by Tom Batiuk | Jan 21, 2026 | Komix Thoughts
TheNow, in previous introductions to these collections, I’ve discussed the writing in terms of how it changed from gags to sitcoms to a more cinematic storytelling approach, and how that opened the work up to approaching more complex subjects and edge work. However,...
by Tom Batiuk | Dec 6, 2025 | Komix Thoughts
I’ve been woodshedding it lately working to wrap up Volume 16 of The Complete Funky Winkerbean. I’ve come up for air for a minute to remind you that Volume 15 is available right now and just in time for Christmas. Remember, it’s always a good time to...
by Tom Batiuk | Jan 25, 2025 | Komix Thoughts
Plans were made for Cathy and me to hit a number of comic-cons around the country that summer of 2012 as sort of a celebratory book tour. The tour started at Wizard Con in Philadelphia and ended there as well. Between the con in Philly and the next stop on the tour, I...
by Tom Batiuk | Dec 10, 2024 | Komix Thoughts
Hey, culture lovers, your long wait is over. Volume 14 of The Complete Funky Winkerbean has arrived. Is it my imagination, or do these books just seem to be getting better and better? The generational tide has slowly been coming in, and it all culminates here with a...
by tombatiuk | Mar 6, 2024 | Komix Thoughts
Following the success of Lisa’s Story, in 2009 I once again approached the Kent State University Press with some thoughts about publishing, not one, but three other possible book collections. The first was called Roses in December which gathered the strips from...
