Laugh Tracks

Time Capsule: Cartoonists in 1982!

Check out this "Weekend Magazine" news segment featuring Garfield creator Jim Davis and the late, great Doug Marlette, among others. It originally aired on WAGA in Atlanta in 1982:

(Thanks to Tom Spurgeon)

Arrr!!! International Talk Like A Pirate Day is Friday!

Ahoy, mateys! We've pillaged and plundered the comics treasure chest to present this collection of pirate-themed strips, all to help you celebrate International Talk Like A Pirate Day on September 19th. Keep a sharp lookout for "sissy girls" with Callvin and Hobbes, sing G-rated sea shanties with Jason from FoxTrot, pillage the kitchen for cheese with Dog Eat Doug, and find lots more pirate fun with your favorite GoComics strips.

Not sure what to make of all this pirate business? Check out the home of International Talk Like A Pirate Day on the web! And click here for a comprehensive pirate glossary!

Pab Sungenis on Comics Coast to Coast!

Pab Sungenis, creator of The New Adventures of Queen Victoria and producer of the soon-to-be-launched Idiot Box video podcast, was the guest for the 50th Comics Coast to Coast podcast. Click here to listen.

Check out the show's archives for excellent interviews with other GoComics creators, including Wiley Miller (Non Sequitur), Paul Gilligan (Pooch Cafe), Mark Tatulli (Lio and Heart of the City) and more.

Happy 1-year Anniversary, Cul de Sac!

Today Richard Thompson's Cul de Sac, a Bill Watterson favorite that's been called the "first great newspaper comic strip of the 21st century," celebrates one year in newspapers and on GoComics! Congrats and thanks to Richard for a year of laughs courtesy of the Otterloop family.

Read the official press release from Universal Press Syndicate here. And don't forget to treat yourself to a GoComics Pro membership so you can read Cul de Sac from the beginning!

FBOFW on CNN.com

CNN.com has posted an article about the changes in Lynn Johnston's For Better or For Worse. Not a lot of new info, but it does include a bit about reader reaction to some newspapers' decision to cancel the strip:

Kathy Lu, features editor at The Roanoke (Virginia) Times said about 100 people e-mailed or phoned over the next two days, most of them unhappy.

"It felt like we were just going to be doing the same thing over again, even though she said she was going to be drawing some new stories," Lu said of deciding not to continue the strip.

It was an argument die-hard fans weren't buying.

Click here to read more.