Syndicates Again Launching New Strips



Alan Gardner notices something I did not: that the major and semi-major newspaper syndicates are releasing three times as many comic strips this year as in 2009. That sounds like a lot, although it's really one comic strip for most of them and two for King Features and Creators. The syndicates doing two seem to have selected pairs that complement one another rather than compete for the same audience, even. I would love to see some thinning of the number of comic strips out there as I think so many strips hanging on at a certain point, particularly legacy strips, stifles up-and-comers, but it's hard to hate on more up-and-comers being added to the mix even if it's maybe a second step that's happened first.
 
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