To: tiamat
No it probably is a coincidence. Most comic strips are done between 1 and 2 weeks before publication. Some strips run a month out, especially if they're non-topical. Today's technology might allow cartoonist to do their thing minutes before the papers print, but artists still run at artist speed and it's better for the business if every has a buffer zone inbetween what they're working on and what's being printed tomorrow.
12 posted on
05/14/2004 2:11:41 PM PDT by
discostu
(Brick urgently required, must be thick and well kept)
To: discostu
Well, I dunno.
Hafta see.
Strikes me as odd how many times "Doonesbury" is "topical".
Maybe I'm just being paranoid.
16 posted on
05/14/2004 2:21:46 PM PDT by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
To: discostu
No it probably is a coincidence. Most comic strips are done between 1 and 2 weeks before publication. Some strips run a month out, especially if they're non-topical. Today's technology might allow cartoonist to do their thing minutes before the papers print, but artists still run at artist speed and it's better for the business if every has a buffer zone inbetween what they're working on and what's being printed tomorrow. This is a Sunday strip. According to King Features guidelines (the last time I saw them), these usually are done about 6-weeks in advance....
32 posted on
05/14/2004 2:57:18 PM PDT by
atomicpossum
(Hey, I wouldn't touch Camryn Manheim's uterus on a bet.)
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