Change is coming to Erie Times-News comics pages. Here's what readers need to know
Maybe the comics pages are where you start your day. Perhaps they're where you finish your reading time. No matter your routine, the gang from "Peanuts" and Co. are as integral to many Erie Times-News readers as the latest news and sports or weather forecast.
So when change comes to the comics, we know it's of heightened importance and sensitivity to readers. And significant change is coming to the comics in the Times-News starting Oct. 2.
As part of a nationwide update of the USA TODAY Network's comics pages, the Times-News is refreshing the list of titles we offer, holding on to some longtime favorites while adding new strips. Some comics will end publication as of Saturday. However, readers ultimately will get one more strip daily and gain two on Sundays, when the comics section will grow to six pages from four.
Longtime readers will know this isn't the first time that cartoons have been freshened including on a couple occasions in the past decade. USA TODAY Network publications continuously evaluate the content we provide. These new changes again come after surveying and listening to loyal readers.
Here’s what you’ll find daily in the Times-News starting Oct. 2: Blondie, Zits, Beetle Bailey, Family Circus, Hagar, Dennis the Menace, Garfield, Peanuts, For Better or Worse, Baby Blues, Pickles, Pearls Before Swine, Jump Start, Ziggy, Marmaduke, Non Sequitur, Crabgrass, Crankshaft, Luann, Baldo, Frank & Ernest, Born Loser, Close to Home, Argyle Sweater, Mother Goose, Rose is Rose, Wizard of Id and B.C.
Sundays starting Oct. 8, you'll find all those comics plus Foxtrot.
Seventeen of those titles already are published in the Times-News, and daily strips Mother Goose and Close to Home will join the Sunday lineup.
Jumpstart, Ziggy, Marmaduke, Non Sequitur, Crankshaft, Baldo and Rose is Rose are new to the daily and Sunday lineups.
The Times-News eNewspaper will reflect the changes as well, but digital readers can access additional comics at goerie.com/comics. And, good news: Between Friends, Hi & Lois, The Lockhorns, Mark Trail, Mutts and Prince Valiant, all comics that are departing print, are available on the digital comics page.
There's no change in your subscription rates as a result of the comics updates.
If you have questions or concerns, please reach out to the customer service team by calling 800-352-0043 and following the prompts or chat live during staffed hours at help.goerie.com.
We know this is a change to some cherished reading routines. We hope it's also the start of some new ones.
Matt Martin is the Ohio and Pennsylvania group editor for Gannett's Center for Community Journalism. He can be reached at mmartin4@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: Comics pages in the Erie Times-News will change starting Oct. 2, 2023
