Major comic page shake up at the Detriot Free Press

The Detroit Free Press announced over the weekend that they were launching a new and improved features section called “Life.” In passing they mention…

You’ll find some other changes in Monday’s paper, including a new comics lineup, a new page with more puzzles and a fresh new focus for The List! — metro Detroit’s best local entertainment calendar.

What they didn’t say is that they were going to drop 15 features and only adding 3. According to Neil Robinson on Google’s rec.arts.comics.strips group, here is the list of features that are debuting this week; which features are out and which will stay.

In:
Bliss / Henry Bliss
Cow & boy / Mark Leiknes
A lawyer, a doctor & a cop / Kieran Meehan

Out:

Big top / Rob Harrell
Brewster Rockit, space guy! / Tim Rickard
Clear blue water / Karen Montague-Reyes
Close to home / John McPherson
Elderberries / Phil Frank and Joe Troise
Herb & Jamaal / Steven Bentley
Housebroken / Steve Watkins
Humble stumble / Roy Schneider
La Cucaracha / Lalo Alcaraz
Pardon my planet / Vic Lee
Preteena / Allison Barrows
Real life adventures / Wise and Aldrich
Sherman’s Lagoon / Jim Toomey
Sunshine club / Howie Schneider
Triple take / Todd Clark and Scott Nickel

Staying:

Arlo ‘n’ Janis / Jimmy Johnson
Beetle Bailey / Mort and Greg Walker
Blondie / Dean Young
Candorville / Darrin Bell
Cathy / Cathy Guisewite
A college girl named Joe / Aaron Warner
For better or for worse / Lynn Johnston
Foxtrot / Bill Amend
Frazz / Jef Mallett
Garfield / Jim Davis
Get fuzzy / Darby Conley
Hagar the Horrible / Chris Browne
Heart of the city / Mark Tatulli
Ink pen / Phil Dunlap
Judge Parker / Paul Nichols
Jump start / Robb Armstrong
The Lockhorns / Hoest and Reiner
Luann / Greg Evans
Mother Goose & Grimm / Mike Peters
Mr. Boffo / Joe Martin
Non sequitur / Wiley Miller
Overboard / Chip Dunham
Pearls before swine / Stephan Pastis
Rhymes with orange / Hilary Price
Sally Forth / Francesco Marciuliano
Speed bump / Dave Coverly
Zits / Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman