Comments on: Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury is off on hiatus, papers begin replacements

By: Sharon King

Sharon King — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:46:50 +0000

The Tampa Tribune is running Red and Rover. Hope it is not permanent, but anything goes around here…

By: David Strome

David Strome — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:30:31 +0000

The Philadelphia Inquirer today has “Single and Looking”, referred to as a sample comic strip.

By: Jim Smith

Jim Smith — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:54:35 +0000

The Bradenton (Fla.) Herald’s editors’ blog gives a bit more insight on the changes, and how readers are reacting. We’re considering more changes based on feedback — including yours.

The link:

http://bradentonherald.blogspot.com/2008/03/doonesbury-takes-vacation.html

By: Jimmy Delach

Jimmy Delach — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:57:25 +0000

New York Daily News is running F Minus. Daily News has been available in Tampa Bay area for a while (NY Post has been available for about a year-and-a-half here).

By: Deb Bennett

Deb Bennett — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:58:43 +0000

The Los Angeles Times is running a replacement strip “Cafe Con Leche” by Charles Gary. Not too funny the first day. The Riverside Press-Enterprise is running old strips.

By: Jimmy Delach

Jimmy Delach — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:20:18 +0000

Other “Doonesbury” replacements:

Rockford Register-Star: Candorville (only Monday through Saturday; no Sunday replacement until at least April 13th).

Roanoke Times: Pearls Before Swine

Standard-Times (MA.; Web site is SouthCoastToday.com): Candorville

Baton Rouge Advocate: various strips (Mutts; F Minus; Get Fuzzy; DeFlocked; The Knight Life; Pickles). Paper may be dropping Doonesbury permanently along with Peanuts, For Better Or For Worse, B.C., Mallard Fillmore, Family Circus, Ziggy and Magic Eye (those last three strips listed run only on Sundays). Advocate also wants to expand Pearls Before Swine from a Sunday strip to a seven-day-a-week strip.

Ventura County Star: Little Dog Lost

York Daily Record: various strips starting with Tundra

Bay City (Mi.) Times: Sound Off – a feature allowing local readers to opine (Doonesbury ran in the editorial pages).

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: various strips starting with Tundra.

San Francisco Chronicle: Candorville

Yakima Herald Republic: Tundra and The Other Coast. Family Tree was dropped.

By: Charles Brubaker

Charles Brubaker — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:16:17 +0000

Tribune must be seriously thinking of adding “On a Claire Day” to their lineup. They also test-runned Claire when “Cathy” went on a vacation.

By: Louis G. Atsaves

Louis G. Atsaves — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:09:58 +0000

Chicago Tribune is using On A Claire Day as a replacement.

By: Mike Rhode

Mike Rhode — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:17:52 +0000

Washington Post is running a variety, but starting with Daddy’s Home by Anthony Rubino Jr. and Gary Markstein.

By: Anne Hambrock

Anne Hambrock — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:10:48 +0000

Rich not Rick! Geez! Or in the words of Homer Simpson “Doh!”