A rarity in the comics, 9 Chickweed Lane spotlights music and dance with superb artistry that complements Brooke McEldowney's strong-minded characters. A popular comic strip about three generations of family, 9 Chickweed Lane features strong character...
By: Brooke McEldowney
Genre: Family
Syndicate: Universal-Uclick
Rancorous bosses, quirky workers, and an up-and-down stock market populate the world of 9 to 5. A cast of regular characters include J.B. Wells (the boss), Sims (office flunkey), and Ms. Forbes. While mainly a satire on business, the comic also pokes ...
By: Harley Schwadron
Genre: Workplace
Syndicate: Universal-Uclick
Welcome to the new way to office, straight from the humor of Rob Harrell. Follow this hilarious yet true-to-life work-at-home dad, Adam, as he deals with job deadlines, minivan support groups, sibling arguments and marital bliss while chasing down ove...
By: Rob Harrell
Genre: Workplace
Syndicate: Universal-Uclick
Tony Cochran's Agnes is a whimsical look at childhood through the eyes of the title character and her best friend, Trout. What sets this strip apart is the focus on that limbo just before little girls discover boys and appropriate social skills.
By: Tony Cochran
Genre: Family
Syndicate: Universal-Uclick
Alley Oop is the classic caveman comic strip revolving around the irrepressible Alley Oop who travels from prehistoric Moo all the way to the 21st century in his friend Doc Wonmug's time machine.
By: Jack and Carole Bender
Genre: Relationships
Syndicate: Universal-Uclick
It was on the pages of Amazing Fantasy No. 15 where the Amazing Spider-Man first appeared. And in March 1963, one year after his first appearance, Spider-Man was starring in his own comic book and on his way to becoming Marvel Comics' most popular super hero ever!
By: Stan Lee & Alex Saviuk
Genre: Adventure
Syndicate: King-Features
Andy and his wife, Flo, live out the epitome of functional dysfunction. From the pub to the bedroom, Andy's misadventures paint an indelible portrait of an extremely British battle of the sexes. Join Andy and Flo as they bicker their way through...
By: Reg Smythe
Genre: Relationships
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Lyle the lion, Eugene the elephant and the rest of these civilized animals deliver a glimpse of life in the Freeborn Wildlife Preserve. Animal Crackers? brief text and clean drawings are great for kids. These adorable animals will have readers l...
By: Fred Wagner
Genre: Animals
Syndicate: Universal-Uclick
Loved as an American icon and respected as an adventurer, Annie's voyages pit her against some of the comics pages? most notorious criminals. Annie?s tireless pursuit of justice has reinvigorated this classic strip, giving it more ac...
By: Jay Maeder and Alan Kupperberg
Genre: Adventure
Syndicate: Universal-Uclick
Archie is a typical small-town teenager of Riverdale. His main crush is Veronica, but he is also fond of Betty, forming the love triangle driving many of the comic's plot lines. He has the best intentions, but often comes into varous conflicts resulting in humor and funny situations.
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Arctic Circle is a comic strip about three penguins who have migrated from the Antarctic to the small town of Snowpeak within the Arctic Circle.
By: Alex Hallatt
Genre: Animals
Syndicate: King-Features
From the salmon-colored sofa that is the center of the Arlo & Janis universe, this unique and quixotic comic strip has been just about everywhere. From unvarnished human drama to flights of unfettered comic fantasy, from unabashed pathos to unsurpasse...
By: Jimmy Johnson
Genre: Relationships
Syndicate: Universal-Uclick
Aunty Acid is a Sassy senior that tells it straight. She is wickedly witty and wonderfully wise and with her husband Walt they deliver us their irreverent thoughts on everyday life. With musings on 'whether life is passing her by or trying to run her ...
By: Ged Backland
Genre: Relationships
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Johnny Hart's classic strip, B.C., puts a caveman twist on everything. From philosophical ants to punny bits of unconventional wisdom, you'll see why this strip has been a favorite for so many years.
By: Mastroianni and Hart
Genre: Relationships
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When longtime friends Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott first discussed doing a comic strip about parenthood, Rick, at least, knew what he was talking about. He and his wife had their first daughter in 1984, and in 1987, their second daughter was born. Jerry, who had no children, thought what Rick was going through as a parent was very funny. So he decided to write about what he saw at the Kirkmans' home. Temper tantrums. Dirty diapers. Teething pains. When Rick added his superb artwork, Baby Blues was born
By: Rick Kirkman & Jerry Scott
Genre: Family
Syndicate: King-Features
Baldo is our first comic strip that features Latino characters and themes. Baldo lives with his parents and works at Auto Y Rod, Inc., selling car parts. Through his daily exploits in the world of girls, cars, and little sisters, readers will learn ju...
