“A special thanks to all of the Funky faithful for coming along for the ride.” ❤️
MEDINA, Ohio - Comic artist and Northeast Ohio native Tom Batiuk announced the retirement of ‘Funky Winkerbean.’
The comic, first appearing in newspapers in 1973, will come to an end at the end of the year, Batiuk said in an“More than fifty years ago the cast of Funky Winkerbean began their journey on the American comics pages, and as the official chaperone of these special characters, they took me with them as they traveled from the Tournament of Roses Parade to the White House,”“However, nothing goes on for infinity and so this wonderful odyssey will reach its conclusion on December 31 of this year.
Batiuk, a Kent State University alumnae and multi-award-winning cartoonist, said he will continue to post original stories surrounding the syndicated character to his website. I still plan to post new original Funky stories at my new website tombatiuk.com from time to time along with my ongoing collaboration with Dangerous Dan Davis on Crankshaft, and also my work on the close to my heart Complete Funky Winkerbean collections . And speaking of Crankshaft, I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see Funky and friends popping up every now and then in that irascible school bus driver’s strip.
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