Shrubville

HOLY CRAP holy crap holy crap.

The Chicago Tribune cancelled, on the same day, Candorville and Prickly City. How could they be so wrong, and yet so right, at once?!?!?!

Did TRIBUNE had "FoxTrot"?

What did they replace it with?

Here's the Trib's official statement:

Effective this week, Bill Amend, creator of "FoxTrot," is cutting back on his production schedule, and will produce the comic strip on Sundays only. In its stead, Mondays through Saturdays, we offer "Lio," by Mark Tatulli, about a curious boy with a bizarre imagination. ("FoxTrot" will continue to run in the Tribune's Sunday Comics section.) We are also introducing two new strips to our everyday lineup: "Raising Hector," by Peter Ramirez, about a police officer who retires from the force to be a stay-at-home dad, and "Ink Pen," by Phil Dunlap, about an employment agency for out-of-work cartoon characters. To make room, we are discontinuing the strips "Candorville" and "Prickly City."

I hope Stantits takes a direct hit to the pocketbook, that a-hole.

P.S. I wrote to Darrin Bell re: the Trib removing Candorville. He said he hopes fans write to the Trib, and for anyone who cc's him on their letter to the Trib, and IF they reinstate the strip, he'll send them an autographed copy of any Candorville book. Sweet deal!!

Does this mean that Shrubville shuts down? Or are you guys going to take a larger focus and not stop until ALL papers get rid of PC?

It's a mixed blessing when the Tribune finallly comes to its senses and dumps 'Prickly City' yet also cans 'Candorville'. At least the Trib didn't replace PC with that truly wretched 'Mallard Fillmore'.

"Mallard Fillmore" runs in Chicago Sun-Times, so Tribune can't pick it up until Sun Times cancels it.