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...
by Tom Batiuk | Nov 21, 2022 | Komix Thoughts
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...
by Tom Batiuk | Nov 20, 2022 | Komix Thoughts
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...
