As I mentioned before, Judge Parker artist Eduardo Barreto fell ill several weeks ago, and was temporarily replaced by a ghost artist.

It was announced recently that artist Mike Manley has become Barreto’s permanent replacement.  I’m not sold on Manly’s interpretation quite yet, but it always takes a while to get used to a new artist.  We’ll see how the strip progresses over the next few months.

Update: I was under the impression that Manley was the ghost artist and had been recently awarded the job full-time, but many astute readers pointed out that this was incorrect.  The interim artist is John Heebink.  Mike Manley’s strips will start on March 15th.

Here’s a side by side:

Barreto - Judge Parker - 02/21/2010

John Heebink - Judge Parker - 02/19/2010

Judge Parker - 02/15/2010

Quite different from Barreto’s style, to be sure.

Funky Winkerbean - 01/27/2010

Funky Winkerbean - 01/26/2010

Funky Winkerbean - 01/25/2010

Everyone’s favorite advice columnist/single dad Wilbur Weston has taken time out of his busy existence at Charterstone, and joined Facebook!

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This is your opportunity to get inside the mind of one of the most boring characters to ever grace a comic strip.  Don’t miss out!

This reminds me of my highschool days, when our grades went A-E.  An “E” meant you failed.  It seems for most students, the latter grades skip over “E” entirely, and go straight to “F”.  I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone that wasn’t from my hometown that ever received an “E” on a test for failing - until now!  Perhaps Archie Andrews and I attended the same high school.

Lockhorns - 11.19.2009

Lie all you want Leroy, but Dr. Blog isn’t fooled and Loretta is pissed.  Your poor acting job is going to get you some more “poking” when you get home.

The criminals in Spider-world are about as dumb as they come.  Fortunately for them, the cops and super hero that also inhabit the tow give them a run for their money.  While the amazing Spiderman holds off on saving the day so he can setup his camera and make a few bucks, the bad guys are escaping the bank, avoiding the cops who apparently haven’t realized that if they take a few steps to the right, they’ll have a nice clear shot.  Speaking of which, is it standard protocol to fire indiscriminately at bank robbers?

Hopefully, we’ll see the return of Super-Pigeon when Spiderman comes back to collect his camera.

Close To Home - 11.18.2009

Wait, what?  So he setup a gun to shoot himself?  He’s playing some strange type of three-card poker, and he gets shot with a USB pistol.  And how exactly does one cheat at online poker?  Meh.

LuAnn - 11.18.2009

…and this wins the award for creepiest panel of the day.  A special prize goes to whoever comes up with the best alternate speech bubble text for this one

And finally, Comic Strip Archive is now Twittering.  Be the first one on your block to follow us on Twitter!

I also took this opportunity to add The Phantom to the archives.  I’m not sure why I missed that one the first time, but it’s there now.

I’ll be adding about 8- new comics in the coming days, including a few that I read daily like Big Nate and Candorville.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Also, I’m hoping to start featuring WebComics soon. There are a lot of good ones out there, and hopefully I can help you find some great comics you’ve never heard of. I’m sure there are good web comincs that I don’t know about, so feel free to suggest some to me.

Also, my day job is as a web designer, running Baltimore Website Design and Porcupine Website Design. If you are in need of web design services, please keep me in mind.  Thanks!

I also hope to post more often, and discuss more comic-related things, especially good web comics, of which there are surprisingly many.

Here is today’s Apartment 3-G:

Apartment 3-G - 02/21/2009

Here is a Mary Worth strip from two years ago:

Mary Worth - 01/05/2007

Notice any similarities?  Not to mention that the gentlemen in question are both working in Asia at the time.

Here’s a side-by-side comparison:

I smell a lawsuit.  Stay tuned for all the details!