Nov 18 ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ set its trap and first captured readers 30 years ago By Justin Scuiletti On Nov. 18, 1985, Bill Watterson's "Calvin and Hobbes" made its debut in newspapers across the country. The syndicated comic strip first introduced readers to mischievous six-year-old Calvin, excitedly explaining to his dad about his tiger trap, and Calvin's tiger… Continue reading
Sep 17 Cartoonist Kate Beaton finds the punchlines lost to history By Joshua Barajas Kate Beaton, the creator of the massively popular webcomic "Hark! A Vagrant," talked with the NewsHour about her online fan base, her first children's book and how she made history's saddest tales funny. Continue reading
Jul 14 After 25-year hiatus, comic strip ‘Bloom County’ returns … to Facebook By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins “Bloom County” is back. Comic strip fans woke up Monday morning to the news, posted as a single new strip on author Berkeley Breathed’s Facebook page. Continue reading
Feb 11 In ‘The Sculptor,’ cartoonist Scott McCloud tackles mortality, love, art By Ruth Tam Cartoonist Scott McCloud, best known for the “Understanding Comics” series, talks about “The Sculptor,” his first graphic novel and his first work of fiction in over 30 years. Continue reading
Jul 23 Taking the Batman out of the shadows By Justin Scuiletti, Joshua Barajas When the “Bat-Man” first appeared, he did so from the shadows, clad in a vampiric cowl with slits for eyes, long, sharp ears and a cape with bat-like wings. That was in 1939, in the pages of Detective Comics No. Continue reading
Jul 17 African-American hero soars to the mantle of Captain America By Joshua Barajas Marvel Comics revealed Wednesday that Sam Wilson, known in the comic books as the African-American winged superhero Falcon, will now don the red, white and blue Captain America costume. Continue reading
Jul 15 Comic series of absurd tragedies racks up one final catastrophe By John Rosman, OPB Since July 2011, almost like clockwork, Portland illustrator Ben Dewey produced three comics a week for his off-beat comic Tragedy Series. Over the last three years he has cultivated a modest, loyal following, but that audience is about to get… Continue reading
Aug 22 Man of Steel Still Saving the World After 75 Years By Katelyn Polantz In 2013 Superman marks his 75th anniversary. Over the decades the hero has leaped from comic books to movies, TV shows, radio, video games and merchandise. But Superman's main goal of protecting truth, justice and the American way remains the… Continue reading
Dec 23 Watch Gary Trudeau Reflects on 40 Years of Drawing ‘Doonesbury’ It's been 40 years since Garry Trudeau first drew the popular comic strip "Doonesbury." The Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist speaks with Jeffrey Brown about a new book chronicling his decades of work. Continue watching