Want to tell us how much you love our latest comic strip? Or how much you hate it? Or tell us what you think of the strips we already run? For the next six months, the Journal is running a different comic strip each month and we're asking for your feedback on a "Kudzu" replacement. We're kicking off with "Pearls before Swine" by Stephan Pastis.

Which strip should replace Kudzu?
Pearls Before Swine
F-Minus
Single and Looking
Secret Asian Man
The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee
The Other Coast

By Rob Brock on Jan 17
From the entry 'Comics Coming.'

By Ronnie Spach on Jan 14
From the entry 'Comics Coming.'

By Dave on Dec 4
From the entry 'A Clever Kid: Edison Lee, 10, stars in newest cartoon-on-trial.'

By Pealepipherma on Nov 30
From the entry 'Slightly Surreal: Single-panel comic to face Journal readers Monday.'

By Julie on Nov 26
From the entry 'A Clever Kid: Edison Lee, 10, stars in newest cartoon-on-trial.'

Comics Coming

Posted on 10/31/2007 (11:53 am)

By Tim Clodfelter
JOURNAL REPORTER

Starting Monday, readers will see some new faces on the comics pages of the Winston-Salem Journal.

We’re beginning a six-month search for a replacement for Kudzu, which comes to an end Saturday following the death of cartoonist Doug Marlette.

For the next month, we’re going to be trying out the comic strip Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis. It’s about a group of wisecracking animals. Then in September we’ll be testing F-Minus, a quirky strip by Tony Carrillo, the winner of a nationwide college cartoonists contest.

That will be followed in October by Single and Looking, an acerbic look at the dating scene; in November we will publish Secret Asian Man, a strip by a second-generation Japanese-American; in December we will present The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee, about a boy genius; and in January we will print The Other Coast, which blends joke-of-the-day comics with recurring characters.

The comics page will be juggled around a little bit to make room for the new contestants, which will be shown in the top right-hand corner of the second comics page each day.

Throughout the trial period, we’ll be soliciting your thoughts about the new strips at and through http://www.journalnow.com. And you can always write to us by “snail mail” too, at Comics, Winston-Salem Journal, PO Box 3159, Winston-Salem, NC 27101.

Test Strip No. 1
Aug. 6-Sept 1: PEARLS BEFORE SWINE/ United Media

Test Strip No. 2
Sept. 3-29: F-MINUS/ United Media        

Test Strip No. 3
Oct. 1-27:  SINGLE AND LOOKING/ Wash Post Writers

Test Strip No. 4
Oct. 29-Nov. 24: SECRET ASIAN MAN/ United Media

Test Strip No. 5      

Nov. 26-Dec. 22:  THE BRILLIANT MIND OF EDISON LEE/ King

Test Strip No. 6      
Dec. 24-Jan. 19:  THE OTHER COAST/ Creators

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I’m enjoying the most recent comic,‘The Other Coast’, more than any other you’ve run in the space. It has stayed funny without getting a strained geeky quality that have charecterized some more recent trials. So far, this one has my vote.

Rob Brock on 01/17/2008 (10:42 am)

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“The Other Coast” is head & shoulders above the other strips you’ve let us sample. If you don’t let it replace “Kudzu”, I suggest you at least use it instead of the gosh-awful “Close to Home.“

Ronnie Spach on 01/14/2008 (12:54 pm)

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