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 ...

The final Sunday strip, which ran on Dec. 25, shows more than 50 characters gathering at a church concert. Among them are Batiuk, his wife Cathy, and retired Akron Beacon-Journal editorial cartoonist ...

Funky Winkerbean is dead. Or in a coma. Or on The Island. Maybe Gilligan's. Except it's not funny. I don't mean "Gilligan's Island." That was funny. Funky Winkerbean ... not so much. The comic strip, ...

A woman searches fervently for a comic book to bring joy to her son, who is stationed with the military in Afghanistan. A man grapples with Hollywood producers over the script for a film that is ...

MEDINA, Ohio (AP) -- Like two aging baby boomers, "Funky Winkerbean" and creator Tom Batiuk have turned gray and have experienced their share of life's ups and downs in a 40-year run on the funny ...

Tom Batiuk was 25 when he cracked the comics page and was billed as a voice for his generation. Today, at 75, the Ohio-based cartoonist is still staying true to that mission. “I started out writing ...

While Funky Winkerbean may have ended, Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis, contains cross over characters from Funky on a different timeline ...

EDITOR's NOTE: Batiuk retired the Funky Winkerbean comic in December, 2022, but some of the Funky Winkerbean characters remain part of Crankshaft, available on the SeattlePI Comics pages. The creator ...

Funky Winkerbean fans knew the grim ending was near. The comic-strip character has been battling breast cancer all summer. But as readers mourn Lisa Moore, they may find some comfort in knowing that ...

The comic strip, a newspaper staple since 1972, has a story line for the fall that will end with the death of a central character. By George Gene Gustines “Funky Winkerbean,” the rare comic strip that ...