calvin-and-hobbes-the-far-side-peanuts/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/23/comic-strip-app-gocomics-calvin-and-hobbes-the-far-side-peanuts/#commentsFiled under: , ,


While the advent of ComiXology has made several classic comics available to read digitally, the migration of comic strips to the digital world has been comparatively slow. That's now changed, as Universal Uclick's GoComics has launched a free app ... Read more

 

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]]>bill wattersonBillWattersoncalvin and hobbesCalvinAndHobbesdoonesburygarfieldgary larsonGaryLarsongocomicsgocomicsapppeanutsThe boondocksthe far sideTheBoondocksTheFarSideUniversal UclickUniversalUclickJoseph Hughes2013-04-23T14:00:00 00:00'Calvin and Hobbes' Gets A Gritty (Fan-Film) Reboothttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/04/calvin-and-hobbes-fan-film-gritty-reboots/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/04/calvin-and-hobbes-fan-film-gritty-reboots/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/04/calvin-and-hobbes-fan-film-gritty-reboots/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Under normal circumstances, a video on the internet that opens with a grown man sitting up in bed with another grown man wearing a full-body tiger costume would only be of interest to a very specific market. When it's a Calvin & Hobbes ... Read more

 

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]]>Calvin and HobbesCalvinAndHobbesFan FilmFanFilmGritty RebootsGrittyRebootsChris Sims2013-04-04T16:30:00 00:00FunkyWatch: March's Most Depressing 'Funky Winkerbean' And 'Crankshaft' Stripshttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/04/funky-winkerbean-crankshaft-funkywatch-march/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/04/funky-winkerbean-crankshaft-funkywatch-march/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/04/funky-winkerbean-crankshaft-funkywatch-march/#commentsFiled under: ,


Thanks to Josh Fruhlinger at the Comics Curmudgeon, I started reading Tom Batiuk's long-running newspaper comic strips, Funky Winkerbean and Crankshaft. For those of you who aren't familiar with it, what started as a strip full of wacky high-school ... Read more

 

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]]>Chuck AyersChuckAyersCrankshaftDepressionDespairFunky WinkerbeanFunkyWatchFunkyWinkerbeanPure Undying Hatred For Les MoorePureUndyingHatredForLesMooreTom BatiukTomBatiukChris Sims2013-04-04T12:00:00 00:00Parting Shot: This 'Calvin and Hobbes' Animated Short Is Both Surreal And Funhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/20/calvin-and-hobbes-animated-short/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/20/calvin-and-hobbes-animated-short/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/20/calvin-and-hobbes-animated-short/#commentsFiled under: , ,


I rarely pass up an opportunity to write about any Calvin and Hobbes themed project. Whether it's a search engine designed specifically for the strip, or pictures of the two characters set against the backdrop of beautiful real-life settings, Bill ... Read more

 

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]]>adam brownAdamBrownbill wattersonBillWattersoncalvin and hobbesCalvinAndHobbesJoseph Hughes2013-03-20T19:00:00 00:00FunkyWatch: February's Most Depressing 'Funky Winkerbean' And 'Crankshaft' Stripshttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/28/funkywatch-february-funky-winkerbean-crankshaft/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/28/funkywatch-february-funky-winkerbean-crankshaft/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/28/funkywatch-february-funky-winkerbean-crankshaft/#commentsFiled under: ,


Thanks to Josh Fruhlinger at the Comics Curmudgeon, I started reading Tom Batiuk's long-running newspaper comic strips, Funky Winkerbean and Crankshaft. For those of you who aren't familiar with it, what started as a strip full of wacky high-school ... Read more

 

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]]>Batching ItBatchingItChuck AyersChuckAyersCrankshaftCrippling DepressionCripplingDepressionFunky WinkerbeanFunkyWinkerbeanIsolationLonelinessThe Horror Of Being Trapped In Ones Own BodyTheHorrorOfBeingTrappedInOnesOwnBodyTom BatiukTomBatiukChris Sims2013-02-28T12:00:00 00:00'Beasts of the Southern Wild' Star Quvenzhane Wallis Is Your New 'Annie'http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/25/annie-quvenzhane-wallis-beasts-of-the-southern-wild-will-smith/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/25/annie-quvenzhane-wallis-beasts-of-the-southern-wild-will-smith/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/25/annie-quvenzhane-wallis-beasts-of-the-southern-wild-will-smith/#commentsFiled under: , ,