By: Hector D. Cantu and Carlos Castellanos
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Syndicate: Universal-Uclick
If you think your neighbors are weird, wait 'til you meet the wacky denizens of Ballard Street. Jerry Van Amerongen?s strip presents one-panel vignettes about the neighborhood. From the synchronized cell-phone users to the schemes of pets,...
By: Jerry Van Amerongen
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Barney Google and Snuffy Smith
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith is one of the longest-running comic strips in history. Created by Billy DeBeck in 1919, it first appeared in the sports section of the Chicago Herald and Examiner as Take Barney Google, F'rinstance. It starred the cigar-smoking, sports-loving, poker-playing, girl-chasing ne'er-do-well Barney Google.
By: John Rose
Genre: Family
Syndicate: King-Features
Beetle Bailey was modeled after Mort Walker's old high school and Army buddy, Dave Hornaday, who was tall, skinny and always getting into trouble in an innocent way. Beetle subscribes to the philosophy, "Whenever the urge to work comes over me, I lie down until it goes away."
By: Morton Walker
Genre: Relationships
Syndicate: King-Features
Meet Ben and Olivia, a retired couple who babysit their grandchildren when their daughter goes back to work. Warm, funny and filled with gentle humor, BEN shows seniors as active, healthy and still in love after all these years. Created in 1996 and...
By: Daniel Shelton
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Betty is a smart, savvy comic character who is unapologetically ordinary, happy and female. Betty is a truly modern woman - a wife, mother and working woman.
By: Gary Delainey and Gerry Rasmussen
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Syndicate: Universal-Uclick
Between Friends zeroes in on the nitty-gritty details of the lives of three fifty-something women friends. Witty and personal, sometimes poignant and candid, this slice-of-life strip celebrates women-of-a-certain-age in all their irreverent glory.
By: Sandra Bell-Lundy
Genre: Relationships
Syndicate: King-Features
Aspiring cartoonist Nate Wright is the star of Big Nate, the daily and Sunday comic strip distributed by NEA since 1991. Nate is 11 years old, four-and-a-half feet tall, and the all-time record holder for detentions in school history. He's a self-desc...
By: Lincoln Peirce
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This high-flying single-panel comic spotlights and savors the foibles, stupidity, and goofiness of our colorful unnatural world. It's all about attitude, as the denizens of Bluemel's realm devote themselves to surviving life's pitfalls, wh...
By: Thom Bluemel
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Syndicate: Universal-Uclick
Bizarro is a comic panel where UFOs hover, dynamite sizzles, birds perch upside-down, and a slice of pie hides in every corner. Bizarro is the stage where cartoonists Wayno (one name only, please) and Dan Piraro present their eccentric worldview, sprinkled with cryptic secret symbols. Highly praised for its artwork and off-the-wall humor, Bizarro appeals to literate audiences who enjoy offbeat humor.
By: Dan Piraro & Wayno
Genre: Viewpoints
Syndicate: King-Features
Men, women, smart-aleck pets, relationships, hackers, slackers, modern life, modern strife-they're all fair targets for New Yorker cartoonist and best-selling children's book illustrator Harry Bliss. Blending equal parts sass and sophisticatio...
By: Harry Bliss
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Syndicate: Universal-Uclick
A classic comic strips rinning since 1930, Blonde and Dagwood and the family live a modest lifestyle with children and a dog, they became concerned with real life: making ends meet, raising a family, eating and sleeping. And, these four same topics are still the primary ingredients of the strip to this very day.
By: Dan Young & John Marshall
Genre: Family
Syndicate: King-Features
Bloom County a 1980s cartoon-comic strip that dealt with socio-political issues as seen through the eyes of highly exaggerated characters (e.g. Bill the Cat and Opus the Penguin) and humorous analogies. Creator Berkeley Breathed's first regularly pu...
By: Berkeley Breathed
Genre: Viewpoints
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With a keen appreciation for puns and an off-beat sense of humor, Dana Summers creates a hilarious and bizarre new world in each panel of Bound and Gagged.
By: Dana Summers
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Brevity is not only the soul of wit, it's also not your normal comics fare. In the hands of Dan, it is sharply intelligent, amusingly idiosyncratic and often uproariously funny.
By: Dan Thompson
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Syndicate: Universal-Uclick
Brewster Rockit: Space Guy! is a satirical, retro-futuristic comic strip that chronicles the (mis)adventures of the lantern-jawed, lunkheaded, and sometimes childlike Brewster Rockit, captain of the space station R.U. Sirius, and his crew of misfits. ...
