by Tom Batiuk | Oct 12, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
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,...
by Tom Batiuk | Jul 13, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
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...
by Tom Batiuk | Jun 17, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
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...
by Tom Batiuk | Dec 22, 2022 | Komix Thoughts
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...
by Tom Batiuk | Dec 16, 2022 | Komix Thoughts
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...
