Since it first hit the funny pages back in 1980, Gary Larson’s The Far Side flipped the whole comic strip game.

Once upon a time, a comic book didn’t need to be dark, grim, or gritty to be successful. Comic books — evolving from newspaper comic strips — were often referred to as “funny books” or “the funnies.” ...

The Peanuts franchise has lived rent-free in the minds of millions for 75 years. Across comic strips, television, movies, and ...

Long Islanders are devoting nights and weekends to it, around their normal jobs, across bars, clubs and bigger venues in the ...

Let’s be real, reading books and graphic novels as an animal lover can be challenging. While there’s that flash of excitement ...

Copyright © 2025 by Alison Bechdel. Reprinted by permission. In the early aughts, Alison Bechdel was a struggling cartoonist.

Throughout my life, I have often discovered profound wisdom in the most unexpected places. For example, the morning comics in ...

This Comic Strip Was Funny and Needed in the '80s Herb & Jamaal debuted in 1989 and immediately resonated with fans, particularly Black readers, as soon as it was released.

In 1933, second-generation Jewish New Yorker Max Gaines – born Maxwell Ginzburg – began a new publication, “ Funnies on Parade.” “Funnies” pulled together preexisting comic strips ...

Jewish American artists were at the heart of the comics industry – and a closer read of beloved characters reflects fears about assimilation and acceptance.

It’s early days for the podcast, where Mark and John discuss funny comics, one at a time, but three episodes in, with a mention in the Radio Times under its belt, the pair are clearly having great fun ...