By: Tim Rickard
Genre: Adventure
Syndicate: Universal-Uclick
Living in an enchanted forest with surrealistic landscapes, the engaging characters of Broom Hilda happily have no connection with reality. Other comic characters are extensions or distortions of reality, but Broom Hilda deals in pure fantasy, making ...
By: Russell Myers
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Buckles is a comic strip about a wide-eyed house dog exploring his way through the everyday routines of life. With the guidance from his owners Paul and Jill, Buckles discovers unique adventures from his backyard to the outer reaches of the great unknown beyond the fence.
By: David Gilbert
Genre: Animals
Syndicate: King-Features
One of the most famous and popular comic strips of all time, Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes has been a timeless worldwide favorite since its introduction in 1985. The beloved comic follows the richly imaginative adventures of 6-year-old Calvin and...
By: Bill Watterson
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Syndicate: Universal-Uclick
Darrin Bell?s Candorville is an insightful look at family, community and race through the eyes of Lemont Brown, a young black writer. Bell pulls no punches and delves into even the most controversial of issues. The wit and humor of the strip wil...
By: Darrin Bell
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Syndicate: Universal-Uclick
Carpe Diem - "seize the day" - is really about any conceivable day, from the dawn of the universe, to the age of dinosaurs and cavemen, and knights and witches, and medieval diseases, to modern-day couch potatoes and Stone Age diets, iPhone worshippers and androids, 3D printers and Google cars ... and on into the future when television networks compete for the colonization of Mars.
By: Niklas Eriksson
Genre: Off-Beat
Syndicate: King-Features
Just in time for the dog days of summer -- Mel, your everyday kind of guy, and Fergus, your not so everyday kind of dog, have returned to GoComics to replay their successful seven-year, knee-slapping comic for old fans and new.
By: Mark O'Hare
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Syndicate: Universal-Uclick
John McPherson makes us howl at his adroit mix of everyday settings and extraordinary events. John?s offbeat, oddball characters turn up in familiar places, but their actions are always hilarious and unexpected. Interested in a Close To H...
By: John McPherson
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If you?ve ever struggled to turn your cell phone off, thought cookies were just a delicious snack, and tried in vain to talk to a human customer service rep, Charles Boyce has created a strip for you. Compu-toon reminds us that technological inn...
By: Charles Boyce
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How do you react when you're cornered? Talk your way out, prepare for battle or insist you're just fine and dandy? Mike Baldwin's Cornered characters reflect the full spectrum of these reactions - all the while doing their very best to be taken seriou...
By: Mike Baldwin
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A former minor league baseball pitcher, the strip's namesake, Ed Crankshaft, was deeply disappointed when his major league aspirations fell by the wayside. Today, however, he can deal with life's curveballs, thanks to a loving family that stands by him. Crankshaft amuses comics fans with his no-holds-barred zingers and cantankerous disposition, an obvious outer crust for a school bus driver.
By: Tom Batiuk & Dan Davis
Genre: Family
Syndicate: King-Features
Crock chronicles the adventures of Commandant Crock and the assortment of hilarious characters stationed at this grim, desolate outpost, including the cowardly Captain Poulet, the simple-minded Maggot, camp follower Grossie and the ever-astray Lost Patrol.
By: Bill Rechin
Genre: Workplace
Syndicate: King-Features
Richard Thompson's Cul de Sac, is a comic strip about the life of a pre-school girl named Alice Otterloop. It is a light-hearted comic strip centered around a four-year old girl and her suburban life experiences on a cul-de-sac with her friends Beni a...
By: Richard Thompson
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Curtis details the day-to-day life of a close-knit contemporary African-American family living in the inner city. It is a comic work that does not fit easily in any category. Though it mainly features children, it is not necessarily ldquochild-themed.rdquo It can be humorous, thought-provoking, topical in subject and have bursts of pure zany fantasy.
By: Ray Billingsley
Genre: Family
Syndicate: King-Features
From giddy romps and imaginary adventures to tender bedtime moments and hilarious encounters with the rest of the world, "Daddy Daze" is a comic strip about the special relationship between a father and son. Readers will connect instantly with Paul, the single dad who amicably shares custody of little Angus with ex-wife Amy, as he juggles an at-home job and domestic duties.
By: John Kovaleski
Genre: Family
Syndicate: King-Features
Daddy's Home comic strip deals with a family where the father, Pete, is a copywriter who works out of his home office and is a stay-at-home dad to his son Elliot, while his wife Peggy is out in the working world.
