Comments on: More recent comic page changes http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/03/16/more-recent-comic-page-changes/ 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: RS Davis http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/03/16/more-recent-comic-page-changes/#comment-80677 RS Davis Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:20:26 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=4219#comment-80677 That editor's brother must be in charge of the Federal Reserve. I read once that editors much preferred lots of white space, simple pictures and very little text in comic strips. Now, I have no way to know if that is true, but if it is, it seems to imply editors think readers are unintelligent hayseeds that have to be spoon fed simple, flat, mega-non-offensive humor. I looked up 'W.T. Duck' and read several strips. It's OK, in that same way so many other strips today are - mildy amusing, a smidgen off beat but still profoundly 'safe', if you get my meaning. But better than 'Get Fuzzy'? No way! I think 'Get Fuzzy' is one of the top 3 strips out there now, not only for truly off beat humor, but for engaging and fun artwork. Hell, it's worth it's real estate in the paper just to get to see Bucky's fang every morning. But what's fair in life? The current online poll being done by the Washinton Post has 'Judge Parker' trouncing 'Pooch Cafe' & 'The Piranha Club.' What the #$%@& is going on!? http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2009/03/the_post_poll_which_dropped_co.html That editor’s brother must be in charge of the Federal Reserve.

I read once that editors much preferred lots of white space, simple pictures and very little text in comic strips. Now, I have no way to know if that is true, but if it is, it seems to imply editors think readers are unintelligent hayseeds that have to be spoon fed simple, flat, mega-non-offensive humor.

I looked up ‘W.T. Duck’ and read several strips. It’s OK, in that same way so many other strips today are – mildy amusing, a smidgen off beat but still profoundly ‘safe’, if you get my meaning. But better than ‘Get Fuzzy’? No way!

I think ‘Get Fuzzy’ is one of the top 3 strips out there now, not only for truly off beat humor, but for engaging and fun artwork. Hell, it’s worth it’s real estate in the paper just to get to see Bucky’s fang every morning.

But what’s fair in life? The current online poll being done by the Washinton Post has ‘Judge Parker’ trouncing ‘Pooch Cafe’ & ‘The Piranha Club.’

What the #$%@& is going on!?

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2009/03/the_post_poll_which_dropped_co.html

]]> By: Chris Fournier http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/03/16/more-recent-comic-page-changes/#comment-80672 Chris Fournier Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:32:27 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=4219#comment-80672 I remember that day when I opened the Toronto Star at work and didn't see "Get Fuzzy". A sad, sad day! I'm not sure "W.T. Duck" is a better replacement and quite frankly I fail to see how it's going to reach a wider audience than "Get Fuzzy". I'm wondering if this new replacement will appeal to the masses like "Get Fuzzy" did. I remember that day when I opened the Toronto Star at work and didn’t see “Get Fuzzy”. A sad, sad day!

I’m not sure “W.T. Duck” is a better replacement and quite frankly I fail to see how it’s going to reach a wider audience than “Get Fuzzy”.

I’m wondering if this new replacement will appeal to the masses like “Get Fuzzy” did.

]]> By: steve skelton http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/03/16/more-recent-comic-page-changes/#comment-80582 steve skelton Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:46:53 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=4219#comment-80582 For the annual cost to run a comic it seems like the easiest way to keep and even gain new readers. I am really surprised struggling papers aren't adding strips rather than cutting them. A third page ad can often pay for a comic for a whole year. BTW Hi and Lois was replaced by The Pajama Diaries this week in my local paper The Longmont Times Call, which is also home to the strip 2 Cows and a Chicken. For the annual cost to run a comic it seems like the easiest way to keep and even gain new readers. I am really surprised struggling papers aren’t adding strips rather than cutting them. A third page ad can often pay for a comic for a whole year.

BTW Hi and Lois was replaced by The Pajama Diaries this week in my local paper The Longmont Times Call, which is also home to the strip 2 Cows and a Chicken.

