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I am not surprised. But maybe some of the male cartoonists, those that are still alive and popular, should speak out and support these immensely talented women!
GoComics has a sample of their women cartoonists. There are 15 in the sample, but it doesnāt give any idea of the total number. I tried to count the number off the Find Comics A-Z list, but there are too many where the sex of the cartoonists isnāt obvious from their name. Some years ago, I had way too much time on my hands, and counted the raw number of cartoons. At the time, it was about 500.
Two larger questions: How does GoComics select cartoons to run? And 2, how many women cartoonists are there? Or, rather, how many would there be if there were more opportunities?
My brother, some years back, canceled his subscription to the Houston Chronicle because they dropped Get Fuzzy in favor of BCN. The Chronicles explanation at the time it reorganized their comics page was that they were getting rid of old reruns in favor of new, up and coming cartoonist. Wallace the Brave was also added at this time. As of now, the Chronicle has a four page Sunday comics page and BCN is on the front page of that below the fold.
Frankly Iām amazed comic strips are still printed. I LOVE so many of them and would probably drop my printed newspaper but for comics but still amazed they exist
According to Statista, only 12% of Americans read newspapers, as of February, 2022.
Twice as many of these readers were male ā 16% of all men read newspapers and only 8% of the women did. Men also led in consuming both cable and network news, online-only news and radio. But women had heavier social media participation.
This sad disparity (which supports some traditional āditsy womanā social stereotypes) neither explains nor excuses the DailyCartoonist.com data, especially if we assume that all of these men reading newspapers were alive. (Granted, this assumption was sometimes questioned by stereotypical 1950ās housewives who attempted to converse with their husbands while they read newspapers at the breakfast table.)
One of the charms of Breaking Cat News is that it combines a well-drawn, witty, compassionate and family-friendly comic with an engaging and vital social media connection through āThe Orb.ā People have often noted that the kind (no pun intended) of social interaction and sense of community provided here are unique.
Newspapers may be going the way of the dinosaur ( ā and like dinosaurs, may soon serve primarily as a source of ābad carbon footprintā fuel.) But BCN and the Orb are well-positioned to withstand a transition to a purely digital format, especially with continued Patreon support.
Sorry for my opinion, but I think, that posting comics on newspapers ā itās too outrated method and marking time. So I donāt see any problems, if women are less then dead men on funny pagesā¦ Newspapers are dead too. But maybe it in USA is still a thing. BCN must keep up with the times
GO GEORGIA!!!! į¦ĘŖ(Ėā”Ė)Źā”ĘŖ(Ėā”Ė)ŹāŖ You tell it, Tabitha! From its foundations the news is meant to be the nationās āwatchdogā to investigate and report on āgovernment overreach and wrongdoing and to hold those in power accountable for their actions.ā Now, true, while national comic syndication is not part of the āgovernment,ā its power should still be checked by the media to ensure it is treating comic artists equally and fairly. It is reasonable to posit that if women can be cut out of comic syndication, women can also be cut out of obtaining jobs traditionally reserved for males. Not so very long ago this was the case. We could regress if weāre not careful. Just my two cents.
I ā„ Tabitha. And Beatrix looks so cute in her outrage!
I still take a printed paper, but itās local and while it has a crossword in it, there are no comics in it. I think it has 20 pages usually, mostly the stuff you find in rural papers and covers three or four little townships. Itās a chatty little thing and I like it, so I support it, but the only way I get my comics is online. BCN is the first in my timeline and the one I spend the most time on every morning because Georgia is a wonderful cartoonist and this community is family.
So does anyone know ā are this weeksā particular strips being run in newspapers? I know Georgia was worried that they wouldnāt run this protest and would instead print reruns.
Since more than 2% of physical paper subscriptions today are probably dead people whose heirs havenāt noticed they need their subscription cancelled yet, seems only fair that they run ancient cartoons by dead men. Oh dear. Iām hoping that rather than fixing the paper syndication model, which seems like a lost cause, they update cartoonistsā pay to reflect the fact that most people today read comics online.