By: Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein
Genre: Family
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Kids all over the world look forward to the capers of Slylock Fox and his sidekick, Max Mouse. They know that each week they will be entertained by loads of fun facts, challenging brainteasers, helpful tips and jokes.
By: Bob Weber, Jr
Genre: Relationships
Syndicate: King-Features
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Artist Joe Staton and writer Mike Curtis co-author Dick Tracy, the classic comic strip distributed by Tribune Media Services.Created by Chester Gould in 1931, Dick Tracy is one of America's most-enduring pop-cultural icons, noteworthy for its steadfas...
By: Joe Staton and Mike Curtis
Genre: Adventure
Syndicate: Universal-Uclick
Dilbert by Scott Adams is the most photocopied, pinned-up, downloaded, faxed and e-mailed comic strip in the world. Dubbed the cartoon hero of the workplace by The San Francisco Examiner, Dilbert has been syndicated since 1989 and now appears in 2,000...
By: Scott Adams
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Syndicate: Universal-Uclick
Babies and puppies are both quite cute, but underneath the soft, cuddly exteriors lie the fearsome hearts of competitors. Well, not really. When a new baby joins the household, Sophie the dog is initially irritated, but eventually comes to see the bab..
By: Brian Anderson
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Welcome to 'Classic Doonesbury.' In selecting the strips for this retrospective journey, we're going deep, literally back to Day One. Revisiting four weeks of strips from every year of syndication, I hope to hit many 'Doonesbury' high points, focusi...
By: Garry Trudeau
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Silly family antics and goofball humor, the Drabble family tickles readers' funny bones with outrageous antics. Kevin Fagan's lighthearted family strip chronicles the zany mishaps of his offbeat characters, especially goofball college student Norman D...
By: Kevin Fagan
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Each day, Dustin invites readers into the lives of the Kudlick family, who have welcomed the strips' 23-year-old namesake back into the house after college for "just a little while."
By: Steve Kelley & Jeff Parker
Genre: Family
Syndicate: King-Features
Do you like penguins, unicorns, puppies and rainbows? Then don't read EEK! EEK! has nothing to do with that junk. But if you like cadavers, mutants, chainsaws, zombies, cockroaches, telemarketers and other vermin, you've come to the right plac...
By: Scott Nickel
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F Minus is a profoundly funny comic strip that was chosen by more than 200,000 college students as the winner of the mtvU Strips contest. Providing daily hilarity since May 2005, F Minus is a strip short on life lessons, precious moments, and pearls o...
By: Tony Carrillo
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Syndicate: Universal-Uclick
Pulitzer Prize editorial cartoonist Signe Wilkinson spread her wings and created Family Tree, allowing her to write and draw outside the left/right, headline-driven box of daily editorial cartooning. A contemporary family comic strip, it chronicles t...
By: Signe Wilkinson
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Syndicate: Universal-Uclick
FARCUS is a daily syndicated newspaper comic about jobs, corporate life and other unnatural concepts. The comic, which appeared in hundreds of newspapers worldwide courtesy of Universal Uclick, was launched into syndication in 1990 along with posters...
By: David Waisglass and Gordon Coulthart
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For more than seven decades, loyal fans have explored the stars with the comics' most famous intergalactic adventurer, his female companion Dale Arden, and scientist, Dr. Hans Zarkov.
By: Jim Keefe
Genre: Adventure
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Cartoonists John Gibel and Jenny Campbell have created a spirited and intelligent look at aging and the generation gap. This strip features a group of older women and men dealing with the perils and perks of being old, the rules of chocolate, and deal...
By: Jenny Campbell
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Since its debut in 1979, For Better or For Worse has touched comic strip readers as few cartoons ever do. Cartoonist Lynn Johnston?s eye for detail and her uncanny sense of what real parents and children struggle with daily are a big part of her...
By: Lynn Johnston
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FoxTrot is a comic strip with attitude, wit and a big dose of reality. Bill Amend?s brilliant understanding of sibling rivalry and generational struggles comes to life in a refreshing blend of humor and truth. Readers of all ages will love this ...
By: Bill Amend
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FoxTrot is a comic strip with attitude, wit and a big dose of reality. Bill Amend?s brilliant understanding of sibling rivalry and generational struggles comes to life in a refreshing blend of humor and truth. Readers of all ages will love this...
By: Bill Amend
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Frazz by Jef Mallett follows the adventures of an unexpected role model: an elementary-school janitor who's also a Renaissance man. While he's sweeping the hall, he's whistling Beethoven. Or Lyle Lovett. He paints the woodwork in the classrooms; he pa...
