Gerry Shamray

Gerry Shamray

I was saddened to hear about the passing of Gerry Shamray. Gerry and I had worked together on John Darling for a number of years, but we knew each other before that and we would hang out, going to concerts of artists we mutually admired like Nick Lowe and Tom Waits,...
Foundation’s Friends

Foundation’s Friends

One of my pandemic projects was to reread all of Isaac Asimov’s Robot and Foundation stories. At the time, I didn’t think I’d be returning to those stories again, and then I rediscovered a book that that been on the bookshelf here in the cartoon...
John Romita

John Romita

This week we lost another Silver Age luminary with the passing of John Romita. Although I never got to personally meet him, our paths crossed ever so tangentially back when I was commissioning faux comic book covers to use in Funky. He was a real gentleman in...
Holiday Greetings!

Holiday Greetings!

This has certainly been one of the most exciting, busy and bittersweet years in Funky Winkerbeans’s history. So it’s only fitting that we wrap it up with holiday best wishes from Harry L. Dinkle by the Christmas tree in the lobby of Barnhouse Tower, home...
Summer’s Walk Annotated

Summer’s Walk Annotated

I’m sure that some people may be curious about the buildings that Summer passes on her walk to clear her head. So I’m happy to supply some annotated coverage of her trek. In the first panel, she’s leaving her home, the setting that was central...