Print edition newspapers are read by walking/talking fossils who only want to read Beetle Bailey or Blondie. And therein lies the rub. Excellent comics created by women are available, but you have to go search for them. I donāt remember how I stumbled upon Go-Comics, but now I canāt begin my day without coming here first.
I believe the future for comics is venues like Go Comics. We need to drive people here and pay the cartoonists fairly for their work. The more people who subscribe to Go Comics and pic BCN as one of the comics they follow, the better this venue can pay Georgia for her work.
As a woman, I honestly never counted how many of the strips I read are written by women vs men. I choose the strips for my feed based upon what I like, not on who writes them.
Totally unfairā¦Talented women need more opportunities to break through with their comicsāthe āold guardā is just thatā¦old and stale. Let the new comics help stem the tide of dead and dying newspapers nationwide!
Hereās a solution, for those cheapo, Newspaper CEOās- Print all legacy comics separately, under the heading, Classic comics. The people, who still love them, can get their fix and maybe then you have room for the other comics!
Daily, I read BCN before the WAPO and the NYTimes. BCN reporters help me get an upbeat attitude for the rest of the day, no matter the headlines in other news sources.
We gave up on our subscription to the local printed paper years agoādelivery became very problematic and actual content was down to nearly nothing, so it wasnāt worth the cost. Not to mention the fact that the comics were so small we needed a microscope to read them! I donāt mind at all paying a subscription to someplace like GoComics to get the content I want in a format I can actually see. And I really love the fact that I can use Patreon to support artists like Georgia (who make my life a little happier every day!) directly.
When I was a wee thing, my dad would bring the NY Post home from work in The City, mostly so my sister and I could read the comics. On Sundays, though, we got the NY Times, which I thought was a terrible paper because it had no funny pages. My grandparents would save the Sunday strips from their local paper for us. Full color! We loved it.
These days I read the NY Times myself, and Iām so grateful for GoComics (full color!).
It would be great if somewhere in this discussion there was a clearly stated outline of of how exactly printed and online comics generate income for their authors.
I miss newspapers. When I want to pack something I have nothing to wrap it in. And when I want to paint something I have nothing to spread on the floor. Fortunately I donāt have a bird, so I donāt have to worry about the bottom of the cage.
I read the article on The Washington Post. I understand the need to make cuts but the way itās done is biased against the very talented women who make up a small portion of the pool. Like many occupations, the comics were male dominated for a long time. So the available pool is smaller. That just means that we as readers need to make ourselves heard that much more.
One āLikeā is not enough. BRAVA, GEORGIA!!! ā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļø
For those wondering about who are women cartoonists, here is a partial list here on Go Comics from my own favorites list.Georgia Dunn, BCN!; Nancy Beiman, Fur Babies; Amanda El-Dewey, Amanda the Great; Huda Fahmy, Yes, Iām Hot in This; Brook McEldowney, 9 Chickweed Lane; Gwen Tarpley, Catās Cafe; T. Shepherd, Snow Sez; Angie Bailey, Texts from Mittens; Jan Sorensen, Opinion Cartoons. And many more I keep meaning to explore.
Iāve been acutely and painfully aware of the slow demise of print media, since my husband worked as a newspaper photographer and reporter when he was younger, was a freelance writer for newspapers and magazines, and eventually published and edited a scuba diving magazine that didnāt survive the shift from print to online writing. He constantly bemoans the death of the print format. Heās writing web content now ā as am I.
Both of us are frightened by the way AI can direct people to news and social media that will just reinforce their existing beliefs. This can be a major force in the social and political polarization of the country. It inhibits productive dialogue. (In areas where people of different persuasions are able to mix ā like the Orb ā thereās often a āno political or religious discussionsā rule. The current discussion of representation of women in comics is the exception that proves the ruleā¦the topic only came up when it threatened BCNās existence.)
Newspaper readershipās currently skewed towards an older demographicā¦so old as to have a substantial representation among a geriatric population thatās āset inits waysā and most comfortable with stuff that reminds them of their āglory days.ā And they donāt want comics that they canāt understand, or that use humor to challenge their beliefs. Using reruns of favorite old comics works well in this environment. Newspapers donāt want to risk some geezer canceling his subscription because his favorite old comic was replaced by some wacky cartooning that deals with stuff he canāt understand.
