In celebration of this week’s comic, Lucky Ducky, in “Dog Show,” I’m offering, for a limited time only, gear, swag, and merchandise from the prestigious and exclusive Dogos Forum.
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Now available for your reading pleasure: The 2023 Tom the Dancing Bug Annual!
This pdf contains every Tom the Dancing Bug comic of 2023, plus exclusive commentary, all digitized for your reading pleasure. And it can be yours for the low, low price of $24.99.
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1/11/23 UPDATE: Also for purchase now are the 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 TOM THE DANCING BUG ANNUALS (just comics, no commentary). $11.99 each at the Tom the Dancing Bug Patreon Shop.
NOTE: These prices will be higher ($17.50!) if viewed on the Patreon’s Apple app because of Apple’s surcharge. The prices should be $11.99 if viewed on Patreon’s website or the Android app.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 1/1/24
New York, NY: The weekly comic strip “Tom the Dancing Bug,” by Ruben Bolling, announced that it has added Mickey Mouse to its roster of characters. Today, copyright to the Mickey Mouse character lapsed from the ownership of The Disney Company to the public domain.
The first “Tom the Dancing Bug” comic strip of 2024, which premiered today on the website BoingBoing.net, features Mickey Mouse in various roles in the comic strip’s Super-Fun-Pak Comix feature. Link at: https://boingboing.net/2024/01/01/meet-tom-the-dancing-bugs-newest-character-mickey-mouse.html
Mickey Mouse is one of thousands of pieces of intellectual property first published in 1928 that are entering the public domain under United States copyright law. This means that Mickey Mouse and these other properties may now be published and used by anyone, without the permission of the original copyright holders.
“Tom the Dancing Bug” author Ruben Bolling believes that Mickey Mouse will be a valuable addition to the comic strip’s roster of characters. He said, “Mickey Mouse is a pretty good character, and I’m looking forward to putting the character in some funny situations, which may increase his popularity.”
Bolling added, “I also understand that Mickey has a girlfriend that entered the public domain this year, and think I may use her too, because their romance could lead to some comic situations.”
About “Tom the Dancing Bug”: ”Tom the Dancing Bug,” the weekly comic strip by Ruben Bolling, is a two-time Pulitzer Prize Finalist, a Herblock Prize winner, and a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award Winner. In addition to being syndicated to newspapers by Andrews McMeel Syndication, it appears on the websites BoingBoing.net, DailyKos.com, and GoComics.com. More information is at tomthedancingbug.com.
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