hey! a few years ago or so i posted a question about a comic strip from when i was younger (2003 through the 2010s), but i don’t really care about the strip—i care about the cat. it was a little white cat with a diamond on its forehead, it was my favorite thing in the world and id literally cut if out of the paper every sunday. i don’t remember what it is!!!!!!!!! please help (that is the best rendition i have of him from the reaches of my brain)

I only know of The Magic Roundabout newspaper comic strips from The Sun newspaper from the 70s, and only very few of those can be found online.

(And yes I know about Playhour and its related comics in the UK)

(Bonus Argyle Sweater on top)

Ok, so I remember this being mentioned in one of the comics in the San Jose Mercury News. So it's winter, it's night, the stars are out, the air is crisp. You're taking out the garbage. The hub bub of daily life has died down, and it can be a pretty introspective thoughtful time. I think of it as Garbage Moments at Night. Kind of like a Zen thing. I think it's Rose is Rose. Does that ring a bell maybe? Thanks!!

I have a rather hazy memory of a comic that was in some newspapers in the 1990s. I think it was usually a one panel format, and I think the main character might have been named something like "Ralph". I believe the main character was very short with a large nose? What I remember most distinctly was the final strip, where the character addressed the audience and talked about riding off into the sunrise as the comic ended.

I think that ending came circa the year 2000.

In any case, I haven't been able to find that comic with the few details I can remember. I'm hoping someone here might know more!

Resolution: A month later, I found it! Ralph by Wayne Stayskal! 1995-2001. Looks like I remembered things pretty well. The weekday ones were indeed single panel, with longer Sundays. Here's some of it archived: https://ia802906.us.archive.org/26/items/ralph19952001/Ralph%20%281995%20-%202001%29.pdf

I like to read my comics on paper, but I know the 2010 Dick Tracy strips have never been collected into books. Is there any website where you can buy old newspapers?

...and I'd love to share it with you! Arriola is lowkey one of the most-revered cartoonists to ever work in the medium, but he simply never gets the credit he deserves on a larger scale (imo). Outside of the excellent site maintained by superfan Jim Guida (Gordocomics.com), and occasional entries on comics blogs, there's just not enough Gordo love online.

I'll be sharing my Gordo collection -- books, comics, strips, original art, merchandise, links to Gordo content on the web, and more! -- and doing my best to paint a picture of what makes Gordo so delightful and Arriola so important.

Please enjoy Gordo Y Más, and feel free to send feedback, comments, or ideas for the kinds of posts you'd most like to see.

Gordo Y Más : https://gordoymas.blogspot.com/

-Jon Morris

Hi. I love comic strips, and I often read them on GoComics. I remember a year or two ago stumbling across one which specifically ran in December (may have started in November, I don't remember) that was Christmassy. I think it was something about an elf saving Christmas. I believe different stories ran for a few different years, but that it was likely no longer currently running. Unfortunately, this is all I remember. It seems it is no longer on GoComics and I'm having trouble pulling anything out of Google with just these loose details. Does anyone remember what I'm talking about?

Hey folks! This seems like a good place to mention that Levy's Law, James Schumeister's police-sitcom strip that ran from 1979 through 1985, is now available in a completely complete compendium—The Whole Megillah.

It's extra-complete because it also contains the complete run of Schumeister's obscure first syndicated strip, The Great Atomic Aftermath and Fresh Fruit Festival, as well as three different unsold strips.

It's 1001 pages of fun and laughs! Check it out at the link below. All proceeds go directly to the artist.

Levy's Law at Lulu

I'm stumped tbh

Currently, the Comics Kingdom seems to go back the furthest, however that is only back to the 1970s. I did find a collected book on Amazon, but 1) it's outta print, 2) it's $100+ used, and 3) that's without the cover and damaged spine and edges:

Blondie: The Courtship and Wedding - Complete Daily Comics 1930-1933 (Library of American comics) Hardcover – October 19, 2010

I don't mind paying for stuff, but there's a certain threshold where it just becomes ridiculous. And if you think that one was bad, wait until you see the next book. Then, the third one's apparently so rare, there just aren't any used ones. Anyways, if anybody has these books, or knows a better site for them (okay, any site would be better than Amazon, but you know what I mean), or just the strips; any help would be appreciated.

Hello! I'm looking for an old sherman's lagoon where they go on vacation to Mexico and immediately get kicked out after Sherman speaks Spanish. Does anyone have any ideas on a good place to look or anything? Thank you so much for any help!

I’m looking for a newspaper comic my dad had pinned to the fridge forever but it got lost when we moved. I think it was two panels the first was a haggard looking man in a suit with a briefcase coming home and there’s chaos racket going on in the background. His thought bubble says “There’s only one thing worse than coming home to a house with two screaming boys” The next panel the kids give him a loving hug and with a huge smile on his face he thinks “And that’s coming home to a house without two screaming boys” This was very apt for our household when my brother and I were kids and until we were 10 ish we always greeted dad home with a hug

I’m hoping to get another copy for him as a Thank You for being an awesome dad but I haven’t been able to find it anywhere. I asked him and he’s 90% sure it came from The Hamilton Spectator If anyone can find it and send me a link or even a proper digital copy I would be eternally grateful Thank you

While there used to be Funky Winkerbean prints on CafePress on mugs and shirts,the site apparently took them off a few days ago (I checked and the prints are gone,but they were from 2002,before the 2007 time-skip). Now,the only merch I can find are three,overpriced (vintage) Harry L. Dinkle shirts (an oversized shirt and two sweatshirts) and those books and band posters! There's a Crankshaft shirt,mug,or apron you can buy that are new,but it's not the same. Although in November,I got a 1987 sweatshirt advertising the FW play made for high schools,and it's the best sweater. If I look up merch,I get either the books,no results,or SoSF (It's okay to dislike and criticize a comic,but Stuck Funky IMO crosses too many lines) articles. Though my second favorite,FBorFW,does have tons of merch,including Lizzie's bunny and stickers. Does anyone else have this problem with their favorite comics? Sorry for my complaint.