See ya in the funny papers? Not if they're all squashed and hard to read like in the Globe

I love reading the comics. It’s the dessert of reading the paper, so losing 11 strips annoys me to no end.

But here’s the most annoying thing. Of the 12 strips left, two have been on repeats for years. Is there really an audience that wants to follow B.D. and Boopsie’s marital troubles from 1991?

I don’t see how this is a good move.

But it should be noted that the Soduku has merely been moved. I think they want to send people on scavenger hunts for the puzzle.

Perhaps I should be rethinking my subscription.

Who are top executives of The Boston Globe?...

So far what turned up is a Staff List https://www.bostonglobe.com/tools/help/stafflist

and 2012 Masthead at https://thetruthaboutplas.com/2012/07/24/boston-globe-editorial-blasts-g...

... and was told that a reader survey (no details) showed that most readers wanted a smaller comics section. Pretty laughable claim.

I've calmed down a bit since yesterday, but this is really a blow to me. I really enjoy reading the paper each day; section 1 online during lunch and the rest at home on paper in the evening. As others have said, it's like frosting on the cake (the best part) and a refreshing, positive break from the the rest of the depressing news. I started reading the paper as a kid by reading the comics and later Ann Landers and later the sports page etc. You don't start reading about the news of the world at age 8, you have to ease in.

Lastly, if they must cut, then respect the quality of what you are printing. Today's "Curtis" rerun (from 2004!) is so distorted that the characters don't look like themselves. You know when people insert photos into a document and then stretch it up or down? That's what the Globe is doing to squeeze everything in. Terrible.

I learned to read by reading the comics in the Globe. Every evening, beginning when I was around four or five, I would to ask my grandmother (who lived in our house for the last 20 years of her life) for her copy of that day's Globe because I liked reading the comics -they were easy to make out, and the illustrations helped a lot. Within a few years I was on to news briefs and articles, letters and then Op-Ed and have been an almost-daily reader of the Globe since (in recent years, it's been via the electronic Globe Reader version, which is basically an interactive pdf of the print copy). This is a shame and a huge disservice to the readership.

Tucked in the bottom of page 2 of the Globe today, where they print their errors, the Globe noted that they see how people are pissed at the comics issue and invite people to tell them which comics they want to keep.

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... but not the usually quite enjoyable Jump Start and the weird (but I find it interesting) Zippy. OTOH, the dull and dreadful (maybe funny long, long ago -- but not now) Adam@home IS coming back.