[7/27/10] I'm checking the Sunday comics section.
Mutts, For Better or For Worse, Garfield, Zits, Prince Valiant, Sherman's Lagoon, Dennis The Menace, Agnes, Pearls Before Swine, Pickles, Dog eat Doug, Over The Hedge, Baby Blues, Between Friends, Hagar The Horrible, Brewster Rockit, Dilbert, Mother Goose & Grimm, Cul de Sac, Betty, Pooch Cafe, Sally Forth, Red and Rover, Jump Start, Non Sequitur, Tundra, The Family Circus, Lola, Candorville, Luann, Beetle Bailey, Blondie, Get Fuzzy, The Knight Life, Frazz.
So at least Sally Forth, Agnes, and Brewster Rockit are still in the Sunday comics.
On 7/4, the lineup was Trouble In Paradise, Mutts, For Better or For Worse, Garfield, Zits, Sherman's Lagoon, Doonesbury, Agnes, Pearls Before Swine, Pickles, Dog eat Doug, Over The Hedge, Baby Blues, Between Friends, Retail, Brewster Rockit, Dilbert, Mother Goose & Grimm, Cul de Sac, Betty, Pooch Cafe, Sally Forth, Red and Rover, Jump Start, Non Sequitur, Tundra, Prickly City, Lola, Candorville, Luann, Beetle Bailey, Blondie, Get Fuzzy, The Knight Life, Frazz.
So there weren't that many changes (see below). In are Prince Valiant, Dennis The Menace, Hagar The Horrible, The Family Circus. Out are Trouble In Paradise, Doonesbury, Retail, Prickly City. (And actually Trouble In Paradise, Doonesbury and Prickly City moved. So the only casualty was Retail.)
Physically, Trouble In Paradise vacated the top of the first page. Mutts, For Better or For Worse, Garfield, Zits moved up one spot on the page. And Prince Valiant moved into the bottom of the first page.
Dennis The Menace took the place of Doonesbury on the second page.
Hagar The Horrible took the place of Retail on the third page.
The Family Circus took the place of Prickly City on the fifth page.
[7/12/10] Comparing today's comics section to Saturday. Today there's Baby Blues, Sherman's Lagoon, Blondie, Beetle Bailey, Zits, Mutts, Get Fuzzy, Hagar The Horrible, Frazz, Pickles. Then on the right column, there's Garfield, For Better or For Worse, Mother Goose & Grimm, Betty, Pearls Before Swine, Luanne, Dog Eat Doug, Cul de Sac, Family Circus, Dennis the Menace.
On Saturday the lineup was Baby Blues, Sherman's Lagoon, Doonesbury, Pooch Cafe, Zits, Retail, Get Fuzzy, Sally Forth, Frazz, Pickles. Then Garfield, For Better or For Worse, Prickly City, Betty, Pearls Before Swine, Luanne, Brewster Rockit Space Guy, Agnes, Dog Eat Doug, Cul de Sac.
So, as mentioned below, in are Blondie, Beetle Bailey, Hagar The Horrible, Mother Goose & Grimm, Family Circus, Dennis the Menace. Moved to the editorial section are Doonesbury and Prickly City. And out are Pooch Cafe, Retail, Sally Forth, Brewster Rockit Space Guy, Agnes.
I definitely disagree on the ousting of Sally Forth and Brewster Rockit. Agnes too.
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Prince Valiant returns to the Sunday comics section. Also returning by popular demand to the Sunday funnies as of today: "Hagar the Horrible," "Dennis the Menace" and "Family Circus."
And tomorrow the Star-Advertiser will welcome to the daily comics lineup "Beetle Bailey," "Blondie," "Dennis the Menace," "Family Circus," "Hagar the Horrible," "Mutts" and "Mother Goose & Grimm." And that will close the books on changes to the comics sections based on readers' comments.
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With no prior notice, Housebroken was replaced by Dog Eat Doug on 5/3/10 in the Star Bulletin comics section (printed edition). Hmm, I never noticed until now that they had a comics section online.
Not that it matters, since I usually didn't read Housebroken, and I haven't been reading Dog Eat Doug either.
That makes the current lineup Doonesbury, Pooch Cafe, Zits, Get Fuzzy, Brewster Rockit: Space Guy, Dog Eat Doug, Betty, Cul De Sac, Sally Forth, For Better or For Worse, Prickly City, and Sherman's Lagoon. They also feature Garfield on page 3. And Dilbert in the Business section. And Agnes in the Today section.
I just so happen to going through the 3/31/09 paper from my pile (only now). The lineup was For Better or For Worse, Sherman's Lagoon, Zits, Get Fuzzy, Doonesbury, Housebroken, Betty, Cul De Sac, Sally Forth, Shoe, Classic Peanuts, Prickly City, Garfield, Brewster Rockit! Space Guy, Pooch Cafe, Agnes. Plus Dilbert in the Business Section.
So gone besides Housebroken are Shoe and Classic Peanuts, both of which I liked, as the lineup has shrunk from 17 to 15. I think Shoe and Peanuts vanished when the Star Bulletin went tabloid.
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[6/13/10] Revamped Sunday comics section debuts
[6/6/10] With the debut of the new Star-Advertiser, these comics will appear:
Daily versions of:
» "Baby Blues"
» "Retail"
» "Frazz"
» "Pickles"
» "Pearls Before Swine"
» "Luann"
Sunday versions of:
» "For Better or For Worse"
» "Pearls Before Swine"
» "Retail"
» "Dilbert"
» "Mother Goose & Grimm"
» "Frazz"
» "Sally Forth"
» "Red and Rover"
» "Beetle Bailey"
» "Jump Start"
» "Between Friends"
Weren't we already getting For Better of For Worse, Dilbert, Sally Forth on Sunday? Maybe not. Well, if not, it's about time!
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Here's some previous changes
2/3/08 - Prickly City and Cul De Sac replace State of the Union and Lucky Cow
7/15/07 - Maintaining added to Sunday section.
4/22/07 - Thorney's Zoo and Calabash added to Sunday lineup
4/15/07 - Zack Hill, La Cucaracha, Preteena booted off. HouseBroken, State of the Union, Brewster Rockit: Space Guy added.
1/8/06 - Peach Fuzz and Van Von Hunter added to Sunday lineup. (I kind of don't remember these, so I guess I never bothered looking at them.)
2/15/04 - 11 new comic strips introduced to Sunday lineup: Spot The Frog, Tina's Groove, PC & Pixel, 9 Chickweed Lane, Slylock Fox, Pickles (one of my favorites), Big Nate, Over the Hedge, Candorville and Rudy Park, Zippy, The Amazing Spiderman. Plus Isaac Asimov's Super Quiz.
9/20/99 - Get Fuzzy debuts
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