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  • L.A.Times Drops 9 Chickweed Lane; GoComics Deletes Dec. 1

    From D.D.Degg@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 3 09:15:37 2021
    The Los Angeles Times served notice to its readers that it will no longer carry Brooke McEldowney’s 9 Chickweed Lane comic strip. http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/12/03/los-angeles-times-discontinues-9-chickweed-lane-gocomics-erases-december-1-episode-from-internet/

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  • From Darryl H@21:1/5 to D.D.Degg on Sat Dec 4 04:13:48 2021
    On Friday, December 3, 2021 at 11:15:38 AM UTC-6, D.D.Degg wrote:
    The Los Angeles Times served notice to its readers that it will no longer carry
    Brooke McEldowney’s 9 Chickweed Lane comic strip. http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/12/03/los-angeles-times-discontinues-9-chickweed-lane-gocomics-erases-december-1-episode-from-internet/

    What could be the replacement for 9 Chickweed Lane in the Los Angeles Times effective December 5-6, 2021 daily or Sunday? Maybe bring back Garfield to the L.A. Times (The paper dropped the strip in the early 2000's) or some other of the newcomer in
    recent years comic strips (i.e. Wallace the Brave, Daddy Daze, Dark Side of the Horse). I also wish the L.A. Times dropped the rerun abused 7 days a week since April 2019 Get Fuzzy and/or the off and on first run/rerun Candorville.

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  • From Darryl H@21:1/5 to Darryl H on Sat Dec 4 04:15:57 2021
    On Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 6:13:49 AM UTC-6, Darryl H wrote:
    On Friday, December 3, 2021 at 11:15:38 AM UTC-6, D.D.Degg wrote:
    The Los Angeles Times served notice to its readers that it will no longer carry
    Brooke McEldowney’s 9 Chickweed Lane comic strip. http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/12/03/los-angeles-times-discontinues-9-chickweed-lane-gocomics-erases-december-1-episode-from-internet/
    What could be the replacement for 9 Chickweed Lane in the Los Angeles Times effective December 5-6, 2021 daily or Sunday? Maybe bring back Garfield to the L.A. Times (The paper dropped the strip in the early 2000's) or some other of the newcomer in
    recent years comic strips (i.e. Wallace the Brave, Daddy Daze, Dark Side of the Horse). I also wish the L.A. Times dropped the rerun abused 7 days a week since April 2019 Get Fuzzy and/or the off and on first run/rerun Candorville.

    However, I'd let the L.A. Times keep daily Doonesbury reruns and even the since Charles Schulz's death Peanuts reruns.

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  • From banjo@dontspam.silent.com@21:1/5 to dddegg17@comcast.net on Sat Dec 4 16:46:28 2021
    On Fri, 3 Dec 2021 09:15:37 -0800 (PST), "D.D.Degg"
    <dddegg17@comcast.net> wrote:

    The Los Angeles Times served notice to its readers that it will no longer carry
    Brooke McEldowney’s 9 Chickweed Lane comic strip. >http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/12/03/los-angeles-times-discontinues-9-chickweed-lane-gocomics-erases-december-1-episode-from-internet/

    What was the reason for GoComics dropping the December 3rd strip?
    Something equally world-shattering no doubt.

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  • From D.D.Degg@21:1/5 to It was on Sat Dec 4 10:35:13 2021
    It was asked:
    What was the reason for GoComics dropping the December 3rd strip?
    Something equally world-shattering no doubt.

    The Daily Cartoonist item has been updated with the answer. http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/12/03/los-angeles-times-discontinues-9-chickweed-lane-gocomics-erases-december-1-episode-from-internet/
    Scroll to the bottom.

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  • From Freezer@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 4 19:21:32 2021
    If I don't reply to this D.D.Degg post, the terroists win.

    It was asked:
    What was the reason for GoComics dropping the December 3rd
    strip? Something equally world-shattering no doubt.

    The Daily Cartoonist item has been updated with the answer. http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/12/03/los-angeles -times-discontinues-9-chickweed-lane-gocomics-erases-december-1 -episode-from-internet/ Scroll to the bottom.


    Okay, you can excuse "Jap" as the vernacular of the time (maybe).
    But using "queer" as "screw up?" Was that even a thing then?

    It's like McElwordswordswords was daring people to say something.

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  • From banjo@dontspam.silent.com@21:1/5 to freezer88@hotSPAMTHISmail.com on Sat Dec 4 20:45:14 2021
    On Sat, 4 Dec 2021 19:21:32 -0000 (UTC), Freezer <freezer88@hotSPAMTHISmail.com> wrote:

    If I don't reply to this D.D.Degg post, the terroists win.

