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CSotD: Default is our own

Mike Peterson3 years ago3 years ago1110 mins

I’m kind of sorry I used up Stephen Dedalus’s line from “Ulysses,” “History is a nightmare from which I am…

AJ on CSotD: Whited sepulchres and other delightsSeptember 26, 2023
Really the #1 difference between Democrats and Republicans (and there are many) is that the Democrats actually hold their people…
James on The Gannett History of Comic StripsSeptember 26, 2023
I have given much thought to syndicated comics. For DECADES syndicates fostered the idea that "only a select few can…
Mark B on CSotD: Whited sepulchres and other delightsSeptember 26, 2023
Sometimes, Prickly City hits one out of the park.
James on The Gannett 34September 26, 2023
If you're asking me - clearly a dead cartoonist doesn't create anything. A syndicate however, may continue to offer a…
Greg Walker on The Gannett 34September 26, 2023
How does a “dead cartoonist” produce new material?
Atanwat on The Long Lost WeekendSeptember 26, 2023
I would have loved to see it, but that URL generated a "404 not found" error. P.S. The Zippy strip…
James on The Gannett 34September 26, 2023
See my comment about the financial split - dead cartoonists aren't costly, and they're (syndicate) not about to pay much…
James on The Gannett 34September 26, 2023
Sadly, "reruns and zombie strips" offer a bigger profit margin for syndicates. When an artist takes over a long established…
James on The Gannett 34September 26, 2023
"story/series" strips are doomed in print papers. Case in point - my hometown paper published 7 days av week and…
Ben Fulton on CSotD: Sunday PotpourriSeptember 26, 2023
Varvel's comic is a bit reminiscent of the Rube Goldberg classic of the house on the bomb on a precipice;…