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CSotD: Go find your Sunday song

Mike Peterson3 years ago3 years ago310 mins

Sherman’s Lagoon provides one of the best pandemic cartoons yet seen on the funny pages. With lead times for strips…

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CSotD: Friday Funnies, TGIF

Mike Peterson4 years ago4 years ago110 mins

I know, I know. Archduke Ferdinand and all that. A few cartoonists are already on it, but Prickly City is…

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;…
Kevin Powers on The Gannett 34September 26, 2023
The fact they are not using all 34 of these comics is sickening. If they did, I would’ve felt a…