Apparently 'alternative' newspapers are jettisoning comics left and right.
I mostly stopped reading our local rag when they dumped all of theirs except Tom Tomorrow a few years back.
I'm not sure why they're still in business. The internet killed their classifieds and personals, their articles suck (hooray for underpaid journalism majors from the architecture & engineering school up the hill!) and their clout as THEE source for local events is questionable.
The Palm stopped advertising with them quite a while ago and customers didn't seem to notice. Huge savings, no negative impact on business...what's not to like!
This does seem to fit with the newspaper business in general, which for the last decade plus has seemed intent on alienating readers in the pursuit of short term profits.
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