    It was asked:
    What was the reason for GoComics dropping the December 3rd
    strip? Something equally world-shattering no doubt.

    The Daily Cartoonist item has been updated with the answer.
    http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/12/03/los-angeles
    -times-discontinues-9-chickweed-lane-gocomics-erases-december-1
    -episode-from-internet/ Scroll to the bottom.


    Okay, you can excuse "Jap" as the vernacular of the time (maybe).
    But using "queer" as "screw up?" Was that even a thing then?

    It's like McElwordswordswords was daring people to say something.

    Queer as in "queer my pitch" dates back centuries to carnivals and
    suchlike.

    From the Oxford English Dictionary:


    b. transitive. to queer the pitch: (originally) to interfere with or
    spoil the business of a street vendor or performer (cf. pitch n.2
    17a); (later more generally) to interfere with or spoil the business
    in hand; similarly to queer a person's pitch. Also in similar phrases,
    as to queer the game, to queer the deal, etc.

    1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 47
    Rule iv... Nanty coming it on a pall, or wid cracking to queer a
    pitch.

    1866 M. Mackintosh Stage Reminisc. vii. 93 The smoke and fumes of
    ‘blue fire’ which had been used to illuminate the fight came up
    through the chinks of the stage, fit to choke a dozen Macbeths,
    and—pardon the little bit of professional slang—poor Jamie's ‘pitch’
    was ‘queered’ with a vengeance.

    1875 T. Frost Circus Life xvi. 278 The spot they select for their performance is their ‘pitch’, and any interruption of their feats,
    such as an accident, or the interference of a policeman, is said to
    ‘queer the pitch’.

    1889 E. Sampson Tales of Fancy 38 They could not understand it
    when their pitch was queered, and one or two of the gang arrested.

    1901 Windsor Mag. Dec. 204/1 I think you and I between us have
    queered the game.

    1912 Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 795/2 All branches of the
    administration work sensibly and effectively so long as you do not
    ‘queer the pitch’ by creating exceptions.

    1973 E. Lemarchand Let or Hindrance iv. 31 He's a decent lad... He
    would never have risked queering Wendy's pitch with Eddy.

    1993 Chicago Tribune 19 June i. 14/2 This presumes..that Nolan
    doesn't queer the deal by holding more press conferences to warn how crime-ridden Chicago will become.

    2006 Econ. Times (India) (Nexis) 4 Oct. What queers the pitch for
    the airlines is the additional capacity entering the domestic market
    over the next three months.

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  • From D.D.Degg@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 4 13:22:21 2021
    Queer Visitors from The Marvelous Land of Oz
    (before GoComics got so antsy about the word). https://www.gocomics.com/origins-of-the-sunday-comics/2014/06/16

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  • From jdelachjr2005@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 4 16:23:43 2021
    All I have to say is the L.A. Times dropping "9 Chickweed Lane" was far worse than when the Cincinnati Post dropped "Fox Trot" because the word "Hell" was used.

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  • From Darryl H@21:1/5 to Darryl H on Sun Dec 5 13:55:24 2021
    On Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 6:13:49 AM UTC-6, Darryl H wrote:
    On Friday, December 3, 2021 at 11:15:38 AM UTC-6, D.D.Degg wrote:
    The Los Angeles Times served notice to its readers that it will no longer carry
    Brooke McEldowney’s 9 Chickweed Lane comic strip. http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/12/03/los-angeles-times-discontinues-9-chickweed-lane-gocomics-erases-december-1-episode-from-internet/
    What could be the replacement for 9 Chickweed Lane in the Los Angeles Times effective December 5-6, 2021 daily or Sunday? Maybe bring back Garfield to the L.A. Times (The paper dropped the strip in the early 2000's) or some other of the newcomer in
    recent years comic strips (i.e. Wallace the Brave, Daddy Daze, Dark Side of the Horse). I also wish the L.A. Times dropped the rerun abused 7 days a week since April 2019 Get Fuzzy and/or the off and on first run/rerun Candorville.

    Just found out 9 Chickweed Lane never runs on Sundays in the Los Angeles Times according to the recent Sunday L.A. Times issues on PressReader.com – but we still may find out this week at least what will replace 9 Chickweed Lane in the daily Los
    Angeles Times comics pages.

