In fact, I would probably that TMS' biggest revenue-getter in their comic strip titles is one that was discontinued in 2010 and had been in reprints for part of the 70s. That, of course, would be (Little Orphan) Annie, thanks to the musical of the same name, which has to generate royalties to TMS continuously.
And I just picked a title at random when it came to Brewster Rockit, actually--I could've said Bound and Gagged and I started to write Animal Crackers, except that that one has been around for a while and even had a TV series. I was just trying to pick a title that has any sort of current buzz outside of the comics pages. And Love Is... (which TMS got when the Trib bought the LA Times) is beyond common contempt. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor [email protected] On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]>wrote: > On Jul 10, 2013, at 10:42 AM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > > > ...their present lineup seems to consist of either dogs like Brewster > Rockit: Space Guy! or strips that are past their prime like Dick Tracy, > Gasoline Alley and several others). > > "Dick Tracy" has been revitalized by the current creative team that's been > doing the strip since 2011 -- it's definitely the best it's been since at > least the Dick Locher/Max Allan Collins era. > > As for "Brewster Rockit," I would say "de gustibus non est disputandum" in > terms of calling it a "dog." (I like it quite a bit.) > > Of course, in a sense, all syndicated comic strips these days are "dogs" > in the sense that there seems to be little, if any, growth potential in the > traditional business model, with newspapers continuing to shrink and/or go > out of business entirely. > > (You'll notice I didn't dispute "Gasoline Alley.") > > -- > Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> > <http://www.ellwanger.tv> > > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
