As the USA TODAY Network debuts a new comics lineup across the nation, we are delving into the history and cultural impact of this uniquely American art form with experts from Ohio State University ...

Be it cave paintings in prehistoric Spain, hieroglyphics in Ancient Egypt, or manga in modern Japan, visual storytelling has been an important part of human expression throughout history. American ...

From 1998 to 2003, the daily Rugrats comic strip made both adults and kids laugh with depictions of Tommy Pickles, his friends, and his family, as they all navigated early childhood together. It ...

“Nancy” is back, and this time you don’t need to be a snooty scholar to dig into this American comics classic. Several momentous incidents have drawn fresh interest in the cartoon character who has ...

Here's a look at the comic strips readers began finding across all USA TODAY Network newspapers in October 2023, with the lineup set to appear in additional papers this January. The number of comics ...

Wildly popular strips like “Bloom County,” “Calvin and Hobbes,” “Cathy,” “The Far Side” “and “Doonesbury” peaked in the 1980s, but they left their mark. Share full article Many of the strips that ...

The great cartoonist Wally Wood once observed that not reading Ernie Bushmiller’s long-running newspaper comic strip, Nancy, is harder than reading it. Its minimalism makes the strip into something ...

Calvin and Hobbes, a series centered around the titular mischievous boy and his wise stuffed tiger, is one of the most beloved comic strips of all time. Created by legendary cartoonist Bill Watterson ...

Cartoonist Kevin Fagan grew up idolizing Charles M. Schulz and “Peanuts.” Now that his own comic strip, “Drabble,” is turning 45 this week, Fagan is contemplating his long run in the funny pages and ...

The comics started in Sunday supplements. But the first successful daily comic strip, “Mutt and Jeff” was geared to grownups, said Jared Gardner, an associate professor at Ohio State University, in ...

Calvin and Hobbes, Bill Watterson’s beloved comic strip, ended three decades ago this month, yet its magic endures, says William Kuskin, CU Boulder English professor and expert on comics and graphic ...