Last week, on May 4, 2026, The Gloucester Daily Times informed their readers why they could no longer find the newspaper’s comics page. From the unsigned editorial (or here): In today’s paper, you’ll notice that while all your favorite puzzles are available, we’ve decided to eliminate the comics in our weekday print editions. This is […]
Last week, on May 4, 2026, The Gloucester Daily Times informed their readers why they could no longer find the newspaper’s comics page. From the unsigned editorial (or here): In today’s paper, you’ll notice that while all your favorite puzzles are available, we’ve decided to eliminate the comics in our weekday print editions. This is […]
Sour Grapes is new at GoComics, sour grapes is an old story with newspapers, The Singh Brotherhood vexes the olde and the new Phantom, Henry Barajas presents good trouble, bad trouble for Scott Adams and revolutionary trouble with Sam Adams, MAD memories with John Ficarra and Gerry Gersten, and Keith Knight about That One Black […]
Sour Grapes is new at GoComics, sour grapes is an old story with newspapers, The Singh Brotherhood vexes the olde and the new Phantom, Henry Barajas presents good trouble, bad trouble for Scott Adams and revolutionary trouble with Sam Adams, MAD memories with John Ficarra and Gerry Gersten, and Keith Knight about That One Black […]
In the June 5, 1926 issue Editor & Publisher presented their “Third Annual Directory of Press Features.” The Newspaper Art section listed “Cartoons, Comic Strips, Magazine Covers and Sketches” available to, well, editors and publishers of newspapers and other publications. Note: most of the cartoons listed in the other sections are listed here under “Cartoons.” […]
In the June 5, 1926 issue Editor & Publisher presented their “Third Annual Directory of Press Features.” The Newspaper Art section listed “Cartoons, Comic Strips, Magazine Covers and Sketches” available to, well, editors and publishers of newspapers and other publications. Note: most of the cartoons listed in the other sections are listed here under “Cartoons.” […]
The Washington Star sues The Star, Stars and Stripes sues The Pentagon, and the suits at The Salt Lake Tribune drop the paywall. The Star v. The Washington Star Back in April we were told Washington D.C. was about to once more get a news outlet called The Star. That may take a bit longer […]
The Washington Star sues The Star, Stars and Stripes sues The Pentagon, and the suits at The Salt Lake Tribune drop the paywall. The Star v. The Washington Star Back in April we were told Washington D.C. was about to once more get a news outlet called The Star. That may take a bit longer […]
It is one thing that we comic strip fans are aware of the situation, but when newspaper editors, who are on the whole no more knowledgeable than the general newspaper reading public about comic strips, are taking notice it is a warning sign to the short form sequential art. Last week The Gloucester Daily Times […]
It is one thing that we comic strip fans are aware of the situation, but when newspaper editors, who are on the whole no more knowledgeable than the general newspaper reading public about comic strips, are taking notice it is a warning sign to the short form sequential art. Last week The Gloucester Daily Times […]
“New comics to start in June” When I saw the headline for The Sharon (Pa.) Herald article about their comics pages I thought it just the first of what will be a number of newspapers explaining why Big Nate will no longer be appearing daily. Turns out it was something else. From The Sharon Herald […]
“New comics to start in June” When I saw the headline for The Sharon (Pa.) Herald article about their comics pages I thought it just the first of what will be a number of newspapers explaining why Big Nate will no longer be appearing daily. Turns out it was something else. From The Sharon Herald […]
A couple months ago the Dubuque, Iowa Telegraph Herald cut its comics pages from one and a half down to one, dropping eight comic strips and panels in the process. Executive Editor Amy Gilligan explained (or here): As I observe other papers, I don’t see a lot of them running more than a page of […]
A couple months ago the Dubuque, Iowa Telegraph Herald cut its comics pages from one and a half down to one, dropping eight comic strips and panels in the process. Executive Editor Amy Gilligan explained (or here): As I observe other papers, I don’t see a lot of them running more than a page of […]
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