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...
Behind the Curtain

Behind the Curtain

So this post was originally intended as a peak behind the Funky curtain concerning this beautiful Wayback Wendy Sunday comic book cover. But, before I start, I have to step up to a monumental screw-up an embarrassing faux pas. When I was tipping the Funky felt-tip to...
Fifty Years Before the Masthead 4

Fifty Years Before the Masthead 4

In 2007, Lisa lost her battle with cancer. The Lisa’s Story arc was a Pulitzer Finalist. There was another time jump for the characters, and and the daughters and sons of the original Funky cast were now the new kids in...
Fifty Years Before the Masthead 3

Fifty Years Before the Masthead 3

The year 1995 saw the strip deal with the subject of teen suicide to the same overwhelming response from readers. The story arc was collected in The Complete Funky Winkerbean Volume 8. The late nineties were a time of weddings as Les and Lisa got married in1996, and...