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    From Mark Jackson@21:1/5 to All on Sun Oct 22 22:34:08 2023
    This morning the Sunday comics were in their usual place with the
    advertising inserts - but the lineup was considerably different, and all
    from the "approved" list for Gannett papers:

    Baby Blues*
    Baldo*
    Beetle Bailey*
    Blondie
    Born Loser*
    Crabgrass
    Crankshaft*
    Dennis the Menace
    Family Circus*
    For Better or Worse
    Foxtrot*
    Frank & Ernest*
    Garfield
    Hagar
    Jumpstart
    Luann*
    Marmaduke*
    Non Sequitur*
    Peanuts
    Pearls Befpre Swine
    Pickles
    Ziggy
    Zits*

    *these were new additions. Dropped from the previous Sunday lineup were
    B.C., Broomhilda, Doonesbury, Hi and Lois, Prince Valiant, Rex Morgan,
    Rubes, Shoe, and Wizard of Id.

    Then, inside the Arts section as pages 3D through 6D, I found the old
    comics section (in color)! There didn't seem to be any editorial note explaining the switchover. Even more oddly the online e-newspaper has
    the old comics lineup both as a separate section and within the Arts
    section.

    Tomorrow we'll see what's up with the dailies.

    --
    Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
    Human existence is based upon two pillars: Compassion and knowledge.
    Compassion without knowledge is ineffective; knowledge
    without compassion is inhuman. - Victor Weisskopf

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  • From Mark Jackson@21:1/5 to Mark Jackson on Mon Oct 23 11:30:22 2023
    On 10/22/2023 10:34 PM, Mark Jackson wrote:
    Tomorrow we'll see what's up with the dailies.

    Monday the daily strips were unchanged; I will post if and when they do
    change.

    --
    Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
    Human existence is based upon two pillars: Compassion and knowledge.
    Compassion without knowledge is ineffective; knowledge
    without compassion is inhuman. - Victor Weisskopf

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  • From Mark Jackson@21:1/5 to Mark Jackson on Mon Oct 23 21:32:38 2023
    On 10/22/2023 10:34 PM, Mark Jackson wrote:
    This morning the Sunday comics were in their usual place with the
    advertising inserts - but the lineup was considerably different, and
    all from the "approved" list for Gannett papers:

    snip

    There didn't seem to be any editorial note explaining the
    switchover.

    Sigh. There *was* an editorial note (found in the e-edition using the
    search function). It transpires that the physical Sunday comic sections
    on October 15 and 22 had the "wrong" assortment of comics. (I didn't
    see this on the 15 because our paper was not delivered that day and I
    read the e-edition online after it had been corrected.) The stated
    intent is to continue with the old lineup (for now, presumably, since
    some are not on the approved list).

    Sorry for any confusion. If and when our paper changes their comics
    I'll let you know.

    --
    Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
    Human existence is based upon two pillars: Compassion and knowledge.
    Compassion without knowledge is ineffective; knowledge
    without compassion is inhuman. - Victor Weisskopf

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