by Elyse Ohryn | Apr 24, 2020 | Media and Events
Published April 24, 2020 Kent State University Magazine by Macy Kittelberger About five years ago, cartoonist Tom Batiuk, BFA ’69—perhaps best known for his long-running newspaper comic strip, Funky Winkerbean—was contacted by a local high school student who wanted to...
by Elyse Ohryn | Sep 8, 2019 | Media, Media and Events
Published Sept. 8, 2019 The New York Times by George Gene Gustines “Funky Winkerbean,” the rare comic strip that allows its characters to grow and age, starts a 10-week story line on Monday that contains a tragedy. Fans of the long-running strip who would like to be...
by Elyse Ohryn | Oct 15, 2017 | Media, Media and Events
by Elyse Ohryn | Sep 10, 2017 | Media, Media and Events
Published Sept 10, 2017 SeattlePI by Zosha Millman Tom Batiuk is a year ahead of all of us. His comic, “Funky Winkerbean,” has been in production since 1972, and in the decades since he’s found himself with a lot of room between creation of a strip...
by Elyse Ohryn | Nov 17, 2014 | Media, Media and Events
Published November 17, 2014 Variety By Brian Steinberg A woman searches fervently for a comic book to bring joy to her son, who is stationed with the military in Afghanistan. A man grapples with Hollywood producers over the script for a film that is supposed to be...
