Tribune Extends Comics Offerings

According to a short piece in Editor & Publisher, the Chicago Tribune is adding former Rocky Mountain News sports cartoonist Drew Litton to its freelancer pool with a weekly cartoon to go into the "Chicago Sports" section. As would seem likely by scanning the proper nouns involved, Litton will focus on local sports teams, extending down state to the various University Illinois squads and out the South Shore Passenger Line to Notre Dame.

This comes on the heels of a decision earlier this Fall by the paper to reinstate their full-time editorial cartoonist position by hiring Scott Stantis. While not a move on that level, the thought of a major paper such as the Tribune reinvesting in cartoon visuals and doing so through sports cartoons has a kick all its own. I would also think this might potentially add some weight and momentum to new AAEC head Rex Babin and his push to have papers take better stock of editorial cartoonists doing local cartoons.
 
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