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  • From Darryl H@21:1/5 to Darryl H on Wed Dec 8 04:03:32 2021
    On Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 3:55:25 PM UTC-6, Darryl H wrote:
    On Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 6:13:49 AM UTC-6, Darryl H wrote:
    On Friday, December 3, 2021 at 11:15:38 AM UTC-6, D.D.Degg wrote:
    The Los Angeles Times served notice to its readers that it will no longer carry
    Brooke McEldowney’s 9 Chickweed Lane comic strip. http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/12/03/los-angeles-times-discontinues-9-chickweed-lane-gocomics-erases-december-1-episode-from-internet/
    What could be the replacement for 9 Chickweed Lane in the Los Angeles Times effective December 5-6, 2021 daily or Sunday? Maybe bring back Garfield to the L.A. Times (The paper dropped the strip in the early 2000's) or some other of the newcomer in
    recent years comic strips (i.e. Wallace the Brave, Daddy Daze, Dark Side of the Horse). I also wish the L.A. Times dropped the rerun abused 7 days a week since April 2019 Get Fuzzy and/or the off and on first run/rerun Candorville.
    Just found out 9 Chickweed Lane never runs on Sundays in the Los Angeles Times according to the recent Sunday L.A. Times issues on PressReader.com – but we still may find out this week at least what will replace 9 Chickweed Lane in the daily Los
    Angeles Times comics pages.

    I guess the L.A. Times hasn't found a 9 Chickweed Lane replacement as of yet to fill the space...

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  • From Darryl H@21:1/5 to Darryl H on Mon Dec 13 03:52:28 2021
    On Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 6:03:34 AM UTC-6, Darryl H wrote:
    On Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 3:55:25 PM UTC-6, Darryl H wrote:
    On Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 6:13:49 AM UTC-6, Darryl H wrote:
    On Friday, December 3, 2021 at 11:15:38 AM UTC-6, D.D.Degg wrote:
    The Los Angeles Times served notice to its readers that it will no longer carry
    Brooke McEldowney’s 9 Chickweed Lane comic strip. http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/12/03/los-angeles-times-discontinues-9-chickweed-lane-gocomics-erases-december-1-episode-from-internet/
    What could be the replacement for 9 Chickweed Lane in the Los Angeles Times effective December 5-6, 2021 daily or Sunday? Maybe bring back Garfield to the L.A. Times (The paper dropped the strip in the early 2000's) or some other of the newcomer in
    recent years comic strips (i.e. Wallace the Brave, Daddy Daze, Dark Side of the Horse). I also wish the L.A. Times dropped the rerun abused 7 days a week since April 2019 Get Fuzzy and/or the off and on first run/rerun Candorville.
    Just found out 9 Chickweed Lane never runs on Sundays in the Los Angeles Times according to the recent Sunday L.A. Times issues on PressReader.com – but we still may find out this week at least what will replace 9 Chickweed Lane in the daily Los
    Angeles Times comics pages.
    I guess the L.A. Times hasn't found a 9 Chickweed Lane replacement as of yet to fill the space...

    As of December 13, 2021: Still no 9 Chickweed Lane replacement in the Los Angeles Times since the 9CL space is still blank with a no longer running notice.

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  • From Darryl H@21:1/5 to Darryl H on Mon Dec 20 04:09:25 2021
    On Monday, December 13, 2021 at 5:52:29 AM UTC-6, Darryl H wrote:
    On Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 6:03:34 AM UTC-6, Darryl H wrote:
    On Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 3:55:25 PM UTC-6, Darryl H wrote:
    On Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 6:13:49 AM UTC-6, Darryl H wrote:
    On Friday, December 3, 2021 at 11:15:38 AM UTC-6, D.D.Degg wrote:
    The Los Angeles Times served notice to its readers that it will no longer carry
    Brooke McEldowney’s 9 Chickweed Lane comic strip. http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/12/03/los-angeles-times-discontinues-9-chickweed-lane-gocomics-erases-december-1-episode-from-internet/
    What could be the replacement for 9 Chickweed Lane in the Los Angeles Times effective December 5-6, 2021 daily or Sunday? Maybe bring back Garfield to the L.A. Times (The paper dropped the strip in the early 2000's) or some other of the newcomer
    in recent years comic strips (i.e. Wallace the Brave, Daddy Daze, Dark Side of the Horse). I also wish the L.A. Times dropped the rerun abused 7 days a week since April 2019 Get Fuzzy and/or the off and on first run/rerun Candorville.
    Just found out 9 Chickweed Lane never runs on Sundays in the Los Angeles Times according to the recent Sunday L.A. Times issues on PressReader.com – but we still may find out this week at least what will replace 9 Chickweed Lane in the daily Los
    Angeles Times comics pages.
    I guess the L.A. Times hasn't found a 9 Chickweed Lane replacement as of yet to fill the space...
    As of December 13, 2021: Still no 9 Chickweed Lane replacement in the Los Angeles Times since the 9CL space is still blank with a no longer running notice.

