Unlike Comics Kingdom, GoComics cartoons can be licensed for various purposes, including blog posts. It’s $35 for a non-commercial license, with another $10 for a service fee.
I already had a problem with licensing strips. The latest credit card expiration year they provide is 2028, and only one of my cards has that date. The others are later. Without that card it wouldn’t be possible for me to license a comic strip for display here.
But now it’s a moot point, because even using the 2028 card, my latest order didn’t work. I’ve been charged only the $10 service fee. They’re breaking the #1 rule of business — don’t make it difficult for people to give you money.
I’ll tell ya what. Here’s a link to the comic strip I wanted to have here.
https://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2025/07/11
Assuming they can fix their problems I’ll get a license, download my copy, and either update this post or publish a new one.
Art Spiegelman will be attending the NCS conference in Boston in August, and so will I. If I continue to be frustrated in my attempts to license comic strips, I’m sure someone from Andrews/McMeel will be there.