'Pickles' joins G-T's daily comics lineup
After dithering about this decision for months, I finally pulled the trigger: “Pickles,” Brian Crane’s consistently funny comic strip tracing the cialis without prescription lives of a retired couple, Earl a can someone do my essay nd Opal Pickles, and their family and friends, now appears on the Gazette-Times’ daily comics page. The switch occurred...
Big book captures 'Doonesbury' decades
"40" showcases a remarkable run for Garry Trudeau's comic strip.
Cartoonist talks about inspiration
About 35 people showed up Thursday night for a fun and wide-ranging session with cartoonist Leigh Rubin, the creator of the comics panel “Rubes.” (“Rubes” is the latest addition to the Gazette-Times’ comics page.) The event was free, but we asked people to bring donations of food for Linn Benton Food Share, and I’m pleased...
Last reminder: 'Rubes' event Thursday
Don’t forget that the Gazette-Times is hosting a free event Thursday with Leigh Rubin, the cartoonist behind “Rubes,” the G-T’s newest addition to the comics page. We’ll get under way at 7 p.m. at the First Congregational United Church of Christ, 4515 S.W. West Hills Drive. Although the event is free, we encourage you to...
'Rubes' debuts on G-T's comics page
“Rubes,” a cartoon panel by Leigh Rubin, makes its official debut Friday on the Gazette-Times’ comics page. You’ll find it Friday on page B6. And here’s an invitation to meet Rubin in person when he visits Corvallis for a free presentation next week. The presentation is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. at...
'Rubes' cartoonist coming to Corvallis
Leigh Rubin, the California cartoonist who draws the comic strip “Rubes,” will be appearing in Corvallis on Thursday, Oct. 22. Details of the event still are being hammered out, but I’m guessing it will start at 7 p.m. and we’ll hold it at the First Congregational Church, 4515 S.W. West Hills Road. Sometime before then,...
Say it isn’t so, Archie
Archie marrying Veronica? It might not be all that it seems -- but it's still a mistake.
Comics oddity: “Garfield” sans Garfield
As a weekend treat, I call your attention to “Garfield Minus Garfield,” a Web site that takes “Garfield” comic strips and — true to the name — erases any trace of Garfield the cat. The result, as the Web site says, is to “reveal the existential angst of a certain young Mr. Jon Arbuckle. It...
A note on comics
I heard word this week that “Opus,” the Sunday comic strip from “Bloom County” creator Berkeley Breathed, will be ending its run with a final strip on Nov. 2. Breathed is discontinuing the strip, according to Wikipedia, because he believes that the U.S. is in for tough times and he wants to bid farewell to...