By: Jef Mallett
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Any reader who has ever been a "dog?s best friend" will recognize and love Fred. Fred is a wry and witty observer of life, finding funnybones and turning up smiles on three continents.
By: Alex Graham
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Award-winning cartoonist Bill Whitehead created Free Range with the support of his wife and three children. A Midwestern resident, he's proud of the Free Range strip and hopes that you continue to enjoy it as well. Truly free range, this comic strip ...
By: Bill Whitehead
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Frog Applause reminds one of learning to read, in the sense that each word in the captions seems 'surprising' and new. Teresa's writing takes one back to that fresh state of mind (typical of, but of course not limited to, childhood) ...
By: Teresa Burritt
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The groundbreaking series Funky Winkerbean, portrays the students and faculty at Westview High but has earned high marks for his sensitive treatment of important social and educational issues
By: Tom Batiuk & Ayers
Genre: Drama
Syndicate: King-Features
What a cat! A cat for all seasons. Sassy. Opinionated. This lasagna loving, mailman chasing, sarcastic cat is a classic that readers love. Garfield, Odie and Jon will leave you wanting a daily dose of this beloved bunch! Garfield?s crafty talent...
By: Jim Davis
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Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli is a gentle, good-natured continuing story of four generations of Wallets. Readers return daily for this positive slice of life, with universal themes and commonplace situations.
By: Jim Scancarelli
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Housecats are known to be aloof, but cat-titude reaches new heights in Get Fuzzy, the bitingly hilarious comic strip from cartoonist Darby Conley. Available daily and Sunday and appearing in 650 newspapers nationwide, Get Fuzzy is a wry portrait of si...
By: Darby Conley
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Createdby Neal Rubin and Rod Whigham for and about teenagers Gil Thorp has developed an intensely loyal readership of all ages. It is a sports strip that is not just about sports sometimes dealing with topical teen-oriented issues.
By: Neal Rubin and Rod Whigham
Genre: Drama
Syndicate: Universal-Uclick
Grand Avenue stars Kate Macfarlane, an avid sports fan who powerwalks to stay in shape. Not your typical cookie-baking granny, Grandma Kate has her hands full with her terrific twosome, who are best buddies even though their personalities clash. Gabby...
By: Steve Breen and Mike Thompson
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Hagar the Horrible is a caricature comic strip commenting on modern-day life in the United States through a loose interpretation of Viking Age Scandinavian life.
By: Chris Browne
Genre: Relationships
Syndicate: King-Features
Follow the antics of Heart, the precocious yet endearing young star of Mark Tatulli?s Heart of the City. Growing up in Philly with her single mom, Heart encounters endless challenges such as dealing with her nanny, Mrs. Angelini, planning her fu...
By: Mark Tatulli
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Syndicate: Universal-Uclick
Called the "Cat of the Century" by a major cat magazine, Heathcliff has been an incredible success. The cat is loved and recognized by millions in all corners of the globe. In addition to being published in hundreds of papers, the comic has ...
By: George Gately
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After attending a high-school reunion and re-establishing an old friendship in 1998, Stephen was inspired to create the comic strip Herb and Jamal -- as a tribute to lasting friendships and a reflection on a life well lived. Herb and Jamaal have seen ...
By: Stephen Bentley
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HERMAN?, the hilarious groundbreaking cartoon feature that appears in hundreds of newspapers worldwide, continues despite the sad passing of creator Jim Unger. Unger, who died in June 2012, left a legacy of more than 8,000 HERMAN comics and a...
By: Jim Unger
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Whether itrsquos busy parents juggling jobs and raising a family, a teen coping with his self-image, sibling rivalry among the youngsters, or a toddler learning about the world and her place in it, Hi and Lois has kept pace with mainstream life and found the gentle humor in familiar situations.
By: Chance Browne & Eric Reaves & Brian Walker
Genre: Family
Syndicate: King-Features
Whatever your athletic interest, golf, baseball, running, or basketball and whether you haven?t picked up a ball since high school or you?re a serious sports fanatic, everyone can see the humor and irony highlighted by In the Bleachers. St...
By: Steve Moore
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Intelligent Life is a comic strip that revolves around a set of characters who very much exist in this world of geek/pop culture, and it gives us a good laugh as we nod knowingly at their antics. The strip follows the personal life, the work life, the hobbies and obsessions of Skip, Gwen, Mike and Barry, and glimpses the mania of our world.