Yes! So proud of Georgia for writing and running these strips. Wonderful to see Tabitha and Beatrix, especially speaking out for an important real-world bulletin!
This is one of the reasons I read my comics online. Newspapers are quite literally yesterdayās news. I mean, I did enjoy reading a newspaper years ago when there was no alternative, but now theyāve gotten so thin, so chintzy, and so mean with their content that I donāt bother. Our local paper, the Halifax Herald, longest running newspaper in Canada, has recently filed for bankruptcy protection. Itās not hard to see why. Theyāve lost the classified market to Craigslist, Kijiji, and Facebook Marketpkace. Theyāve reduced frequency from seven days a week to four (making old news even older). Theyāve lost most of their advertisers. And because theyāve cut content back so much (including comics) that theyāve lost most of their readers as well.
Women cartoonists need to be represented more in the funny pages. Of course, what would really be great is if there were more syndicated comics done by autistic people or other people with special needs. (Are there any?) Now that would really be progressive.
Iām wondering how many of the newspapers that Georgia is currently in are going to print this arc. It will be interesting to find out, but I donāt know how. I suppose Georgia will be notified of the ones who refuse to publish this commentary. I can even see some of them putting it on the āeditorialā page as an editorial cartoon!
I havenāt gotten a newspaper in 20 yearsā¦once comics started on the web, Iāve been reading all my comics on the internet. GoComics have made it easier. I also used to subscribe to Comics Kingdom, but they started charging too much, so I dropped them. I also go to Patreon and follow 3 comic creators. As for the sex of who writes themā¦I donāt care, as long as theyāre good comics. If I donāt like the comic, I donāt follow them. I have dropped a few comics from GoComics because I just didnāt like them. I will on occasion go looking to see whatās new on here.
Georgia posted: "Facebook MenuāOne of my local newspapers, āThe Seattle Timesā ran Tabithaās broadcast today! Iāve also heard that āThe Houston Chronicleā did as well! There was a worry before this weekās strips were submitted that some newspapers might not run them. Iām delighted to see and hear of newspapers who ran the broadcast! I suspect the āindependent and locally operated for more than 127 yearsā helps in The Seattle Timesā case! Did your newspaper run it? Iām trying to find out how many did and if any opted out. If your newspaper ran it, PLEASE reach out and thank them!! Iām so grateful to every newspaper that kept these strips in their funny pages this week, and Iād love for them to get a lot of positive emails and messages about it! Pushing back on Gannett and other newspaper companies taking their newspaper editorsā choice of comics away and limiting them to 34 pre-selected strips is in all of our best interestsācartoonists, newspapers, readers, and newspaper editors alike! If your newspaper did run it, Iād love to get a picture of it if you donāt mind snapping a quick photo and posting it in the comments!A heartfelt thank you to āThe Seattle Times,ā āThe Houston Chronicle,ā and every other newspaper who ran these strips! I hope to get a list together for thank yous!ā
OT: As a late celebration of BCNās birthday last week I gifted my vetās office with a copy of āTake it Away Tommyā and āElvis Puffs Outā when I took Mac in for his follow up appointment today. They said everything was healing up good and he can eat crunchy food again if he wants, which will make everyone happy since I can now have that out again for them. He did still have a bit of inflammation so he has to go back in another month for another follow up to make sure that goes away.
I could hear the feedback as Tabithaās transmission cut in. This isnāt just a Bulletin, itās a Special Report. This is where the BCN universe connects with and influences the external, objective world (outside the Mega-Orb and its influences). There can and should be other comics universes where this occurs, including ones like Doonesbury where addressing the readers (not just cats watching cat television) is more common.
Sad but true. As much as I like Peanuts, itās all available online and in books. Why does it need to be in newspapers over the work of living cartoonists? Newspapers are a dying medium, in part because they do nothing to attract new readers.
uncle snipe 11 months ago
I am not surprised. But maybe some of the male cartoonists, those that are still alive and popular, should speak out and support these immensely talented women!
