tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post2993408359018108974..comments2024-03-17T19:22:37.877-04:00Comments on Mike Lynch Cartoons: Dave Astor: Jobless But Not JokelessMike Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589354018554341768noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-85977484748324624332016-03-31T12:39:30.709-04:002016-03-31T12:39:30.709-04:00Thank you, Mike and Mark, for the kind words!Thank you, Mike and Mark, for the kind words!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08056831627670365759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-72487223270845459702009-04-01T11:00:00.000-04:002009-04-01T11:00:00.000-04:00The editorial cartoonists have allowed this to hap...The editorial cartoonists have allowed this to happen to themselves. In a mad rush to fight over the nickels and dimes of syndication, they've priced themselves out of jobs. Why would a newspaper, with a shrinking budget ever invest even 10,000.00 per year for a single cartoonist, producing a single cartoon, 5 days a week, when they can buy 3 tons of cartoons everyday for mere pennies. <BR/><BR/>Of course now we can flash forward to the present to see how diluted cartoons have become. A nice plain, pointless gag is safer to sell to a paranoid editor than a hard hitting opinion that might ruffle feathers. Suddenly, cartoons aren't that necessary anymore. They aren't even worth the pennies.James Grasdalhttp://jamesgrasdal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-79533371180899902102009-04-01T08:40:00.000-04:002009-04-01T08:40:00.000-04:00Yeah, Dave is a great guy, in print or in person.N...Yeah, Dave is a great guy, in print or in person.<BR/><BR/>Nick, I hope you're right about the "Reuben people."Mike Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589354018554341768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-42493240150343347422009-03-31T16:33:00.000-04:002009-03-31T16:33:00.000-04:00This is good news, if anyone can solve the this cr...This is good news, if anyone can solve the this crisis, it's the Rueben people.Nick Fechterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02220215804683839506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-81853985693306658902009-03-31T09:04:00.000-04:002009-03-31T09:04:00.000-04:00Good find! And a good reminder that I miss Dave a...Good find! And a good reminder that I miss Dave at E&P.Mark Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05839199259226381830noreply@blogger.com