Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Funky Winkerbean through the years. It's the end of an era. And the end of the story for "Funky Winkerbean." Akron-born Tom Batiuk ...

The syndicated comic strip, which appeared in more than 400 newspapers at its peak, concludes Saturday after a 50-year run. Cartoonist Tom Batiuk was 25 years old when the strip debuted in 1972. Now ...

Batiuk graduated from Kent State University in 1969 and began his career teaching junior high arts and crafts in Elyria. While teaching, he began drawing a panel called “Rapping Around” for the Teen ...

MEDINA, Ohio — After 50 years in newspapers across America, the journey Tom Batiuk calls a "wonderful odyssey" is coming to an end. The Northeast Ohio native Batiuk announced he will be retiring his ...

The first Funky Winkerbean strip appeared in 1972 in 78 newspapers. Today, the Funky Winkerbean strip is distributed by North America Syndicate, a division of King Features Syndicate and appears in ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. When will the current Funky Winkerbean cartoon finally be finished? This supposed "cartoon" has absolutely no business being in ...

The comic, first appearing in newspapers in 1973, will come to an end at the end of the year, Batiuk said in an announcement on his website. “More than fifty years ago the cast of Funky Winkerbean ...

LA Daily News readers are up-n-arms due to some changes happening at the Valley paper, the most controversial being the removal of ten apparently-popular cartoon strips and the addition of some new ...

It's the end of an era. And the end of the story for "Funky Winkerbean." Akron-born Tom Batiuk has announced that the 50-year story arc of the newspaper comic strip "Funky Winkerbean" will end on Dec.

MEDINA, Ohio — After 50 years in newspapers across America, the journey Tom Batiuk calls a "wonderful odyssey" is coming to an end. The Northeast Ohio native Batiuk announced he will be retiring his ...