Ricky Bennett 11 months ago
In a race between comic strip artists, the result was a drawā¦
Bill Thompson 11 months ago
And what of the legacy strips? Cats should have nine lives, not zombie strips!
Sue Ellen 11 months ago
I love the disgruntled look on Beatrixās face.
Jacob Mattingly 11 months ago
I support this. I needed to be done. Its one thing to do interviews, which is saying it like this hammers it in
Kitty Queen 11 months ago
Iām in my 70s and I canāt believe Iām still fighting this bullsā¬Ā„ā©
GreasyOldTam 11 months ago
GoComics has a sample of their women cartoonists. There are 15 in the sample, but it doesnāt give any idea of the total number. I tried to count the number off the Find Comics A-Z list, but there are too many where the sex of the cartoonists isnāt obvious from their name. Some years ago, I had way too much time on my hands, and counted the raw number of cartoons. At the time, it was about 500.
Two larger questions: How does GoComics select cartoons to run? And 2, how many women cartoonists are there? Or, rather, how many would there be if there were more opportunities?
kangtourcat Premium Member 11 months ago
My brother, some years back, canceled his subscription to the Houston Chronicle because they dropped Get Fuzzy in favor of BCN. The Chronicles explanation at the time it reorganized their comics page was that they were getting rid of old reruns in favor of new, up and coming cartoonist. Wallace the Brave was also added at this time. As of now, the Chronicle has a four page Sunday comics page and BCN is on the front page of that below the fold.
FreyjaRN Premium Member 11 months ago
Glass ceilings are shameful. Try getting along in life without women.
Liz the Lucky Premium Member 11 months ago
OT (Does involve a cat, though.)
Dirty Dragon 11 months ago
Sing it, sister!
(Itās an extremely fair cop.)
kaylin 11 months ago
I hope that you will still continue to have your comics here. To me this sounds like a Goodbyeā¦?
saobadao 11 months ago
Frankly Iām amazed comic strips are still printed. I LOVE so many of them and would probably drop my printed newspaper but for comics but still amazed they exist
BarbaraKrooss 11 months ago
According to Statista, only 12% of Americans read newspapers, as of February, 2022.
Twice as many of these readers were male ā 16% of all men read newspapers and only 8% of the women did. Men also led in consuming both cable and network news, online-only news and radio. But women had heavier social media participation.
This sad disparity (which supports some traditional āditsy womanā social stereotypes) neither explains nor excuses the DailyCartoonist.com data, especially if we assume that all of these men reading newspapers were alive. (Granted, this assumption was sometimes questioned by stereotypical 1950ās housewives who attempted to converse with their husbands while they read newspapers at the breakfast table.)
One of the charms of Breaking Cat News is that it combines a well-drawn, witty, compassionate and family-friendly comic with an engaging and vital social media connection through āThe Orb.ā People have often noted that the kind (no pun intended) of social interaction and sense of community provided here are unique.
Newspapers may be going the way of the dinosaur ( ā and like dinosaurs, may soon serve primarily as a source of ābad carbon footprintā fuel.) But BCN and the Orb are well-positioned to withstand a transition to a purely digital format, especially with continued Patreon support.
dmah Premium Member 11 months ago
Love seeing the Tabitha and Beatrix together, representing both present and future generations in the fight against gender inequality. Brava, Georgia!
WelshRat Premium Member 11 months ago
Certainly right. Especially about reruns.
stairsteppublishing 11 months ago
Of the 11 strips I read, 6 are by women, 5 by men. Five feature women, and two about cats and one cats and dogs.
Marusya Step 11 months ago
Sorry for my opinion, but I think, that posting comics on newspapers ā itās too outrated method and marking time. So I donāt see any problems, if women are less then dead men on funny pagesā¦ Newspapers are dead too. But maybe it in USA is still a thing. BCN must keep up with the times
emiesty Premium Member 11 months ago
Very excited to see what the next five days will bring. Go Tabitha!
daDoctah1 11 months ago
How do we count āRose Is Roseā? The cartoonist is a man, but the strip has a very female (and not stereotypically āditzyā) focus.