When the remake of Annie was announced back in 2011, Will Smith -- one of the film's producers -- revealed that his daughter, Willow Smith, would be playing the titular role. However, news broke yesterday that Willow Smith, perhaps now seen as too ... Read more

 

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]]>AnnieHarold GrayHaroldGrayLittle Orphan AnnieLittleOrphanAnnieQuvenzhanéWallisWill SmithWillSmithJoseph Hughes2013-02-25T13:00:00 00:00These Images Of Calvin & Hobbes In Real Life Settings Are Equal Parts Hilarious And Beautifulhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/19/calvin-and-hobbes-photoshop-images-michael-den-beste/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/19/calvin-and-hobbes-photoshop-images-michael-den-beste/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/19/calvin-and-hobbes-photoshop-images-michael-den-beste/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Few things have made me laugh and genuinely moved me the way Calvin and Hobbes has, both when I was a child and even now when I revisit the strips. As such I found these images, created by photographer Michael S. Den Beste, featuring Bill ... Read more

 

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]]>calvin and hobbesCalvinAndHobbesMichael S. Den BesteMichaelS.DenBesteJoseph Hughes2013-02-19T18:00:00 00:00'Doonesbury' Mourns The Death Of Print, Is Promptly Clowned By Webcomics Communityhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/06/doonesbury-strip-meme/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/06/doonesbury-strip-meme/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/06/doonesbury-strip-meme/#commentsFiled under: ,


It's no secret that newspapers in print aren't doing so hot these days, a fact that has put the hundred year tradition of comic strips (plus Sudoku and the Junior Jumble) in danger. For some strips, the cold embrace of oblivion would likely be a ... Read more

 

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]]>Aaron DiazAaronDiazAchewoodAnthony ClarkAnthonyClarkcomic stripsComicStripsDave WillisDaveWillisDoonesburyGary TrudeauGaryTrudeauNedroidnewspapersThe Ongoing Death of the MediaTheOngoingDeathOfTheMediaChris Sims2013-02-06T14:00:00 00:00Original 1986 'Calvin and Hobbes' Art Goes Up For Auctionhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/05/calvin-and-hobbes-original-bill-watterson-auction/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/05/calvin-and-hobbes-original-bill-watterson-auction/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/05/calvin-and-hobbes-original-bill-watterson-auction/#commentsFiled under: ,


If you were bemoaning the lack of Calvin and Hobbes originals currently in the marketplace following the sale of the Sunday strip that went for more than $200,000 last November, we've got good news: Heritage Auctions has another original piece ... Read more

 

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]]>auctionauctionsBill WattersonBillWattersonCalvin and HobbesCalvinAndHobbesHeritage AuctionsHeritageAuctionsZiah Grace2013-02-05T15:00:00 00:00FunkyWatch: January's Most Depressing 'Funky Winkerbean' And 'Crankshaft' Stripshttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/01/31/funkywatch-januarys-most-depressing-funky-winkerbean-crankshaft/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/01/31/funkywatch-januarys-most-depressing-funky-winkerbean-crankshaft/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/01/31/funkywatch-januarys-most-depressing-funky-winkerbean-crankshaft/#commentsFiled under: ,


Thanks to Josh Fruhlinger at the Comics Curmudgeon, I started reading Tom Batiuk's long-running newspaper comic strips, Funky Winkerbean and Crankshaft. For those of you who aren't familiar with it, what started as a strip full of wacky high-school ... Read more

 

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]]>A Cruel And Caring UniverseACruelAndCaringUniverseBrain BlockagesBrainBlockagesChuck AyersChuckAyersCrankshaftDepressingDepressionFunky WinkerbeanFunkyWinkerbeanFunnyI Think His Name Is Jeffinescapable sinkhole of depressionInescapableSinkholeOfDepressionIThinkHisNameIsJeffMiasma of DespairMiasmaOfDespairThe Happy DanceTheHappyDanceTom BatiukTomBatiukChris Sims2013-01-31T12:00:00 00:00FunkyWatch: December's Most Depressing 'Funky Winkerbean' And 'Crankshaft' Stripshttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/01/02/funkywatch-december-most-depressing-funky-winkerbean-crankshaft/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/01/02/funkywatch-december-most-depressing-funky-winkerbean-crankshaft/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/01/02/funkywatch-december-most-depressing-funky-winkerbean-crankshaft/#commentsFiled under: ,


