Industry news for the professional cartoonist
For all those who complain that comic features never die – even after their original creator does will be happy to read that The Clarion-Ledger has dropped Peanuts. The Peanuts gang is being replaced with Sudoku. Another change is a trial run of Housebroken Steve Watkins. Stevens’ feature will run through the Boondocks hiatus. And…
In a cost cutting move, the ‘Sacramento Bee is reducing the number of pages in it’s Sunday funnies from 8 to 6 pages. Four of the comics dropped from the smaller section will still run in the Bee on weekdays. They include “Bizarro,” “Garfield,” “Hi and Lois,” and “Rubes.” Strips being dropped entirely by the…
The Herald (Monterey, CA) has done a major shake up on their funnies page. They recently polled their readers to find out which features were the most popular and which ones should be dropped. Results: The top three favorites also were clear-cut: “For Better or For Worse,” “Zits” and “Blondie.” From there, the voting got…