ElliottB.C.Rennie 11 months ago
I have some very ānon-family friendly comments to make, but out of courtesy for young kittens Iāll just screamāDOWN WITH THE PATRIARCHY!ā
Lady Bri 11 months ago
GO GEORGIA!!!! į¦ĘŖ(Ėā”Ė)Źā”ĘŖ(Ėā”Ė)ŹāŖ You tell it, Tabitha! From its foundations the news is meant to be the nationās āwatchdogā to investigate and report on āgovernment overreach and wrongdoing and to hold those in power accountable for their actions.ā Now, true, while national comic syndication is not part of the āgovernment,ā its power should still be checked by the media to ensure it is treating comic artists equally and fairly. It is reasonable to posit that if women can be cut out of comic syndication, women can also be cut out of obtaining jobs traditionally reserved for males. Not so very long ago this was the case. We could regress if weāre not careful. Just my two cents.
I ā„ Tabitha. And Beatrix looks so cute in her outrage!
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member 11 months ago
Thereās an article on the Daily Cartoonist here:
www.dailycartoonist DOT COM / index DOT php/2024/03/17/the-funny-pages-phasing-out-females/
and an earlier look here:
https://www.dailycartoonistDOT COM /index DOT php/2024/02/24/the-real-gannett-conspiracy-chauvinism/
Mr. Organization 11 months ago
Tabithaās closing comment beautifully puts things in perspective.
Tigrisan Premium Member 11 months ago
I still take a printed paper, but itās local and while it has a crossword in it, there are no comics in it. I think it has 20 pages usually, mostly the stuff you find in rural papers and covers three or four little townships. Itās a chatty little thing and I like it, so I support it, but the only way I get my comics is online. BCN is the first in my timeline and the one I spend the most time on every morning because Georgia is a wonderful cartoonist and this community is family.
Ninette 11 months ago
Adios, au revoir, auf wiedersehen.. goodbye!
cat19632001 11 months ago
So does anyone know ā are this weeksā particular strips being run in newspapers? I know Georgia was worried that they wouldnāt run this protest and would instead print reruns.
arolarson Premium Member 11 months ago
Huzzah Georgia. Bravely done. Hope all the newspapers who still run BCN will be brave as well and run this week of strips.
Kitty Katz 11 months ago
Meanwhile, Back on the Nile
Elvis-Anum: Time to work on the latest news scroll.
Beatrixia: I think Tabith-Isis has an editorial she wants to add.
*Enter Tabith-Isis*
Tabith-Isis: Bea is right. I want to write about an injustice in the newspapers in 2024.
Elvis: But that hasnāt even happened yet.
Tabs: So why wait till the last minute?
Bea: I agree we have to say something.
Elvis: Letās hear what the Queen has to say.
Sometime Later
Queen Catshepsut the Golden: So you are saying that female cartoonists are grossly underrepresented in newspapers.
Tabs: That is so, Your Majesty. I intend to be proactive by a few centuries.
Queen Cat: And do you have an objection, Elvis.
Elvis: Not really. I just donāt see the point of writing about something that hasnāt happened yet.
Bea: But by showing our support, we will make our voice hears.
Elvis: There is that. Alright letās add the editorial.
Thomios: And after that Iāll make tea and scones.
emiesty Premium Member 11 months ago
Slightly OT: Prince Valiant
rheddmobile 11 months ago
Since more than 2% of physical paper subscriptions today are probably dead people whose heirs havenāt noticed they need their subscription cancelled yet, seems only fair that they run ancient cartoons by dead men. Oh dear. Iām hoping that rather than fixing the paper syndication model, which seems like a lost cause, they update cartoonistsā pay to reflect the fact that most people today read comics online.
Grace Premium Member 11 months ago
Go Georgia, tell it like it is oops I mean Go Tabitha!
JohnTheFoole 11 months ago
Checkout Lynda Barryā¦
Ignatz Premium Member 11 months ago
Good for you, Georgia. Go for it.
WiiSportsPro21 11 months ago
Alert: Women must be part of strips!
