Comments on: Washington Post to reduce comic section http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/12/03/washington-post-to-reduce-comic-section/ The source for industry news for the professional cartoonist Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:54:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Mike S http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/12/03/washington-post-to-reduce-comic-section/#comment-66931 Mike S Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:08:17 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/12/03/washington-post-to-reduce-comic-section/#comment-66931 "A new page design will allow us to combine the two comics sections into one convenient section with nearly all of our extensive offering of comics, puzzles and features." So, making the comics harder to read by squeezing them down is convenient to whom? Why don't they just come out and say, "Hey, we're hurting for money and this'll save us a few bucks." “A new page design will allow us to combine the two comics sections into one convenient section with nearly all of our extensive offering of comics, puzzles and features.”

So, making the comics harder to read by squeezing them down is convenient to whom? Why don’t they just come out and say, “Hey, we’re hurting for money and this’ll save us a few bucks.”

]]> By: josh s. http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/12/03/washington-post-to-reduce-comic-section/#comment-66906 josh s. Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:04:02 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/12/03/washington-post-to-reduce-comic-section/#comment-66906 The problem is the pictures. Pictures take up too much space. Maybe if they just ran the dialog, that would save space. But that would look pretty bland. What if they hired actors to read the dialog, then filmed the actors? They could build sets and play music in the background. I'll bet that would increase newspaper circulation. The problem is the pictures. Pictures take up too much space. Maybe if they just ran the dialog, that would save space. But that would look pretty bland. What if they hired actors to read the dialog, then filmed the actors? They could build sets and play music in the background. I’ll bet that would increase newspaper circulation.

]]> By: Alan Gardner http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/12/03/washington-post-to-reduce-comic-section/#comment-66893 Alan Gardner Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:51:40 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/12/03/washington-post-to-reduce-comic-section/#comment-66893 We'll have to see next week when the new redesign rolls out. We’ll have to see next week when the new redesign rolls out.

]]> By: Larry Levine http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/12/03/washington-post-to-reduce-comic-section/#comment-66892 Larry Levine Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:48:46 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/12/03/washington-post-to-reduce-comic-section/#comment-66892 Does this redesign include a 1/2 page reserved for "Opus" (as the strip originally required) or will that be squeezed in too? Does this redesign include a 1/2 page reserved for “Opus” (as the strip originally required) or will that be squeezed in too?

]]> By: Matt Bors http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/12/03/washington-post-to-reduce-comic-section/#comment-66889 Matt Bors Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:00:13 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/12/03/washington-post-to-reduce-comic-section/#comment-66889 Someday newspaper comics will fit on a microchip. Someday newspaper comics will fit on a microchip.

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