Thanks to Josh Fruhlinger at the Comics Curmudgeon, I started reading Tom Batiuk's long-running newspaper comic strips, Funky Winkerbean and Crankshaft. For those of you who aren't familiar with it, what started as a strip full of wacky high-school ... Read more

 

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]]>CrankshaftCreeping MelancholyCreepingMelancholyDespairFree VerseFreeVerseFunky WinkerbeanFunkyWatchFunkyWinkerbeanPost Office LayoffsPostOfficeLayoffsSemi Literate TeensSemiLiterateTeensThe DevilTheDevilTom BatiukTomBatiukTraumatic High School GradingTraumaticHighSchoolGradingWeatherman MurderWeathermanMurderChris Sims2013-01-02T12:00:00 00:00A 'Howard & Nester' Comic 'Nintendo Power' Couldn't Print Now Up For Auctionhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/12/27/howard-and-nester-nintendo-power-rare-auction/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/12/27/howard-and-nester-nintendo-power-rare-auction/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/12/27/howard-and-nester-nintendo-power-rare-auction/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


With Nintendo Power concluding this month after nearly a quarter of a century, several generations of readers are feeling their share of sentimentality - especially for the magazine's longtime comic book supplement, Howard & Nester. Though ... Read more

 

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]]>auctionseBayHoward NesterHoward and NesterHoward PhillipsHowardAndNesterHowardNesterHowardPhillipsNesterNintendo PowerNintendoPowerprintsCaleb Goellner2012-12-27T13:00:00 00:00Parting Shot: Holiday Anxiety Is Perfectly Captured In This Peanuts/Louis C.K. Mash-Uphttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/12/21/louis-ck-peanuts-charlie-brown-video-mash-up-holiday/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/12/21/louis-ck-peanuts-charlie-brown-video-mash-up-holiday/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/12/21/louis-ck-peanuts-charlie-brown-video-mash-up-holiday/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Louie, the FX show created and produced by comedian Louis C.K., ranks right up there with Dan Harmon's Community as one of the most innovative comedies on TV today. As such, when I initially saw this brilliant video mash-up of Louie and the ... Read more

 

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]]>charlie brownCharlieBrownLouieLouis C.K.LouisC.k.peanutsJoseph Hughes2012-12-21T19:00:00 00:00FunkyWatch: November's Most Depressing 'Funky Winkerbean' And 'Crankshaft' Stripshttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/12/04/funkywatch-novembers-most-depressing-funky-winkerbean-crankshaft-strips/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/12/04/funkywatch-novembers-most-depressing-funky-winkerbean-crankshaft-strips/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/12/04/funkywatch-novembers-most-depressing-funky-winkerbean-crankshaft-strips/#commentsFiled under: ,


Thanks to Josh Fruhlinger at the Comics Curmudgeon, I started reading Tom Batiuk's long-running newspaper comic strips, Funky Winkerbean and Crankshaft. For those of you who aren't familiar with it, what started as a strip full of wacky high-school ... Read more

 

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]]>Chuck AyersChuckAyersCrankshaftCrippling DepressionCripplingDepressionDementiaEmail ScamsEmailScamsFunky WinkerbeanFunkyWinkerbeanImpending DoomImpendingDoomMarital StrifeMaritalStrifeTom BatiukTomBatiukVehicular ManslaughterVehicularManslaughterChris Sims2012-12-04T13:00:00 00:00Parting Shot: This 'Calvin and Hobbes' Search Engine Is The Reason The Internet Existshttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/12/03/parting-shot-calvin-and-hobbes-search-engine/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/12/03/parting-shot-calvin-and-hobbes-search-engine/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/12/03/parting-shot-calvin-and-hobbes-search-engine/#commentsFiled under: ,


Like The Simpsons is for so many of us, Calvin and Hobbes has for years been a source that I can almost always reference, no matter the situation, in a way that's somehow germane to the topic at hand. After more than a decade of daily and ... Read more

 

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]]>bill wattersonBillWattersoncalvin and hobbesCalvinAndHobbesDont Knock My Smock or Ill Clean Your ClockDontKnockMySmockOrIllCleanYourClockMichael YinglingMichaelYinglingJoseph Hughes2012-12-03T18:30:00 00:00Holiday Gift Guide: 'Charlie Brown's Christmas Stocking'http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/12/03/holiday-gift-guide-charlie-brown-christmas-stocking-peanuts/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/12/03/holiday-gift-guide-charlie-brown-christmas-stocking-peanuts/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/12/03/holiday-gift-guide-charlie-brown-christmas-stocking-peanuts/#commentsFiled under: ,