Janet Gamble Premium Member 11 months ago
I have tried nearly 15 times, over 30 years, to try and get my comic strip syndicatedā¦no luck, at all!
rs0204 Premium Member 11 months ago
Print edition newspapers are read by walking/talking fossils who only want to read Beetle Bailey or Blondie. And therein lies the rub. Excellent comics created by women are available, but you have to go search for them. I donāt remember how I stumbled upon Go-Comics, but now I canāt begin my day without coming here first.
I believe the future for comics is venues like Go Comics. We need to drive people here and pay the cartoonists fairly for their work. The more people who subscribe to Go Comics and pic BCN as one of the comics they follow, the better this venue can pay Georgia for her work.
WestNYC Premium Member 11 months ago
Boycott Newspapers !
StoicLion1973 11 months ago
The newspapers are probably printing what people want to read. Equal opportunity does not yield equal results.
Just So So Premium Member 11 months ago
As a woman, I honestly never counted how many of the strips I read are written by women vs men. I choose the strips for my feed based upon what I like, not on who writes them.
jrinnebraska 11 months ago
Totally unfairā¦Talented women need more opportunities to break through with their comicsāthe āold guardā is just thatā¦old and stale. Let the new comics help stem the tide of dead and dying newspapers nationwide!
I AM CARTOON LADY! 11 months ago
Hereās a solution, for those cheapo, Newspaper CEOās- Print all legacy comics separately, under the heading, Classic comics. The people, who still love them, can get their fix and maybe then you have room for the other comics!
One Serious Cat 11 months ago
Daily, I read BCN before the WAPO and the NYTimes. BCN reporters help me get an upbeat attitude for the rest of the day, no matter the headlines in other news sources.
rc_stone_1 11 months ago
Then be funnier than dead guys.
ladykat Premium Member 11 months ago
Georgia, you rock! So do Tabitha (long time no see) and Beatrix (ditto)!
cpiller Premium Member 11 months ago
We gave up on our subscription to the local printed paper years agoādelivery became very problematic and actual content was down to nearly nothing, so it wasnāt worth the cost. Not to mention the fact that the comics were so small we needed a microscope to read them! I donāt mind at all paying a subscription to someplace like GoComics to get the content I want in a format I can actually see. And I really love the fact that I can use Patreon to support artists like Georgia (who make my life a little happier every day!) directly.
Miss Mina 11 months ago
When I was a wee thing, my dad would bring the NY Post home from work in The City, mostly so my sister and I could read the comics. On Sundays, though, we got the NY Times, which I thought was a terrible paper because it had no funny pages. My grandparents would save the Sunday strips from their local paper for us. Full color! We loved it.
These days I read the NY Times myself, and Iām so grateful for GoComics (full color!).
Katzen1415 11 months ago
Youāve been preempted Elvis. Now for stories about women, by women.
rroxxanna 11 months ago
<Loud applause, whistling, foot stomping, cheering>
Hurray, Georgia! Thank you !!!!! I hope this weekās strips become famous!
Alverant 11 months ago
I hope Tabitha gives some examples of funny comics by women so we can check them out.
diskus Premium Member 11 months ago
It would be great if somewhere in this discussion there was a clearly stated outline of of how exactly printed and online comics generate income for their authors.
2019faver 11 months ago
This really sucks. Thatās why I come here for my comics.
danielledopie 11 months ago
Earth sure is special.
RonBerg13 Premium Member 11 months ago
Yes, but how many women out of the population draw comics to start with?
Same for menā¦
Then we can talk percentages because we will have something to compare.
Banjo Gordy Premium Member 11 months ago
Thicker black line to delineate cat characters certainly shows Georgiaās concern.
old_geek 11 months ago
Thatās not funny.
lauradolan 11 months ago
I miss newspapers. When I want to pack something I have nothing to wrap it in. And when I want to paint something I have nothing to spread on the floor. Fortunately I donāt have a bird, so I donāt have to worry about the bottom of the cage.
pjsdoghouse2003 11 months ago
I read the article on The Washington Post. I understand the need to make cuts but the way itās done is biased against the very talented women who make up a small portion of the pool. Like many occupations, the comics were male dominated for a long time. So the available pool is smaller. That just means that we as readers need to make ourselves heard that much more.
anomalous4 11 months ago
One āLikeā is not enough. BRAVA, GEORGIA!!! ā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļø
JLChi 11 months ago
The Chicago Tribune prints exactly one comic, āFor Better or for Worse,ā by a female, Lynn Johnston.
