On the Dec. 14 Maine Sunday Telegram Comics page, “Big Nate” was more than cute and amusing. Its creator, Lincoln Peirce, conveyed a profound theological truth, simply and concisely (just what we want ...

In 1989 a young man working for Pacific Bell collected a royalties check from United Media for $368.62 for his comic strip Dilbert. This was the beginning of Scott Adams' career as a professional ...

ABLAZE announced today a deal with Tribune Content Agency to publish a collection of the groundbreaking comic strip Friday Foster. The series was the first US newspaper comics strip to feature an ...

If you've got a teen at home, or if you yourself are a teen, you've got to respect the ability of the writers of the comic strip "Zits" to understand the challenges that affect post-adolescent brains.

At the turn of the last century, most cities had multiple daily newspapers vying for the attention of readers. One way to distinguish themselves from the competition was to offer comic strips, first ...

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When Randy Milholland’s first-grade teacher asked what he wanted to do when he grew up, he said, “I want to draw Popeye,” the comic hero he loved with from the newspaper and TV. “Maybe you should ...

Friday Foster was the first mainstream, nationally syndicated comic strip (Chicago Tribune) starring an African American character in the title role. It ran from 1970 to 1974 and inspired the 1975 ...