Charlie Brown's Christmas Stocking Available From: Fantagraphics / Amazon Price: $9.99 Giving someone a Christmas-themed gift for Christmas is always a pretty risky proposition, as you're basically handing something over with a time limit ... Read more

 

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]]>Charles SchulzCharlesSchulzcharlie brownCharlieBrownGift Guide 2012GiftGuide2012Holiday 2012Holiday2012PeanutsChris Sims2012-12-03T18:00:00 00:00Original 'Calvin & Hobbes' Page Sells At Auction For More Than $200,000http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/11/19/original-calvin-and-hobbes-page-bill-watterson-sells-at-auction/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/11/19/original-calvin-and-hobbes-page-bill-watterson-sells-at-auction/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/11/19/original-calvin-and-hobbes-page-bill-watterson-sells-at-auction/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


How much is an original page of Calvin and Hobbes worth? Judging by the recent sale of a 1986 watercolor original Sunday strip, the answer is apparently "a little over $200,000." ... Read more

 

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]]>auctionsBill WattersonBillWattersonCalvin and HobbesCalvinAndHobbesoriginal artworkOriginalArtworkGraeme McMillan2012-11-19T14:30:00 00:00The 2012 Elections In Newspaper Comic Strips [Recap]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/11/07/2012-presidential-elections-comic-strips-recap/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/11/07/2012-presidential-elections-comic-strips-recap/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/11/07/2012-presidential-elections-comic-strips-recap/#commentsFiled under: ,


Unlike CA Senior Writer Chris Sims, who steadfastly scours the funny pages each month for his Funky Winkerbean/Crankshaft chronicle, Funkywatch (to say nothing of his inspiration, Josh Fruhlinger at the daily Comics Curmudgeon blog), there's a ... Read more

 

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]]>2012 elections2012 presidential elections2012Elections2012PresidentialElectionsBarney Google and Snuffy SmithBarneyGoogleAndSnuffySmithBizarroBlondiecomic stripsComicStripsCurtisDennis the MenaceDennisTheMenaceFamily CircusFamilyCircusHi and LoisHiAndLoisnewspaper comic stripsNewspaperComicStripsNon SequiturNonSequiturPearls Before SwinePearlsBeforeSwinePluggersSlylock FoxSlylockFoxThe LockhornsTheLockhornsCaleb Goellner2012-11-07T14:00:00 00:00FunkyWatch: October's Most Depressing 'Funky Winkerbean' And 'Crankshaft' Stripshttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/11/01/funkywatch-octobers-most-depressing-funky-winkerbean-and-cr/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/11/01/funkywatch-octobers-most-depressing-funky-winkerbean-and-cr/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/11/01/funkywatch-octobers-most-depressing-funky-winkerbean-and-cr/#commentsFiled under: ,


Thanks to Josh Fruhlinger at the Comics Curmudgeon, I started reading Tom Batiuk's long-running newspaper comic strips, Funky Winkerbean and Crankshaft. For those of you who aren't familiar with it, what started as a strip full of wacky high-school ... Read more

 

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]]>Chuck AyersChuckAyersCrankshaftCrippling DepressionCripplingDepressionFamily CircusFamilyCircusFunky WinkerbeanFunkyWinkerbeanHeat Death of the UniverseHeatDeathOfTheUniverseMiasma of DespairMiasmaOfDespairSgt Tarkus of the Blood ravensSgtTarkusOfTheBloodRavensTom BatiukTomBatiukWeddingsChris Sims2012-11-01T13:30:00 00:00Cartoonist Fired From Student Newspaper For Homophobic Comic Striphttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/10/23/cartoonist-fired-from-student-newspaper-for-homophobic-comic-str/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/10/23/cartoonist-fired-from-student-newspaper-for-homophobic-comic-str/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/10/23/cartoonist-fired-from-student-newspaper-for-homophobic-comic-str/#commentsFiled under: ,


The University of Arizona is at the center of controversy after the publication of a cartoon in its student newspaper that clearly crossed the line between "edgy comedy" and "hate speech," leading to thousands of complaints and the cartoonist's ... Read more

 

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]]>DC ParsonsDcParsonshomophobiaIdiotsThe Daily WildcatTheDailyWildcatUniversity of ArizonaUniversityOfArizonaGraeme McMillan2012-10-23T14:30:00 00:00