local take on Sunday Funnies' Archie stamp

Post Office issues stamps with 'Archie' characters
By Mike LaBella / The Eagle-Tribune
Thursday, July 29, 2010

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

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/visual-arts/2010/07/19/comics-and-stamps-have-a-longer-history-than-youd-expect/

 

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.

Carolina Weekly on Dennis the Menace stamp

Marcus Hamilton is featured in this article - There’s a Menace in your mailbox: ‘Dennis The Menace’ artist celebrates character’s postage stamp status
Kara Lopp
Carolina Weekly July 16, 2010

Beetle Bailey strip celebrates stamp release

Today's Beetle Bailey comic strip reflects on the release of the comic strip stamps today.

Associated Press on comic stamps

Sunday Funnies characters set to brighten letters
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID (AP)
July 14 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ge04mnnmaDU7MMtlbOaYuKyP94XQD9GV17B80

Houston Chronicle on US cartoon stamps

Funnies get a stamp of approval: Old favorites arrive Friday at the post office
By LANA BERKOWITZ
 Houston Chronicle July 12, 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

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.