By: David Reddick
Genre: Relationships
Syndicate: King-Features
The strip chronicles the lives -- in and out of the courtroom - of Judge Alan Parker, Sam Driver and Abbey Spencer. With its true-to-life storylines, drama and suspense, Judge Parker has kept readers in 175 newspapers nationwide hooked.
By: Francesco Marciuliano & Mike Manley
Genre: Drama
Syndicate: King-Features
The Katzenjammer Kids features the adventures of Hans and Fritz, twins and fellow warriors in the battle against any form of authority. "The Katzies" rebelled against Mama (their own mother, of course), der Captain (the shipwrecked sailor who acted as their surrogate father) and der Inspector (dreaded representative of the school authorities).
By: Hy Eisman
Genre: Family
Syndicate: King-Features
Years ago, Kevin Kindle the rabbit and Kell Dewclaw the wolf met in an online chat room. After falling head over heels for each other, they decided to meet in person. It wasn't until then that they realized they were from separate ends of the food chain.
By: Bill Holbrook
Genre: Family
Syndicate: King-Features
La Cucaracha is a unique strip that provides a view of the world through the sharp, satiric lens of its young Latino characters and the fertile mind of acclaimed creator Lalo Alcaraz. Growing up on the U.S./Mexico border gave Lalo a dual outlook on li...
By: Lalo Alcaraz
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Pairing vintage comic art with hilarious, new dialog by Disney veteran writer John Lustig, Last Kiss revels in the absurdities of love, lust and 'life with lip.' The series originated when Lustig bought the publishing rights to a romance comic...
By: John Lustig
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There's nothing "li'l" about this classic from Al Capp. Li'l Abner is a satirical American comic strip that appeared in many newspapers in the United States, Canada and Europe, featuring a fictional clan of hillbillies in the impoverished mountain village of Dogpatch, USA. Written and drawn by Al Capp (1909 - 1979), the strip ran for 43 years, from August 13, 1934 through November 13, 1977.
By: Al Capp
Genre: Relationships
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Liberty Meadows is the very popular strip by Frank Cho. Featuring talking animals and dimwitted humans, Liberty Meadows is hilarious. While the humans worry about the development of the various animals, no one is having more fun than the animals thems...
By: Frank Cho
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The world of Lio is filled with the extraordinary - monsters under the bed, wild reptile pets, robot inventions, weird science - but it's all commonplace for this most uncommon first-grader. Mark Tatulli renders thispantomime strip in pen-and-ink ...
By: Mark Tatulli
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Recently widowed Lola moves in with her son, Ray, and his family at his request. The potential disasters of Lola living with her anally retentive adult son and family provide the backdrop for a hilarious story about life. Life according to Lola, that ...
By: Todd Clark
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LUANN is about the trials of becoming a young adult: the hilarity and drama, triumphs and flops, friendships and rivalries. Rich in character and intriguing what'll happen next?! stories, LUANN is a compelling saga of life's most volatile stage. Greg ...
By: Greg Evans
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No other comic strip will invite you to ponder the mysteries of life and great literature with a little girl named Henrietta and her stuffed bear, Mandelbaum, or waddle alongside a penguin through chilly wind-swept dunes at the tip of South America.
By: Liniers
Genre: Off-Beat
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Tinsley created Mallard for what he saw as the conservative underdog. The strip is for "the average person out there: the forgotten American taxpayer who's sick of the liberal media and cultural establishments that act like he or she doesn't exist," he says.
By: Bruce Tinsley
Genre: Viewpoints
Syndicate: King-Features
A suave and sophisticated man of mystery Mandrake is a magician often battles the most remarkable and inventive villains while attired in formal black-tie and tails. Equally at home at a swank society affair or among the colorful denizens of the underworld Mandrake is world famous for his many remarkable feats. Created by Lee Falk.
By: Fred Frederick
Genre: Adventure
Syndicate: King-Features
Mark Trail was an environmentalist before it was fashionable to be one. Mark's mission has always been that of preserving the American wilderness, water and wildlife for future generations.
By: Jules Rivera
Genre: Adventure
Syndicate: King-Features
Marmaduke is America's most lovable Great Dane. Created by Brad Anderson, the classic comic canine has delighted newspaper readers since 1954. Marmaduke lives with the Winslow family, who, try as they might, just can't seem to get him to obey. Despite...
By: Brad Anderson
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Marvin features a precocious red-headed toddler who spends much of his time lost in his own thoughts and fantasy adventures.
By: Tom Armstrong
Genre: Family
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Mary Worth is one of the longest-running continuity strips or "comic-page soap operas". Stories confront social issues, such as juvenile delinquency, unwed motherhood, drug addiction, spouse abuse, alcoholism, infidelity, concerns of the elderly and the generation gap.
