by Tom Batiuk | Apr 12, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
With a lot of trial and error, I had figured out how to transfer these powerful emotions I was dealing with to the comics page. However, readers can’t take that intensity on a daily basis, and I have the emails to prove it. If I only had a nickel for every email that...
by Tom Batiuk | Apr 1, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
From the introduction to The Complete Funky Winkerbean, Vol. 12 — 2005-2007 Lisa’s battle with cancer kept getting pushed back on the schedule as I worked on these other stories. At the start of each year, I would grab one of my trusty yellow legal pads (if they ever...
by Tom Batiuk | Mar 28, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
I entered the construction trailer, grabbed a yellow hard hat from the rack, and headed through the gate in the chain-link fence and onto the construction site. My weekly visits to classrooms in my old high school now also included visits to the new middle school that...
by Tom Batiuk | Mar 15, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
Some of those other stories included Lisa defending John Howard, the owner of the Komix Korner, when he was sued for selling obscene comic books. Funky’s cousin Wally and his struggles with PTSD upon returning from Afghanistan, and later his return to Afghanistan with...
by Tom Batiuk | Mar 8, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
It’s always good to get the house rules sorted out early, so how about if we not horse around and just deal with the elephant in the intro right out of the gate? Show of hands? Okay, we’re good. If you’re the kind of person who, like me, leafs through a collection...