Their comics section is really bad. I read a few of their strips, like āMutts,ā but most arenāt worth the time.
bonita.eley 11 months ago
Georgia Dunn is the best!
arolarson Premium Member 11 months ago
For those wondering about who are women cartoonists, here is a partial list here on Go Comics from my own favorites list.Georgia Dunn, BCN!; Nancy Beiman, Fur Babies; Amanda El-Dewey, Amanda the Great; Huda Fahmy, Yes, Iām Hot in This; Brook McEldowney, 9 Chickweed Lane; Gwen Tarpley, Catās Cafe; T. Shepherd, Snow Sez; Angie Bailey, Texts from Mittens; Jan Sorensen, Opinion Cartoons. And many more I keep meaning to explore.
BarbaraKrooss 11 months ago
Iāve been acutely and painfully aware of the slow demise of print media, since my husband worked as a newspaper photographer and reporter when he was younger, was a freelance writer for newspapers and magazines, and eventually published and edited a scuba diving magazine that didnāt survive the shift from print to online writing. He constantly bemoans the death of the print format. Heās writing web content now ā as am I.
Both of us are frightened by the way AI can direct people to news and social media that will just reinforce their existing beliefs. This can be a major force in the social and political polarization of the country. It inhibits productive dialogue. (In areas where people of different persuasions are able to mix ā like the Orb ā thereās often a āno political or religious discussionsā rule. The current discussion of representation of women in comics is the exception that proves the ruleā¦the topic only came up when it threatened BCNās existence.)
Newspaper readershipās currently skewed towards an older demographicā¦so old as to have a substantial representation among a geriatric population thatās āset inits waysā and most comfortable with stuff that reminds them of their āglory days.ā And they donāt want comics that they canāt understand, or that use humor to challenge their beliefs. Using reruns of favorite old comics works well in this environment. Newspapers donāt want to risk some geezer canceling his subscription because his favorite old comic was replaced by some wacky cartooning that deals with stuff he canāt understand.
Daltongang Premium Member 11 months ago
Georgia, Georgia, Georgiaā¦ā¦.. Did you learn nothing from Space Balls?
Merchandising, merchandising, where the real money from the comic is made!
BCN News-the T-shirt,
BCN News-the Coloring Book,
BCN News-the Lunch box,
BCN News-the Breakfast Cereal,
BCN News-the Flame Thrower, (The kids love this one)
And last but not least, BCN News-the dolls.
Puck: āāMay the catnip be with you!āā
Who knows Georgia? God willing, weāll all meet again in BCN News 2: The Search for More Money.
Le'letha Premium Member 11 months ago
Yes! So proud of Georgia for writing and running these strips. Wonderful to see Tabitha and Beatrix, especially speaking out for an important real-world bulletin!
up2trixx 11 months ago
This is one of the reasons I read my comics online. Newspapers are quite literally yesterdayās news. I mean, I did enjoy reading a newspaper years ago when there was no alternative, but now theyāve gotten so thin, so chintzy, and so mean with their content that I donāt bother. Our local paper, the Halifax Herald, longest running newspaper in Canada, has recently filed for bankruptcy protection. Itās not hard to see why. Theyāve lost the classified market to Craigslist, Kijiji, and Facebook Marketpkace. Theyāve reduced frequency from seven days a week to four (making old news even older). Theyāve lost most of their advertisers. And because theyāve cut content back so much (including comics) that theyāve lost most of their readers as well.
cdpond. 11 months ago
sometimes the funny business isnāt so humorousā¦
as85 Premium Member 11 months ago
Every newspaper has the same comics nowā¦.so boring!
Red Bird 11 months ago
Oh wow, thatās awful! The syndicate is a disgrace to the newspaper industry.
coffeeturtle 11 months ago
Think of all the funny reading we missed out on!
GSD Mom Premium Member 11 months ago
SHARED!