]]> By: Quint Nelson http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/03/16/more-recent-comic-page-changes/#comment-80551 Quint Nelson Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:51:17 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=4219#comment-80551 Sorry Mike, but editors make up stuff all of the time to justify changes to unknowing readers. Ms English said "some newsroom comics page readers" in a very casual manner. How many people did she ask, six or seven? Gimme a break. As far as comics going in to periodic slumps, Hi and Lois has been in one since 1982 and that strip is still in too many papers. Sorry Mike, but editors make up stuff all of the time to justify changes to unknowing readers. Ms English said “some newsroom comics page readers” in a very casual manner. How many people did she ask, six or seven? Gimme a break.

As far as comics going in to periodic slumps, Hi and Lois has been in one since 1982 and that strip is still in too many papers.

]]> By: Mike Peterson http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/03/16/more-recent-comic-page-changes/#comment-80547 Mike Peterson Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:45:43 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=4219#comment-80547 "The poll of the newsroom comic page reader quote is a lie. Who was Ms English talking to, the janitor? Newsrooms love Get Fuzzy." Got a source for this statement? First, that she didn't ask around, and, second, that newsroom personnel generally prefer Get Fuzzy? The paper I was working for back when Darby had a prolonged bout of back spasms and lousy strips (four years ago? five?) dropped the strip and there wasn't a peep out of the newsroom. Maybe they all went to work in Toronto, d'ya think? “The poll of the newsroom comic page reader quote is a lie. Who was Ms English talking to, the janitor? Newsrooms love Get Fuzzy.”

Got a source for this statement? First, that she didn’t ask around, and, second, that newsroom personnel generally prefer Get Fuzzy? The paper I was working for back when Darby had a prolonged bout of back spasms and lousy strips (four years ago? five?) dropped the strip and there wasn’t a peep out of the newsroom.

Maybe they all went to work in Toronto, d’ya think?

]]> By: Quint Nelson http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/03/16/more-recent-comic-page-changes/#comment-80546 Quint Nelson Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:08:04 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=4219#comment-80546 Cancelling Get Fuzzy is pathetic. I'm sure there are plenty of lame comics in the Toronto Star that more than deserve the heave-ho before Get Fuzzy. If I was an editor at another Toronto newspaper, I'd grap Get Fuzzy ASAP. Just because the old folks "don't get it" shouldn't be the reason for cancelling Darby Conely's great strip. It's just another reason to cancel your subscription to the Star. The poll of the newsroom comic page reader quote is a lie. Who was Ms English talking to, the janitor? Newsrooms love Get Fuzzy. Cancelling Get Fuzzy is pathetic. I’m sure there are plenty of lame comics in the Toronto Star that more than deserve the heave-ho before Get Fuzzy. If I was an editor at another Toronto newspaper, I’d grap Get Fuzzy ASAP. Just because the old folks “don’t get it” shouldn’t be the reason for cancelling Darby Conely’s great strip. It’s just another reason to cancel your subscription to the Star.

The poll of the newsroom comic page reader quote is a lie. Who was Ms English talking to, the janitor? Newsrooms love Get Fuzzy.

]]> By: Stacy Curtis http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/03/16/more-recent-comic-page-changes/#comment-80545 Stacy Curtis Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:38:05 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=4219#comment-80545 Speechless even. Speechless even.

]]> By: Mark Tatulli http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/03/16/more-recent-comic-page-changes/#comment-80543 Mark Tatulli Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:34:39 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=4219#comment-80543 I really, really felt bummed. I really, really felt bummed.

]]> By: phil tography http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/03/16/more-recent-comic-page-changes/#comment-80540 phil tography Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:53:12 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=4219#comment-80540 it is rough anytime a strip is cancelled by a newspaper. while we may like a certain one, there are more people who don't like it and are happy it is gone. I felt bummed out when my paper pulled Lio, to dark for some tastes, I guess. That is why I have it e-mailed to me. it is rough anytime a strip is cancelled by a newspaper. while we may like a certain one, there are more people who don’t like it and are happy it is gone. I felt bummed out when my paper pulled Lio, to dark for some tastes, I guess. That is why I have it e-mailed to me.

]]> By: Garey Mckee http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/03/16/more-recent-comic-page-changes/#comment-80537 Garey Mckee Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:18:57 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=4219#comment-80537 Would one of those infamous "reader polls" work any better? At least they didn't replace Get Fuzzy with something completely lame. Would one of those infamous “reader polls” work any better? At least they didn’t replace Get Fuzzy with something completely lame.

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