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  • No Jokes: Newspapers Cutting Comic Strips -- To Save Money, Many Are Carrying Fewer Funnies

    03/14/2010 1:51:10 PM PDT · by Zakeet · 41 replies · 1,041+ views
    ABC News ^ | March 14, 2010 | John Berman and Joel Siege
    No matter how bad the news, no matter how grim the headlines, you could always count on a smile from at least one corner of the daily newspaper: the comics. But in this day when we could use a laugh more than ever, the reality facing the comics section is anything but funny. With the newspaper business hemorrhaging readers and money, newspapers are slicing the number of strips they carry. Artist and filmmaker Mark Tatulli said he has seen 30 newspapers drop his strip "Lio" in the last 18 months. "Newspapers are saving money wherever they can, and they are...