Pip'sMom Premium Member 11 months ago
I wonder if comics by ādead guysā run because they are cheap. Anyone know if this is right?
tad1 11 months ago
Women cartoonists need to be represented more in the funny pages. Of course, what would really be great is if there were more syndicated comics done by autistic people or other people with special needs. (Are there any?) Now that would really be progressive.
azkfwecho Premium Member 11 months ago
Iām wondering how many of the newspapers that Georgia is currently in are going to print this arc. It will be interesting to find out, but I donāt know how. I suppose Georgia will be notified of the ones who refuse to publish this commentary. I can even see some of them putting it on the āeditorialā page as an editorial cartoon!
Hello Sweetie 11 months ago
So 2% is not acceptable. What would be the acceptable percentage?
sisterea 11 months ago
I have missed you immensely Tabitha, just a sad reason to have you back.
Robert Miller Premium Member 11 months ago
I havenāt gotten a newspaper in 20 yearsā¦once comics started on the web, Iāve been reading all my comics on the internet. GoComics have made it easier. I also used to subscribe to Comics Kingdom, but they started charging too much, so I dropped them. I also go to Patreon and follow 3 comic creators. As for the sex of who writes themā¦I donāt care, as long as theyāre good comics. If I donāt like the comic, I donāt follow them. I have dropped a few comics from GoComics because I just didnāt like them. I will on occasion go looking to see whatās new on here.
crazeekatlady 11 months ago
OT: Comic Editorial
willie_mctell 11 months ago
Iām a fat, old White, straight guy. I donāt understand why women get dropped from the comic page first. All of my favorites here are by women.
mepowell 11 months ago
Georgia posted: "Facebook MenuāOne of my local newspapers, āThe Seattle Timesā ran Tabithaās broadcast today! Iāve also heard that āThe Houston Chronicleā did as well! There was a worry before this weekās strips were submitted that some newspapers might not run them. Iām delighted to see and hear of newspapers who ran the broadcast! I suspect the āindependent and locally operated for more than 127 yearsā helps in The Seattle Timesā case! Did your newspaper run it? Iām trying to find out how many did and if any opted out. If your newspaper ran it, PLEASE reach out and thank them!! Iām so grateful to every newspaper that kept these strips in their funny pages this week, and Iād love for them to get a lot of positive emails and messages about it! Pushing back on Gannett and other newspaper companies taking their newspaper editorsā choice of comics away and limiting them to 34 pre-selected strips is in all of our best interestsācartoonists, newspapers, readers, and newspaper editors alike! If your newspaper did run it, Iād love to get a picture of it if you donāt mind snapping a quick photo and posting it in the comments!A heartfelt thank you to āThe Seattle Times,ā āThe Houston Chronicle,ā and every other newspaper who ran these strips! I hope to get a list together for thank yous!ā
Susanna Premium Member 11 months ago
OT: As a late celebration of BCNās birthday last week I gifted my vetās office with a copy of āTake it Away Tommyā and āElvis Puffs Outā when I took Mac in for his follow up appointment today. They said everything was healing up good and he can eat crunchy food again if he wants, which will make everyone happy since I can now have that out again for them. He did still have a bit of inflammation so he has to go back in another month for another follow up to make sure that goes away.
Aspen_Bell 11 months ago
I could hear the feedback as Tabithaās transmission cut in. This isnāt just a Bulletin, itās a Special Report. This is where the BCN universe connects with and influences the external, objective world (outside the Mega-Orb and its influences). There can and should be other comics universes where this occurs, including ones like Doonesbury where addressing the readers (not just cats watching cat television) is more common.
Fennec! at the Disco 11 months ago
Yes! Preach, Tabitha!
Eric S 11 months ago
ā¦and?
MRBLUESKY529 11 months ago
And thatās not funny.
Aladar30 Premium Member 11 months ago
Itās unfair. This has to change.
Fluffy_and_Mervin 11 months ago
Sad but true. As much as I like Peanuts, itās all available online and in books. Why does it need to be in newspapers over the work of living cartoonists? Newspapers are a dying medium, in part because they do nothing to attract new readers.
jewlie 11 months ago
There isnāt anything cute or funny to say about this. It just makes me mad!