The End of the Comic Strip?

Is it really the end of the world for comic strips? It’s back to the drawing board for many syndicates who had to re-evaluate their present situation. Kids no longer are attracted to comic strips. The main source of these strips has always been the newspaper. How many kids do you see reading newspaper?  Papers are feeling the pinch every year. What is a rights holder to these strips supposed to do? Expand! Many strips are finding themselves on social networks sites such as Facebook. Long time favorites such as Peanuts is now free for all to see from archives released online. It’s sink or swim for some. Looming on the horizon is the closure of many newspapers and the social networks is the only place to re-invent new hope for abandoned strips. It’s the future and the only way to exist. The New York Times has an interesting take on the whole situation with a mini expose on Stephan Pastis and his strip Pearls Before Swine. The author is creating new buzz for the strip online and is paying devidends. Read more>>