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 ...

*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 ...

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 ...

Batiuk, 65, has morphed his characters over the years from mop-headed beatniks to graying 60-somethings, much like the changes for Batiuk, his hair over his collar in the 1970s but now graying and cut ...

Ready or not, two boys are going to the prom together at a high school near you. That would be Westview High School. If you want to know where that is, don’t consult a map. Grab the funny pages. The ...

the cartoonist has dealt with serious and sometimes controversial subjects such as teenage pregnancy, capital punishment, cancer and alcoholism. Batiuk will delve into socially relevant waters again ...

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 ...