I giornali USA elimineranno la sezione comics?
I giornali USA elimineranno la sezione comics? Stando a questa notizia (non recentissima, per la verità) parrebbe questo il prossimo futuro.
Newspapers Cutting Comic Strips
By JOHN BERMAN/JOEL SIEGEL
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 doing it by cutting the comics. It’s affecting cartoonists across the board,” Tatulli said.
“‘Lio’ was growing, closing in on 300 newspapers — and then the market just went crazy,” Tatulli said, adding that “Lio” is now in 270 papers.
The roll call of newspapers shedding comic strips is growing, from the Portland Oregonian, which shed 10 strips last year, to the Washington Post.
The cash-strapped Washington Times recently went a step further, eliminating its Sunday comics section entirely.
