“Mark Trail,” a newspaper comic strip about an outdoor magazine writer and environmentalism, is getting a makeover. On Oct. 12, the cartoonist Jules Rivera will take over the strip. If you have never heard of “Mark Trail,” which debuted in 1946, no worries — neither had Rivera. “I didn’t seek out nature-dude comic strips.”Rivera is known for her slice-of-life webcomic “Love, Joolz.” She said she discovered a lot to love about Mark Trail while doing her research on the strip. “That’s depth!” (“That’s a cave joke,” she added.)

Source: New York Times September 25, 2020 12:56 UTC