by Tom Batiuk | Mar 15, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
Some of those other stories included Lisa defending John Howard, the owner of the Komix Korner, when he was sued for selling obscene comic books. Funky’s cousin Wally and his struggles with PTSD upon returning from Afghanistan, and later his return to Afghanistan with...
by Tom Batiuk | Mar 12, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
A topical satire like John Darling doesn’t necessarily travel well through the ages. Case in point, today’s JD Sunday. You kinda had to be there to know who the then popular TV judge Judge Wapner was. The caricatures by Gerry Shamray still hold up...
by Tom Batiuk | Mar 8, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
It’s always good to get the house rules sorted out early, so how about if we not horse around and just deal with the elephant in the intro right out of the gate? Show of hands? Okay, we’re good. If you’re the kind of person who, like me, leafs through a collection...
by Tom Batiuk | Mar 5, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
Most if the time John Darling was a snarky satire of the television industry circa the 80s and a self centered narcissistic talk show host , but, every now and then, there was something like...
by Tom Batiuk | Feb 28, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
As I get back into the swing of things here, I want to catch up with my John Darling Sundays posts. The one thing that bugs me about sites that post archival strips is when they run the strips out of season. Having grown up reading comic strips in the newspapers,...
