From Brian Anderson’s blog, comes news that the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has dropped his feature “Dog Eat Doug.”
Time to rally the troops. St. Louis Post-Dispatch has been sampling DeD this month. They say the response has not been favorable.
If you?re in that area, or know anyone in that area have them drop the paper a line. It will make a huge difference! Plus you?ll get tons of kisses from Sophie!
If your in the St. Louis area, you can call the main desk at (314) 340-8000 and ask for Features.
Thanks for posting this!
Thanks for posting this!
I live in St. Louis and read the P-D. Dog Eat Doug seems sweet enough, but it was a disappointing replacement for Lucky Cow, which was dropped by stealth — pulled to make room for the Calvin & Hobbes promo run, and then replaced without explanation by Dog Eat Doug. Given that trade-off, I’m not inclined to welcome yet another cute-kid-and-animal strip in this slot. Apparently I’m not the only one to say that to the P-D.
I live in St. Louis and read the P-D. Dog Eat Doug seems sweet enough, but it was a disappointing replacement for Lucky Cow, which was dropped by stealth — pulled to make room for the Calvin & Hobbes promo run, and then replaced without explanation by Dog Eat Doug. Given that trade-off, I’m not inclined to welcome yet another cute-kid-and-animal strip in this slot. Apparently I’m not the only one to say that to the P-D.
I second Robin’s thoughts. Doug is pleasant enough, but there are so many superior strips that are fighting for space. Newspapers need professional buyers for their comics sections, not editors. Editors don’t know what’s funny, they know what’s newsworthy and even that’s debatable — they usually let AP tell them.
I second Robin’s thoughts. Doug is pleasant enough, but there are so many superior strips that are fighting for space. Newspapers need professional buyers for their comics sections, not editors. Editors don’t know what’s funny, they know what’s newsworthy and even that’s debatable — they usually let AP tell them.