Many News-Leader readers will be familiar with the cartoons of Bob Palmer, but few may be aware of the Springfield newspaper cartoonists that preceded him. Before 1935, Springfield Newspapers, Inc.

Correction: This post has been updated with the correct spelling of the first name of Monte Lorts. The big Cartoons Oyster Bar & Big Room sign came down with a crash earlier this week. "The plastic ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Springfield’s annual Missouri Anime Fest is this weekend. The event celebrates all things anime and cartoons. It will feature vendors and some celebrity voice actors, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. -- The Springfield that exists in the mind of Matt Groening is a kind of American everything - hick pit stop, rosy-cheeked Rockwellian font of family values, cesspool of corruption, ...

Ever since Simpsons creator Matt Groening announced that Springfield, Ore., is the real hometown of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and the rest of the animated gang, business has been booming. And now, one ...

Upon graduation, Boylston returned to Springfield and eventually became the town's attorney, but through his work in the small town and then in the big city, he continued to see the humor in life, ...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Walking into Universal Orlando's new themed area is a bit surreal. First, you hear familiar music. Then you spot the sign: "Greetings from SPRINGFIELD U.S.A." *Billed as $4 plus GST ...

A Simpsons fan has spent two years making a painstaking recreation of the cartoon town of Springfield in his living room. Kyle McCoy, 25, made the giant mural of Homer and Marge Simpson’s home-town ...