Friday, July 30, 2010

Monday, July 19, 2010

Comics and Stamps Have a Longer History than You’d Expect

I wrote a short history of cartoons and stamps that I've been planning for a decade or so...


Comics and Stamps Have a Longer History than You'd Expect

Posted by Mike Rhode on Jul. 19, 2010 at 10:53 am
 

Saturday, July 17, 2010

New stamps honor comic strips video

The Dispatch has a neat video up too.

Yonkof, Frank.  2010.
New stamps honor comic strips: Commemorative stamps unveiled at Ohio State.
Dispatch.com (July 16): http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/multimedia/video/video.html?video=1169216

Columbus Dispatch on new comics stamps

New stamps honor decades of funnies
By Frank Yonkof
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH July 16, 2010

Another article on the new comic strip stamps

Bodenheimer, David.  2010.
Comic strips come to your mail.
The Dispatch (July 16)

Ryan Claytor's Elephant Eater Comics postage

Ryan Claytor's Elephant Eater Comics has two postage stamps through Zazzle. This one is still available at the site. Ryan will be touring the Eastern US this summer, and in Washington on August 8th.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Dennis the Menace stamp profile

Artist's work gets real stamp of approval
Dennis the Menace will become a stamp Friday, and the Mint Hill man who draws the comic strip is thrilled.
By Jessica Milicevic
charlotte observer.com Sunday, Jul. 11, 2010
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/07/11/1553809/artists-work-gets-real-stamp-of.html

Friday, July 9, 2010

Archie Double Digest #210 features stamp story

A CNN blog is reporting that Archie Double Digest #210 features a stamp story in which the characters imagine being on postage stamps. Their actual stamps will be issued on July 16th.