Comments on: Chicago Tribune increases size of some comics http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/02/03/chicago-tribune-increases-size-of-some-comics/ 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: Dave Artman http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/02/03/chicago-tribune-increases-size-of-some-comics/#comment-90529 Dave Artman Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:02:13 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/02/03/chicago-tribune-increases-size-of-some-comics/#comment-90529 Unfortunately, the Trib has a history of axing strips without much warning. It did so with Gasoline Alley, which had run there for what, 80 years? Of the six that were silenced without warning, Lio was the most heartbreaking, and I lost no time in emailing the editors with a heated protest (so expect Lio to be back there very soon. Yeah, right. . .). Mark, I admit I read your comic online every day. What, if anything, do YOU personally receive from that? I, like many others, would be willing to pay to see these, but maybe the cartoonists could throw in some attraction besides the 'first-run' factor. Maybe some stand-alone drawings (think of the Watterson drawings in the Complete Calvin and Hobbes)people couldn't get anywhere else. Right now, I picture Mark screaming, "Right! 'Cause we're not busy ENOUGH!!!" lol Unfortunately, the Trib has a history of axing strips without much warning. It did so with Gasoline Alley, which had run there for what, 80 years? Of the six that were silenced without warning, Lio was the most heartbreaking, and I lost no time in emailing the editors with a heated protest (so expect Lio to be back there very soon. Yeah, right. . .). Mark, I admit I read your comic online every day. What, if anything, do YOU personally receive from that? I, like many others, would be willing to pay to see these, but maybe the cartoonists could throw in some attraction besides the ‘first-run’ factor. Maybe some stand-alone drawings (think of the Watterson drawings in the Complete Calvin and Hobbes)people couldn’t get anywhere else. Right now, I picture Mark screaming, “Right! ‘Cause we’re not busy ENOUGH!!!” lol

]]> By: Mark McComas http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/02/03/chicago-tribune-increases-size-of-some-comics/#comment-90465 Mark McComas Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:37:12 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/02/03/chicago-tribune-increases-size-of-some-comics/#comment-90465 Wonderful news about the increase in the size, but you knew the space had to come from somewhere--so they axed several coimics to make room instead of expanding the comics section. Backward thinking. I don't buy a newspaper for the news most of the time--it is 12+hours old by the time you get it. I buy it for the editorial page and the funnies. Getting rid of "Get Fuzy" shows that they think most people who read the funnies aren't smart enough to get that strip. Sad. I'm not dumb enough to think that some of the other strips are funny. I talked to a production manager for our local rag and he said that you can expect all newspapers to eventually go to tab size. He said it! I asked him twice. He said it wasn't just his opinion, but that the powers that be in the newspaper biz are looking that direction. I have thought for years that a newspaper was too big to spead out on the dining room table and read, anyway. I just want to know why the Charleston WV Gazette bothers to publish Prince Valiant. Any smaller and it would be like a postage stamp. that does an injustice tyo that great strip and it's ground-breaking artwork. Little Nemo's dreams would be awfully small in the Charleston Gazette. Wonderful news about the increase in the size, but you knew the space had to come from somewhere–so they axed several coimics to make room instead of expanding the comics section. Backward thinking. I don’t buy a newspaper for the news most of the time–it is 12+hours old by the time you get it. I buy it for the editorial page and the funnies. Getting rid of “Get Fuzy” shows that they think most people who read the funnies aren’t smart enough to get that strip. Sad. I’m not dumb enough to think that some of the other strips are funny. I talked to a production manager for our local rag and he said that you can expect all newspapers to eventually go to tab size. He said it! I asked him twice. He said it wasn’t just his opinion, but that the powers that be in the newspaper biz are looking that direction. I have thought for years that a newspaper was too big to spead out on the dining room table and read, anyway. I just want to know why the Charleston WV Gazette bothers to publish Prince Valiant. Any smaller and it would be like a postage stamp. that does an injustice tyo that great strip and it’s ground-breaking artwork. Little Nemo’s dreams would be awfully small in the Charleston Gazette.

]]> By: Mike Heck http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/02/03/chicago-tribune-increases-size-of-some-comics/#comment-90443 Mike Heck Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:58:45 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/02/03/chicago-tribune-increases-size-of-some-comics/#comment-90443 The Trib is only losing 4 strips total, and quite frankly the 6 leaving strips weren't that good to begin with. I for one will not miss the 'chicken scratch' that was Sylvia. It was always an odd fit. The Trib also trimmed its paper another full 2 inches so it's only 11" folded across now. The Trib is only losing 4 strips total, and quite frankly the 6 leaving strips weren’t that good to begin with. I for one will not miss the ‘chicken scratch’ that was Sylvia. It was always an odd fit. The Trib also trimmed its paper another full 2 inches so it’s only 11″ folded across now.

]]> By: Jimmy Delach http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/02/03/chicago-tribune-increases-size-of-some-comics/#comment-90365 Jimmy Delach Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:09:36 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/02/03/chicago-tribune-increases-size-of-some-comics/#comment-90365 Doesn't the Sun-Times also have Frank and Ernest and Ziggy buried elsewhere in the paper? Doesn’t the Sun-Times also have Frank and Ernest and Ziggy buried elsewhere in the paper?

