Comments on: Diesel Sweeties to end print run in August

By: Winter W

Winter W — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:24:39 +0000

I don’t want to sound disapointed but, personally i prefer the print version (witch i read on comics.com) alot more then the web version.

By: Stacy Curtis

Stacy Curtis — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:41:01 +0000

That’s too bad, Rich. At least you had the sense to say it didn’t work and get out without spending the next twenty years of your life working for 30 newspapers.

Best of luck with DS elsewhere.

By: Matt Bors

Matt Bors — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:27:01 +0000

That’s too bad it didn’t work out. DS was (and is!) a promising strip. I wish more fish wrappers were willing to add it.

Good luck, Rich.

By: Larry Levine

Larry Levine — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:27:32 +0000

Rich, Best of luck!!!

By: r stevens

r stevens — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:03:47 +0000

As much as I don’t care for Family Guy, I’d be all over working in the Adsense medium.

By: Jason Nocera

Jason Nocera — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:34:51 +0000

Not to derail this news story – but that Google news story can mark a great turning point for cartoonists. It’s what the syndicates should have done on the web all along. PROVIDE CONTENT FOR OTHER SITES. Isn’t that what comic strips are supposed to do??

Here’s a line in that article that stood out for me:

“Instead of creating a Web site and hoping Sethâ€™s fans find it, we are going to push the content to where people are already at.â€

This is the business model I’ve been using for my Buddy and Hopkins comic strip. Instead of showing new ones each week on my website, I have it appear on other websites that pay me in return.

By: John Lotshaw

John Lotshaw — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:07:43 +0000

Google hooking up with Seth McFarlane? Oh, Gawd… so much for “don’t be evil”…

By: J.G. Moore

J.G. Moore — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:19:51 +0000

Check this out:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/30/business/30google.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Even Google is doing webcomics/animation. I think Rich made the right move.

By: J.G. Moore

J.G. Moore — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:51:01 +0000

If it ain’t broke… The web is the right place for any comic that does not involve a dog, cat, or family. This just shows that the webcomic is a different “animal” than the print comic. It also shows how unprofitable print comics really are. The fact that Rich, with a successful webcomic, had to stop doing print shows that for most cartoonist, print i$ dead. Sad but true.

By: r stevens

r stevens — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:44:05 +0000

Then this is already the most positive thread in history with the words “web” and “print” in the article.

alan- I had to hold off on your email until this was a done deal, but I’m happy to do questions later if you think it’s useful.