Post-Standard to launch new lineup of comics (Letter from the Editor)

Dear reader,
The comics are amongst the most beloved options in the newspaper, and any modifications to the lineup all the time deliver out the most passionate responses from loyal readers. But I’ve some information to share on that entrance that I hope will probably be thrilling for these of you who subscribe to The Post-Standard, each in print and on-line. Beginning on March 4th, in the printed every day newspaper we will probably be providing 10 new comics and 47 further in the e-newspaper. On Sundays, we’ll have 11 new comics in print and 5 extra in the e-edition. Part of this alteration, although, implies that some of the comics you’re used to seeing in print will now solely be out there on-line, and I’ll get to these particular modifications beneath.
Syracuse.com and The Post-Standard are half of Advance Local, an organization that operates newspapers and web sites in 9 states throughout the nation. Until this alteration, every newspaper had its personal comics, requiring distinctive web page layouts each day. In creating uniform choices throughout the firm, we’re ready to add extra to the general lineup.
If you already subscribe to the newspaper both in print or on-line, you’ll routinely begin seeing the further options listed beneath on Tuesday.
New in the printed every day paper: Baldo, Bizarro, Bound & Gagged, Frank & Ernest, Hi & Lois, Hocus Focus, Off the Mark, Red and Rover, Speed Bump, and The Born Loser.
New in the every day on-line version: Andy Capp, Arlo & Janis, Barney Google & Snuffy Smith, Between Friends (Formerly the Candorville spot), Breaking Cat News, Carpe Diem, Cornered, Crock, Diamond Lil, Dustin, F Minus, Flo & Friends, Fred Basset, Free Range, Fusco Brothers, Grizzwells, Heathcliff, In the Bleachers, Judge Parker, Loose Parts, Mark Trail, Mary Worth, Momma, Nancy, Non-Sequitur, One Big Happy, Over the Hedge, Pardon my Planet, Phoebe & Her Unicorn, Prickly City, Reality Check, Rose is Rose, Rubes, Shoe, Six Chix, Spectickales, Take it from the Tinkersons, The Buckets, The Duplex, The Lockhorns, The Phantom, Tiger, Wallace the Brave, WuMo and Ziggy.
New Sunday print comics will embrace: Sally Forth, Hi & Lois, Hagar the Horrible, Luann, Dennis the Menace, Close to residence, Frank & Ernest, Prince Valiant, Rose is Rose, The Born Loser, and The Lockhorns.
New Sunday e-edition comics: Frazz, Tank McNamara, FoxTrot, Drabble and Mary Worth.
This replace does embrace a pair of modifications that can take some getting used to. First, as I discussed above, some of the comics you’re used to seeing in print will now solely be out there in the on-line newspaper, and we’re additionally going to cease printing “catch up” comics on the residence supply days. You’ll nonetheless give you the option to discover these on-line. Also, there are some Sunday comics that can not be out there in print or the e-newspaper, however you could find them on syracuse.com. Here’s a rundown of these modifications:
In the every day newspaper, 9 Chickweed Lane, Arctic Circle, Daddy’s Home, Drabble, Gasoline Alley, Gil Thorp, Grand Avenue, Mallard Filmore, Marvin, Rex Morgan M.D. and Rhymes With Orange will now solely be out there in the on-line newspaper, not in print. From the Sunday version, Mother Goose & Grimm, Rex Morgan M.D., and Rhymes with Orange are shifting to the on-line newspaper solely. Adam@Home, Arctic Circle, Bound & Gagged, Caption It!, Grand Avenue, Marvin, Rugrats, Shoe, Slylock Fox – Comics for Kids, and The Phantom will not seem in the printed or on-line Sunday newspapers, however you’ll be able to nonetheless view them on syracuse.com
If you don’t already subscribe to The Post-Standard, you may get particulars and pricing data here for both the print and online options.