    As of December 20, 2021: Still no replacement for 9 Chickweed Lane in the Los Angeles Times, space still vacant with the still no longer running notice.

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  • From Andy Ginsberg@21:1/5 to heine...@gmail.com on Thu Dec 23 07:54:19 2021
    On Monday, December 20, 2021 at 7:09:26 AM UTC-5, heine...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Monday, December 13, 2021 at 5:52:29 AM UTC-6, Darryl H wrote:
    On Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 6:03:34 AM UTC-6, Darryl H wrote:
    On Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 3:55:25 PM UTC-6, Darryl H wrote:
    On Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 6:13:49 AM UTC-6, Darryl H wrote:
    On Friday, December 3, 2021 at 11:15:38 AM UTC-6, D.D.Degg wrote:
    The Los Angeles Times served notice to its readers that it will no longer carry
    Brooke McEldowney’s 9 Chickweed Lane comic strip. http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/12/03/los-angeles-times-discontinues-9-chickweed-lane-gocomics-erases-december-1-episode-from-internet/
    What could be the replacement for 9 Chickweed Lane in the Los Angeles Times effective December 5-6, 2021 daily or Sunday? Maybe bring back Garfield to the L.A. Times (The paper dropped the strip in the early 2000's) or some other of the
    newcomer in recent years comic strips (i.e. Wallace the Brave, Daddy Daze, Dark Side of the Horse). I also wish the L.A. Times dropped the rerun abused 7 days a week since April 2019 Get Fuzzy and/or the off and on first run/rerun Candorville.
    Just found out 9 Chickweed Lane never runs on Sundays in the Los Angeles Times according to the recent Sunday L.A. Times issues on PressReader.com – but we still may find out this week at least what will replace 9 Chickweed Lane in the daily
    Los Angeles Times comics pages.
    I guess the L.A. Times hasn't found a 9 Chickweed Lane replacement as of yet to fill the space...
    As of December 13, 2021: Still no 9 Chickweed Lane replacement in the Los Angeles Times since the 9CL space is still blank with a no longer running notice.
    As of December 20, 2021: Still no replacement for 9 Chickweed Lane in the Los Angeles Times, space still vacant with the still no longer running notice.
    Hi,
    Just read the LA Times online and Luann is now appearing.
    Andy G.

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  • From Darryl H@21:1/5 to Andy Ginsberg on Fri Dec 24 04:04:11 2021
    On Thursday, December 23, 2021 at 9:54:20 AM UTC-6, Andy Ginsberg wrote:
    On Monday, December 20, 2021 at 7:09:26 AM UTC-5, heine...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Monday, December 13, 2021 at 5:52:29 AM UTC-6, Darryl H wrote:
    On Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 6:03:34 AM UTC-6, Darryl H wrote:
    On Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 3:55:25 PM UTC-6, Darryl H wrote:
    On Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 6:13:49 AM UTC-6, Darryl H wrote:
    On Friday, December 3, 2021 at 11:15:38 AM UTC-6, D.D.Degg wrote:
    The Los Angeles Times served notice to its readers that it will no longer carry
    Brooke McEldowney’s 9 Chickweed Lane comic strip. http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/12/03/los-angeles-times-discontinues-9-chickweed-lane-gocomics-erases-december-1-episode-from-internet/
    What could be the replacement for 9 Chickweed Lane in the Los Angeles Times effective December 5-6, 2021 daily or Sunday? Maybe bring back Garfield to the L.A. Times (The paper dropped the strip in the early 2000's) or some other of the
    newcomer in recent years comic strips (i.e. Wallace the Brave, Daddy Daze, Dark Side of the Horse). I also wish the L.A. Times dropped the rerun abused 7 days a week since April 2019 Get Fuzzy and/or the off and on first run/rerun Candorville.
    Just found out 9 Chickweed Lane never runs on Sundays in the Los Angeles Times according to the recent Sunday L.A. Times issues on PressReader.com – but we still may find out this week at least what will replace 9 Chickweed Lane in the daily
    Los Angeles Times comics pages.
    I guess the L.A. Times hasn't found a 9 Chickweed Lane replacement as of yet to fill the space...
    As of December 13, 2021: Still no 9 Chickweed Lane replacement in the Los Angeles Times since the 9CL space is still blank with a no longer running notice.
    As of December 20, 2021: Still no replacement for 9 Chickweed Lane in the Los Angeles Times, space still vacant with the still no longer running notice.
    Hi,
    Just read the LA Times online and Luann is now appearing.
    Andy G.

    Glad Luann now replaces 9 Chickweed Lane in the Los Angeles Times. Now if only the L.A. Times can drop for good 7 days a week rerun abused since 2019 Get Fuzzy.

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