By: Karen Moy & June Brigman
Genre: Drama
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Only a mother could nag her child so much in such a sarcastic way that it becomes endearing. Momma?s kids love her and readers will too! Based in part on his own mother, Mell Lazarus?s Momma is a little bit like everybody?s mother. S...
By: Mell Lazarus
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Moose and Molly chronicles the misadventures of a lazy, out-of-work, out-of-shape loafer and life with his wife, children and multitude of pets. Moose can never seem to hold a job for more than a day, despite constant goading from his wife, Molly.
By: Bob Weber Sr.
Genre: Family
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Mother Goose and Grimm features a rough and tumble bull terrier (Grimmy), his absentminded caretaker (Mother Goose) and their storybook friends (Snow White, Rapunzel, Pinocchio, Dracula, and many other folk and fairy tale heroes and heroines).
By: Mike Peters
Genre: Animals
Syndicate: King-Features
One of the classics, having started in the San Francisco Chronicle more than 100 years ago. Mutt and Jeffhas become part of our cultural vocabulary and the strip continues to attract audiences around the world who appreciate clean, straightforward hum...
By: Bud Fisher
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Mutts explores the special bond between animals and their guardians, and the endearing friendship of Earl, the dog, and Mooch, the cat. It strikes a delicate balance between joy, fun and responsible social commentary. Mutts has been recognized for its distinctive style, heartwarming humor and compassionate advocacy for animal issues.
By: Patrick McDonnell
Genre: Animals
Syndicate: King-Features
Nancy was created by Ernie Bushmiller in the 1930s. Since 1995, the strip has been drawn and written in Bushmiller's classic style by Guy and Brad Gilchrist. Nancy is famed for its gentle humor and surrealistic sight gags. Nancy's childlike innocence ...
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Non Sequitur is Wiley Miller's wry look at the absurdities of everyday life. A hit with fans of all ages, the strip is syndicated in more than 700 newspapers. Non Sequitur has received four National Cartoonists Society divisional awards, the most pres...
By: Wiley Miller
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On the Fastrack chronicles the comic misadventures at Fastrack Inc., a wry mirror of the contemporary work scene. Ruthless boss Rose Trellis runs Fastrack, Inc. and thrives in an atmosphere of corporate political intrigue and back-stabbing.
By: Bill Holbrook
Genre: Workplace
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Rick Detorie brings together 3 generations in his whimsical strip. From the kids Ruthie and Joe, to their parents Ellen and Frank, and yes, even the grandparents who live next door: Rose and Nick, hey, it?s one big happy!
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Over the Hedge, created by T Lewis and Michael Fry, takes a freshly skewed look at suburban living from the perspective of the animals who lived there first. The strip stars RJ, a mischievous raccoon, and Verne, his sensitive best-buddy turtle. Togeth...
By: T Lewis and Michael Fry
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Pardon My Planet is a visual record of the nincompoopities of the human spirit. This imaginatively sly panel peeks under the veil of the taboo and paints a smiley face on the shroud. Deftly balancing the tightrope of political correctness, Pardon My Planet gives us a rubbernecker's eye-view into the boarded up attic of the human psyche.
By: Vic Lee
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Syndicate: King-Features
If ever there is an iconic comic strip, it is Peanuts. What began in the funny pages in 1950 has developed into an enduring classic. Whether you're persnickety like Lucy, a philosopher like Linus, a joyous Flying Ace like Snoopy, or a lovable underdo...
By: Charles Schulz
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At its heart, Pearls Before Swine is the comic strip tale of two friends: an arrogant Rat who thinks he knows it all and a slow-witted Pig who doesn't know any better. Together, this pair offers caustic commentary on humanity's quest for the unattaina...
By: Stephan Pastis
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Popeye is an underdog with a long fuse and a keen sense of fair play. Everyone identifies with him when he finally says, "Tha's all I can stands, and I can't stands no more!" And it seems only fitting that our most unlikely hero would fall for the least likely of sex symbols: Olive Oyl.
By: Bud Sagendorf (DAILIES) & Hy Eisman (SUNDAYS)
Genre: Adventure
Syndicate: King-Features
In the 1930s, E.C. Segar often included cartoons drawn by his fans at the end of his Sunday comics. This time, King Features has invited all kinds of cartoonists, illustrators, animators, and other artists to bring their own vision of Popeye to life. Each week, you'll see a different take on Popeye, Olive Oyl, Wimpy, and the rest of the gang, from a different cartoonist - some you already know and love, and some who will be new to you!
