by Tom Batiuk | Jan 17, 2024 | Komix Thoughts
Okay, so that problem was solved, and I avoided a train wreck (train wrecks can be fun to watch, I suppose, as long as you’re not riding on the train). Yes, Lisa’s long shadow would continue to fall over the work, most noticeably in the Lisa’s Legacy walk that became...
by Tom Batiuk | Jan 9, 2024 | Komix Thoughts
Things were a little bit nervy in the Funkyverse as the strip moved into 2008. For all intents and purposes, everything should have looked pretty darn rosy, but, in truth, that wasn’t quite the case. I had just experienced the success of Lisa’s Story and advanced my...
by Tom Batiuk | Jun 8, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
Lisa’s Story had a bigger impact than I think any of us expected. The story was covered by all of the major media outlets. The book received a Nautilus Award and an Independent Publisher Book Award. The strips that ran in the papers were a Pulitzer Finalist. My usual...
by Tom Batiuk | May 31, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
After that, King pushed their chips all in with mine and committed themselves to supporting the work along with the fact that I was going to do another time-jump with my characters—the biggest one yet, as a matter of fact. Oh, I hadn’t mentioned that little bit of...
by Tom Batiuk | May 23, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
For some time now, editor in chief Jay Kennedy was the individual who had my back at King Features. He had been instrumental in helping me usher difficult work to the comics page. I took Lisa’s story in to King, and the same measures that we had used to support my...
