Detroit

Well after some rough feedback in the Detroit News from MAry Worth readers, the editors decided to pick up DeD! Thanks to everyone that sent in feedback to the paper.

They had replaced Mary Worth with DeD in order to try it out. And although the comments on DeD were favorable, the Mary Worth fans were pretty outraged. Hopefully they’ll keep it now too.

23 Responses to "Detroit"

Bette says:

December 7, 2005 at 10:12 am

Jeez. People still READ “Mary Worth”?! And all three of them took the time to complain?

I’d sure hate to get those “Alley Oop” folks riled up!
Suze says:

December 7, 2005 at 7:06 pm

This is great! I really thought, after so much resistance, they would pass. Yaaa for the Detroit News for having such good sense! They won’t be sorry!
carol says:

December 9, 2005 at 8:13 am

You’re not kidding about those Alley Oop fans. I kid you not. They had a poll in our local paper, and Alley Oop got the fewest votes so they took it out. So many people complained that they stuck it back in. Can you believe that? But they dumped Foxtrot!!
Yu the Great says:

December 9, 2005 at 1:55 pm

Wouldn’t it be simpler to just read the thing online? http://www.comics.com/comics/alleyoop/index.html
Michael K. Willis says:

December 9, 2005 at 4:29 pm

Cool beans! DeD can displace just about any strip in my local paper (something I’ve communicated to the editor)…including and especially Mary Worth
Chris says:

December 9, 2005 at 5:01 pm

You gotta watch those Mary Worth fans. Once they turn on you, it’s all over. Next thing you know, it’s readers of The Lockhorns. Then Prince Valiant afficianados, and next thing you know, you’re swamped beneath thousands of stringently grammatical hate letters with perfect penmanship! Woe be unto thee, my friend. Woe.
Der Tommissar says:

December 9, 2005 at 5:18 pm

Those Mary Worth fans better recognize, or I’ll bring the funk on them.
Nathalie says:

December 9, 2005 at 5:49 pm

Knock, Knock, there’s a choir at your door……”We Wish You A Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year” Stopping by to wish you and yours Happy Holidays!!
prying1 says:

December 9, 2005 at 8:10 pm

They would sell more papers if they dumped all the news and just had comics and adverts.
Dale says:

December 10, 2005 at 6:32 am

Congratulations on kicking Mary’s butt out the door, Brian! I’d read your strip over most strips any day of the week, especially Mary Worth.
Belinda says:

December 11, 2005 at 7:51 pm

Way cool, congratulations! I hope it wasn’t very much of a battle, though. That would shake my faith in humanity.
Bette says:

December 12, 2005 at 7:30 am

What’s next? (gasp) Will they get rid of Marmaduke and the Family Circus?

We can’t even get our paper to carry The Boondocks! They carried it for about 4 days and that was that. No explanation. Just . . . gone.

And I DID email them about DeD and got no reply. It’s the perfect for Connecticut, seeing you can’t swing a cat and not hit someone who’s got a Lab. Or a kid. Or both.
Ro says:

December 12, 2005 at 8:52 am

Congratulations!
Valerie says:

December 12, 2005 at 9:34 am

Welcome to the Motor City!
cube says:

December 12, 2005 at 10:48 am

OMG, you killed Mary Worth!
Riss says:

December 12, 2005 at 4:59 pm

I can’t believe Mary Worth is still around. Someone should have killed it off like 20 years ago.
horace says:

December 14, 2005 at 9:55 pm

Suhweeeeeet blog! Definitely worth a bookmark!

If you want a really good laugh, visit http://www.horacefinkle.blogspot.com – People these days just don’t get to laugh enough, and here’s my remedy!
FTS says:

December 15, 2005 at 9:14 am

Way to go n Detroit. Sad that it comes down to a one-on-one battle between two strips, though, which tends to make it personal when it really isn’t.
RPM says:

December 16, 2005 at 12:48 pm

Congratulations! It’s too bad about pitting you against one comic instead of competing for a spot amongst all of them.
Xian says:

December 19, 2005 at 6:02 am

This is my first time here…Ded is actually a comic? Anyway, Merry Christmas…do leave me a comment…CIao, xian
CT says:

December 19, 2005 at 4:04 pm

It’s fairly amazing how riled up people get over their comic strip lineup. Nearly ten years ago, my local paper had the temerity to pull “Marvin” and replace it with “Baby Blues”. I was working on the editorial desk at the time, and the reader-feedback email was TREMENDOUS. Even back then, when email was just catching on, I’d never seen such a response to any other single topic, from a broad range of readers. And that they were campaigning for such a lame-o strip (which has only gotten worse since) was the most amazing part. Not that “Baby Blues” is head and shoulders above, but still.

On the one hand, as a comics fan and publishing professional, I’m happy to see such devotion in both areas. On the other… I really wonder why people get so hooked on obviously crappy strips that are running on fumes.

So consider placement of DeD in each new paper an achievement. Editors are risking a lot of nasty flack over every subtraction they make to those hallowed funny pages.
Laurel says:

January 6, 2006 at 8:49 am

Thank you for posting On the Rocks… what a LOL FUNNY comic. I never would have found them w/out you. I have added him to my daily read (along with DeD, of course!).

I also love the Yule shot of Sophie! What a cutie-girl, yes she is! Have a great day – you’ve made mine! Laurel
Mavis says:

January 10, 2006 at 10:19 pm

I just wanted to pop in and say hi… so… Hi!

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