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Genre: Adventure
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Created in 1937 by the immortal Hal Foster Prince Valiant continues strong to this day as the pinnacle of comic strip adventure storytelling. Balanced between the excitement and danger of medieval knightly derring-do and the domestic complexities surrounding a high-spirited family Val has little time for rest and his devoted readership would have it no other way.
By: Mark Schultz & Thomas Yeates
Genre: Adventure
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Pros & Cons focuses on five characters and three professions. While lawyers, doctors and cops have become icons of popular culture in movies and on television, Pros & Cons has drawn them together for the first time in a comic strip format.
By: Kieran Meehan
Genre: Relationships
Syndicate: King-Features
Rae the Doe is a comic about the life and times of a doe named Rae and her punk skunk girlfriend Mimi. There's also her roommate, Pascal the Bat, her eccentric, trash-loving friends Cybil the Moth and Lottie the Opossum, and Sawyer the Squirrel, the voice of reason within the group
By: Olive Brinker
Genre: Animals
Syndicate: King-Features
Over the years, we have seen Rex deal with the compelling medical and social issues of our times: drug abuse, domestic violence, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, diabetes, organ transplants, adoption and sexual harassment, just to name a few.
By: Terry Beatty
Genre: Drama
Syndicate: King-Features
Like the color its named after, Rhymes With Orange by cartoonist Hilary Price is a vibrant, energetic, smart strip that approaches the universal truths about everyday subjects, like relationships, work, pets, parents and holidays, with insightful wit and humor. It leaves no stone unturned in its journey to prove just how weird and wonderful we all are.
By: Hilary Price
Genre: Family
Syndicate: King-Features
The Adventure Comic Strip is Back -- With a Twist -- in "Rip Haywire." Rip Haywire is a soldier of fortune, a brave, square-jawed man of honor who lives for danger. Accompanied on adventures of chance by his cowardly dog TNT and his venom...
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In 1988, Bill Holbrook, creator of On The Fastrack, launched Safe Havens, a clever look at how children interact with each other and with the adults in their world.
By: Bill Holbrook
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By: Francesco Marciuliano & Jim Keefe
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Jan Eliot's funny and irreverent Stone Soup follows the saga of an extended, blended family, starring two working-mom sisters living just across the fence from each other. Val and Joan share life with their opinionated mother, a middle-school diva...
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Jeff Millar and Bill Hinds have displayed a knack for finding the absurdity in big-time athletics and using it to turn sports fans into devoted readers - especially with the ever-popular "Sports Jerk of the Year" contest. Sports is Tank McNa...
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The comic strip of Tarzan of the Apes, drawn by Harold Foster for the United Feature Syndicate, began publication in various American newspapers begining on January 7, 1929. The comic strip was one of the first continuity action adventure comic strips and an adaptation of Burroughs' first novel, was completed on March 16 of the same year. Foster turned down the commission to adapt the second novel. The full-page Sunday strip began publication on March 15, 1931 with drawings by Rex Maxon.
By: Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Meet Aaron McGruder's The Boondocks: Huey and Riley Freeman, Jazmine DuBois, and Huey's best friend, Caesar. This comic strip reflects the racial diversity and complexity of our world. Combining Huey?s childish antics with contempora...
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The Brilliant Mind Of Edison Lee
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The Phantom is a classic series of action adventure comics, also considered an aesthetic precursor of the superhero comic, if not its pioneer. Created by writer Lee Falk in 1936 with the collaboration of cartoonists such as Ray Moore, it is still published today. The Phantom has had adaptations to other media, such as novels, films and television series.
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Tom the Dancing Bug is the weekly comic strip by Ruben Bolling, appearing in fine newspapers and websites around the world. People love the strip because of its insightful and hilarious social and political satire. Search engines love the strip becaus...
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Applauded by both the Washington Post and Wired magazine, Too Much Coffee Man is just the twitchy, existential Superhero-everyman for these high-octane times. The pre-eminent icon of caffeine culture, TMCM gives us wild flights of fancy and dazzling m...
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In 1965, Morrie Turner created the Wee Pals comic strip. It was Morrie?s intention to portray a world without prejudice, a world in which people?s differences -- race, religion, gender, and physical and mental ability -- are cherished, not...
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The Wizard of Id has been enchanting audiences since 1964, but the real wizards behind this comic classic were artist Brant Parker and writer Johnny Hart. The pair began paving the path to the Kingdom of Id in 1950, when Parker, a staff artist...
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Poor Ziggy. He's perpetually one step behind one nickel short one lane away from the fast lane. But we love him for it because everyone feels like Ziggy now and then.
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