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REDEYE COMIC STRIP RERUNS
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Darry...@aol.com
Nov 30, 2013, 3:04:30 PM11/30/13
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How many papers still carry RedEye comic strip reruns though it has ceased in 2008 after the death of Mel Casson. One of those is the Illinois Daily Herald on Sundays.
D.D.Degg
Nov 30, 2013, 11:53:25 PM11/30/13
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I would be curious why and how they still
run the strip after all these years.
It is apparently still offered in some foreign markets
(Canada's Toronto Star Syndicate for example:
http://www.tsscontent.ca/comics/content__1/print_content#childnode_91 )
but is not offered, AFAIK, for U.S. consumption;
the Herald (Sunday only?) being an exception.
When the Daily Ink Archivist did a post about the strip
last year it was noted that Redeye ended with Casson's death.
http://blog.dailyink.com/2012/07/11/ask-the-archivist-a-shot-of-redeye/
That article noted that Redeye creator planned
for the strip to end when he retired, with Bess
even drawing a last strip, shown in the post.
"Bess did the strip until his health declined in 1988, and he decided to end the strip with the Saturday, May 21, 1988 installment, showing a beleaguered Redeye finally escaping his own strip. But King Features had other plans, and the strip didn’t end."
Let us know if you can get an answer from the Herald.
D.D.Degg
D Heine
Jul 6, 2014, 10:52:03 AM7/6/14
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Since I now subscribe to the Illinois Daily Herald every day, almost every Sunday as long as it still runs in the Daily Herald Sunday comics I will post on Deviantart, Flickr, and Pinterest each Sunday's Redeye Sunday comic strip rerun.
Too bad the Illinois Daily Herald can't run on Sundays Stone Soup or Thatababy but still run Sundays three strips that used to run in the daily Daily Herald comics - Frank and Ernest, Deflocked, and Real Life Adventures.
Too bad the Illinois Daily Herald can't run on Sundays Stone Soup or Thatababy but still run Sundays three strips that used to run in the daily Daily Herald comics - Frank and Ernest, Deflocked, and Real Life Adventures.
jart...@gmail.com
Aug 12, 2014, 9:45:22 PM8/12/14
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On Saturday, November 30, 2013 3:04:30 PM UTC-5, D Heine wrote:
> How many papers still carry RedEye comic strip reruns though it has ceased in 2008 after the death of Mel Casson. One of those is the Illinois Daily Herald on Sundays.
Redeye is still running in The Enterprise (Brockton, MA) on Sundays.
> How many papers still carry RedEye comic strip reruns though it has ceased in 2008 after the death of Mel Casson. One of those is the Illinois Daily Herald on Sundays.
Here's the lineup as of this past week:
DAILY:
B.C.
SHOE
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
WIZARD OF ID
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE
MONTY
ANDY CAPP
ARLO & JANIS
ZITS
DILBERT
FAMILY CIRCUS
CLOSE TO HOME
ZIGGY
HEATHCLIFF
SUNDAY:
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE
GARFIELD
DILBERT
MONTY
ZITS
BORN LOSER
MARVIN
FRANK & ERNEST
HEATHCLIFF
WIZARD OF ID
BIZARRO (replaced They'll Do It Every Time in 2008)
MARK TRAIL
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
DENNIS THE MENACE
B.C.
SHOE
FAMILY CIRCUS
REDEYE
ZIGGY
CLOSE TO HOME
THATABABY (replaced Cathy in 2010)
Over a decade ago, The Enterprise also offered the Sunday versions of Tarzan and Tank McNamara.
aaron...@gmail.com
Aug 24, 2014, 4:01:03 PM8/24/14
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The Brockton (MA) Enterprise still carries Redeye every Sunday. I think the Enterprise may have carried the strip since its beginning in 1967. Speaking of that, Wikipedia claims Redeye started on Sept. 11, 1967. I only wish they'd also rerun some of Bess' Sundays because the Enterprise didn't launch its Sunday edition until 1981, meaning we only got to see Sundays by Bess for 7 years (Yates and Casson took over in 1988 when Bess became too ill to continue).
aaron...@gmail.com
Aug 24, 2014, 6:40:47 PM8/24/14
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Ah! Didn't see your comment when I posted mine. Another comics reading schmuck from Enterprise country.
I dunno about you, but I missed the original tabloid comics section the Enterprise ran. 33 comics spread out over 12 pages. Far more enjoyable than the broadsheet format, and back before Brick Bradford and the Flintstones ended. And I miss the Star Wars comic, though for some reason, really thin lines in the art became wobbly (go figure).
I dunno about you, but I missed the original tabloid comics section the Enterprise ran. 33 comics spread out over 12 pages. Far more enjoyable than the broadsheet format, and back before Brick Bradford and the Flintstones ended. And I miss the Star Wars comic, though for some reason, really thin lines in the art became wobbly (go figure).
D Heine
Jan 11, 2015, 8:52:06 AM1/11/15
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On Sunday, July 6, 2014 at 9:52:03 AM UTC-5, D Heine wrote:
> Since I now subscribe to the Illinois Daily Herald every day, almost every Sunday as long as it still runs in the Daily Herald Sunday comics I will post on Deviantart, Flickr, and Pinterest each Sunday's Redeye Sunday comic strip rerun.
>
> Too bad the Illinois Daily Herald can't run on Sundays Stone Soup or Thatababy but still run Sundays three strips that used to run in the daily Daily Herald comics - Frank and Ernest, Deflocked, and Real Life Adventures.
And as of the start of 2015 the Redeye Sunday reruns distributed by King Features still go on but with a 2015 copyright date.
> Since I now subscribe to the Illinois Daily Herald every day, almost every Sunday as long as it still runs in the Daily Herald Sunday comics I will post on Deviantart, Flickr, and Pinterest each Sunday's Redeye Sunday comic strip rerun.
>
> Too bad the Illinois Daily Herald can't run on Sundays Stone Soup or Thatababy but still run Sundays three strips that used to run in the daily Daily Herald comics - Frank and Ernest, Deflocked, and Real Life Adventures.
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