]]> By: patty leidy http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/02/03/chicago-tribune-increases-size-of-some-comics/#comment-90363 patty leidy Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:06:25 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/02/03/chicago-tribune-increases-size-of-some-comics/#comment-90363 SOMEBODY tell me why I'm doing this again? SOMEBODY tell me why I’m doing this again?

]]> By: Chris Johnston http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/02/03/chicago-tribune-increases-size-of-some-comics/#comment-90358 Chris Johnston Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:02:47 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/02/03/chicago-tribune-increases-size-of-some-comics/#comment-90358 I picked up a Chicago Sun-Times in order to answer Charles Brubaker's question of what they're running. I was curious, myself. It's an impressive lineup: Arlo and Janis Beetle Bailey Bizarro Chuckle Bros. Cul de Sac Curtis Daddy's Home Deflocked Dennis the Menace Drabble Duplex Edge City Family Circus Garfield Grand Avenue Jump Start La Cucaracha Love Is Luann Marmaduke Monty One Big Happy Pardon My Planet Pearls Before Swine Pooch Cafe Real Life Adventures Red and Rover Sally Forth The Wizard of Id Could you imagine if the Sun-Times were to add Lio and Get Fuzzy to their already stellar collection? I picked up a Chicago Sun-Times in order to answer Charles Brubaker’s question of what they’re running. I was curious, myself.

It’s an impressive lineup:
Arlo and Janis
Beetle Bailey
Bizarro
Chuckle Bros.
Cul de Sac
Curtis
Daddy’s Home
Deflocked
Dennis the Menace
Drabble
Duplex
Edge City
Family Circus
Garfield
Grand Avenue
Jump Start
La Cucaracha
Love Is
Luann
Marmaduke
Monty
One Big Happy
Pardon My Planet
Pearls Before Swine
Pooch Cafe
Real Life Adventures
Red and Rover
Sally Forth
The Wizard of Id

Could you imagine if the Sun-Times were to add Lio and Get Fuzzy to their already stellar collection?

]]> By: Ted Rall http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/02/03/chicago-tribune-increases-size-of-some-comics/#comment-90355 Ted Rall Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:57:09 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/02/03/chicago-tribune-increases-size-of-some-comics/#comment-90355 I'm amazed that everyone missed the story here. The Trib canceled strips to save money. Then it made the remaining strips bigger to fill space. This is happening a lot nowadays. Cartoons are getting bigger and bigger. So are typefaces. I’m amazed that everyone missed the story here.

The Trib canceled strips to save money. Then it made the remaining strips bigger to fill space.

This is happening a lot nowadays. Cartoons are getting bigger and bigger. So are typefaces.

]]> By: Charles Brubaker http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/02/03/chicago-tribune-increases-size-of-some-comics/#comment-90343 Charles Brubaker Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:45:34 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/02/03/chicago-tribune-increases-size-of-some-comics/#comment-90343 "Nicole should fight back." See post 36 “Nicole should fight back.”

See post 36

]]> By: Ted Dawson http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/02/03/chicago-tribune-increases-size-of-some-comics/#comment-90342 Ted Dawson Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:44:52 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/02/03/chicago-tribune-increases-size-of-some-comics/#comment-90342 Nicole should fight back. Having the Trib as a client can make or break a lot of cartoonists. I didn't realize the Trib was going to a smaller format, one inch narrower. So they're not really making the decision to increase the size of comics just because of reader complaints. They simply have reached terminal shrinkage zone and have to make sure at least the most popular comics are legible. Oh, well. Nicole should fight back. Having the Trib as a client can make or break a lot of cartoonists.

I didn’t realize the Trib was going to a smaller format, one inch narrower. So they’re not really making the decision to increase the size of comics just because of reader complaints. They simply have reached terminal shrinkage zone and have to make sure at least the most popular comics are legible.

Oh, well.

]]> By: Charles Brubaker http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/02/03/chicago-tribune-increases-size-of-some-comics/#comment-90341 Charles Brubaker Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:39:38 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/02/03/chicago-tribune-increases-size-of-some-comics/#comment-90341 Just wondering, what does Chicago Sun-Times run? You know, the OTHER Chicago newspaper. I remember seeing one couple years back and it actually had a handful of "good" comics. Among those I remember being "Lucky Cow", "Edge City", "The Flying McCoys", "Pearls Before Swine" (which is now in every other newspapers in America), and also "Rudy Park" and "La Cucaracha". Keep in mind that "Lucky Cow" is no longer in syndication, and I have no idea what it was replaced with. Just wondering, what does Chicago Sun-Times run? You know, the OTHER Chicago newspaper.

I remember seeing one couple years back and it actually had a handful of “good” comics. Among those I remember being “Lucky Cow”, “Edge City”, “The Flying McCoys”, “Pearls Before Swine” (which is now in every other newspapers in America), and also “Rudy Park” and “La Cucaracha”.

Keep in mind that “Lucky Cow” is no longer in syndication, and I have no idea what it was replaced with.

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