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 ...

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 ...

Be it cave paintings in prehistoric Spain, hieroglyphics in Ancient Egypt, or manga in modern Japan, visual storytelling has ...

“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 ...

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 ...

As the beloved comic strip turns 75, PEOPLE looks back at "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz, who died in 2000 at age 77 Peanuts.com; CBS via Getty Charles M Schulz, the creator of Charlie Brown and ...

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 ...