Has the Newspaper Revolution Over Rerun Comic Strips Begun?
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“New comics to start in June”
When I saw the headline for The Sharon (Pa.) Herald article about their comics pages I thought it just the first of what will be a number of newspapers explaining why Big Nate will no longer be appearing daily.
Turns out it was something else.
From The Sharon Herald editorial comment (or here):
Starting with Monday’s edition, there are some new additions added to The Herald’s comics sections.
Beginning that day, a slew of new comics will make their appearances in the newspaper.
Nothing out of the ordinary as far as changes to the comics page goes – other than “a slew of new comics.”
But further into the explanation we get this:
We think it’s a positive and needed change — some of the comics strips that had been running are from syndicates that are not new. Some comic strips have been in reruns for more than 25 years [emhasis added].
That last is clearly a remark about Peanuts.
So are newspapers taking note that what they are paying for is not new but recycled material?
I don’t have a rundown of what The Sharon Herald’s comics pages consist but a shot from the first weekend of 2026 shows Peanuts as their lead Sunday Funnies comic strip. I’m guessing that will be replaced.
The article doesn’t say what is on its way out, but it does list the new (to them) inbound strips:
New weekday comics: Wallace the Brave, Marmaduke, Hi & Lois, Dennis the Menace, Fox Trot, Dogs of C-Kennel, Flo & Friends
New weekend comics: Baby Blues, Frank & Ernest, Nancy, Big Nate, Dogs of C-Kennel, Flo & Friends
Dogs of C-Kennel and Flo & Friends get daily and Sunday spots.
Confusion. As far as I know Foxtrot is not offered as a daily, only as a Sunday.
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