Tag comic strips

‘Rubes’ debuts on G-T’s comics page Comments

Oct15

Cartoonist Leigh Rubin is scheduled to make a free presentation in Corvallis on Thursday, Oct. 22. Food donations will be welcome.

Written by Mike McInally and filed under Corvallis Gazette-Times, Corvallis events, Newspaper comics

‘Rubes’ cartoonist coming to Corvallis Comments

Oct2

Comic artist Leigh Rubin is scheduled to make a presentation Oct. 22 at the First Congregational Church.

Written by Mike McInally and filed under Corvallis Gazette-Times, Corvallis events, Newspaper comics

Comics oddity: “Garfield” sans Garfield Comments

Jan23

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 [...]

Written by Mike McInally and filed under Newspaper comics

A note on comics Comments

Oct10

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 [...]

Written by Mike McInally and filed under Newspaper comics