Cidu Bill on May 3rd 2010
Filed in Bill Bickel, Funky Winkerbean, Tom Batiuk, comic strips, comics, humor, newspapers | 34 responses so far
Cidu Bill on May 6th 2009
Is Batiuk saying that newspaper reporting is so superficial that a blurb is considerd in-depth reporting? If so, I guess I was wrong about all comic strip artists being on the “save the newspapers” bandwagon.
Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Crankshaft, Tom Batiuk, comic strips, comics, humor, newspapers | 25 responses so far
Cidu Bill on May 4th 2009
I personally look at this issue from both ends: I discontinued by own Crimeweek column in November after losing more than 3/4 of the newspapers carrying it. Nobody dropped the column: the papers themselves went out of business.
Filed in Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, Jimmy Johnson, Non Sequitur, Speed Bump, Wiley Miller, comic strips, comics, humor, newspapers, synchronicity | 16 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 9th 2008
From today’s Eugene (Oregon) Register-Guardian, referring to today’s court appearance by Joel Courtney, accused of abducting and murdering 22-year-old Brooke Wilberger in 2004:
Citing respect for the Wilberger family, [the prosecutor] did not say whether they planned to attend Courtney’s arraignment or trial. Calls to the family were not returned Tuesday night.Anybody fail to see a problem here?
(More information on this case is on the Crimeweek site)
Filed in Bill Bickel, Brooke Wilberger, media, newspapers | 9 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Mar 17th 2008
New Jersey might exist in New York’s shadow in many ways, but never — never — when it comes to political scandal: Continue Reading »
Filed in Bill Bickel, Eliot Spitzer, New Jersey, New York, governors, newspapers, politics, sex | No responses yet
Cidu Bill on Feb 18th 2008
Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Non Sequitur, Wiley Miller, comic strips, comics, humor, newspapers | 12 responses so far
