Comments on: An editor’s guide to comics http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/12/01/an-editors-guide-to-comics/ The source for industry news for the professional cartoonist Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:09:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: JBoy http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/12/01/an-editors-guide-to-comics/#comment-66863 JBoy Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:56:45 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/12/01/an-editors-guide-to-comics/#comment-66863 MORE and LARGER comics would necessitate MORE and LARGER newspages not filled with ADVERTISING, which is as LIKELY as BILL WATTERSON launching a MYSPACE page. The biggest challenge to newspaper comic art (other than incurious and timid editors) is ever-shrinking newspage width. Compared to the broadpages on which masters like Kelly and Capp had their work printed, today's newspapers are downright anorexic. Some strips are so small I have trouble reading them; Get Fuzzy is particularly tough on my AARP-eligible eyebones. MORE and LARGER comics would necessitate MORE and LARGER newspages not filled with ADVERTISING, which is as LIKELY as BILL WATTERSON launching a MYSPACE page.

The biggest challenge to newspaper comic art (other than incurious and timid editors) is ever-shrinking newspage width. Compared to the broadpages on which masters like Kelly and Capp had their work printed, today’s newspapers are downright anorexic. Some strips are so small I have trouble reading them; Get Fuzzy is particularly tough on my AARP-eligible eyebones.

]]> By: Rich Diesslin http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/12/01/an-editors-guide-to-comics/#comment-66861 Rich Diesslin Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:57:29 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/12/01/an-editors-guide-to-comics/#comment-66861 Much better than being the Dead editor. ;0 Interesting reflections. Much better than being the Dead editor. ;0 Interesting reflections.

]]> By: Mike Rhode http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/12/01/an-editors-guide-to-comics/#comment-66858 Mike Rhode Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:59:58 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/12/01/an-editors-guide-to-comics/#comment-66858 WELL, if editors added MORE comics and ran them LARGER, then people might have a reason to buy newspapers instead of surfing the web, no? Personally I read all three pages the Washington Post runs and pick up some of the free papers in DC to read their comics. WELL, if editors added MORE comics and ran them LARGER, then people might have a reason to buy newspapers instead of surfing the web, no? Personally I read all three pages the Washington Post runs and pick up some of the free papers in DC to read their comics.

]]>