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Don't Touch that Comic:
Newspaper comic strips have fervent fans. Editors feel the heat when a popular comic is moved or canceled. In 1925, the Chicago Daily Tribune's switchboard lit up with a record number of calls from readers irate that the "Little Orphan Annie" strip went missing one day. The absence "caused more rumpus on The Tribune switchboard than a world war, a big league baseball game or the bombing of the post office," the newspaper reported. Readers feel personal connections to comic-strip characters. In the 1990s, The Washington Post got more than 15,000 calls and 2,000 letters when it asked readers for their favorite comics. |