The tradition of leafing through a newspaper to get to the comic strips is about to become a thing of the past for News Corp Australia's readers.
abc.net.au/news/news-corp-comic-strips-cathy-wilcox-sean-leahy-cartoonists/101370724Rifling through the newspaper to dig out the comic strips will soon be a thing of the past.
In the days before smart phones, kids and young people would flip open a paper to read comic strips like Blondie, Calvin and Hobbs, Garfield or The Phantom.Sean Leahy believes a new business model will emerge for cartoonists. He said US papers still published large supplements of comic strips with dozens of pages of cartoons.ListenSean Leahy disappointed with News Corp decision to cut comic strips.
Swamp creator Gary Clark said there was space for a modern take of the digital version of comic strips in papers.Ms Wilcox said many artists would be left without a steady income after the News Corp decision.
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