David Apatoff revisits his friend Richard Thompson's Santa comic

RICHARD THOMPSON'S SANTA

 I love Richard Thompson's modern celebrity Santa.  

 David Apatoff

Illustration Art December 23, 2025

https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2025/12/richard-thompsons-santa.html

Another Richard Thompson comic strip up for auction

Richard Thompson Cul de Sac Daily Comic Strip Original Art dated 11-3-08 (Washington Post)

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/comic-strip-art/richard-thompson-cul-de-sac-daily-comic-strip-original-art-dated-11-3-08-washington-post-2008-/a/322549-46284.s 

Richard Thompson Sunday strip sells at Heritage

Lot: 97165
Richard Thompson Cul de Sac Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 4-6-08 (Universal Press Syndicate, 2008)....
 
Auction Results: $2,600.00
($3,250.00 w/BP)

Richard Thompson "Cul de Sac" Sunday on Heritage Auctions

A classic, but too rich for my blood

Richard Thompson Cul de Sac Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 4-6-08 (Universal Press Syndicate)

Current Bid:

$1,100

w/ Buyer's Premium (BP) : $1,375.00

Status: No Reserve

Time Left:  17 days

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/comic-strip-art/richard-thompson-cul-de-sac-sunday-comic-strip-original-art-dated-4-6-08-universal-press-syndicate-2008-/a/7438-97165.s?ic4=OtherResults-SampleItem-022817&tab=SearchResults-120115#

Santa Rosa Press Democrat considering adding Cul de Sac to current comics page

Read the story here - 

Press Democrat Adding Two Strips

 D. D. Degg  

October 21, 2025  

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/10/20/press-democrat-adding-two-comics/ 

DD says, "The paper is giving comic fans the choice of six comic strips – Arctic Circle, Crabgrass, Cul de Sac, Dumplings, Macanudo, and Sherman's Lagoon."

My comment on the Daily Cartoonist site is "As much as I love him, and his strip, there's no way Richard Thompson's Cul de Sac should be considered for this. It's not even a zombie comic strip. He's been gone for years now, and the comics page should belong to living cartoonists."

Alan Gardner remembers meeting Richard Thompson (on what would have been his 68th birthday)

TDC @ 20: Meeting Your Heroes

 Alan Gardner  

October 8, 2025  

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/10/08/tdc-20-meeting-your-heroes/

Danielle Corsetto draws Alice for Team Cul de Sac

Chris Sparks will be doing the annual Drink and Draw at Heroes Con this summer. Danielle Corsetto, who was a big fan of Richard's, was in Asheville this weekend and drew this coaster (along with another of her characters) for fundraising for Parkinson's disease research.