Will Cul de Sac be in color in the Style & Arts section?

What about "Richard's Poor Almanac"? Will that ever have new installments?

Will Cul de Sac daily strips ever run online?

And yeah, what's with the circa-October Richard's Poor Almanac on the Post's comics page? Update it or get rid of it!

I've always wondered why the daily "Cul de Sac" strips don't run online on the Post. As for the "Richard's Poor Almanac" I had thought that perhaps Thomspn's recently diagnosed Parkinson's disease has had an effect on his output. But his blogging is quite active, so maybe it's another issue unrelated to Thompson.

I've always wondered why the "Cul de Sac" and "Dilbert" Sunday strips don't run in the comics pages.
Are they too hip or something?

Hi, this is Richard Thompson. Mike Cavna asked if I'd like to comment here.

Nottenst- I'm not sure. Ask me again tomorrow.

Kas300- I think so. Ask me again next week.

Drewdane- I'm not sure. And, yeah, really!

Likemyprivacy- I don't know. And yes, the P slowed me down some, so I took a break. Blogging is dirt simple, so I kept that up, but used smaller words.

Haymarketobserver- Yes, we are!

*NOTE:*
I have alerted editors who oversee Style, as well as Richard himself, as to your questions. Answers as they become available.

>> DREWDANE: Many strips involve separately negotiated deals -- one with the print comics, one with newspaper Web sites. I've been told "Cul de Sac" is among those strips. All I can say is, personally, I hope a deal can be struck someday soon that allows it to appear online, too.

>> HAYMARKETOBSERVER:
"Cul de Sac" was born in the pages of The Post magazine, so it long made sense to run there. "Dilbert" had been a good fit for the Financial pages. Those decisions were said to be about them being valued elsewhere as reader "draws."

--M.C.

>> RHOMPSON:

And thank you, Richard, for responding in this forum. As always, you're a class act.

Cheers,
--M.C.

And looking at today's Style & Arts - Cul de Sac is black & white, but larger than it was in the magazine.

The daily version of Cul de Sac is online at
http://www.gocomics.com
and the Sunday version is in color there. It is strange, though, that the daily version isn't among the online comics at the Post, since the Otterloop saga is really the Post's "own" local Washington-area strip. Of course, the Post makes a lot of strange decisions regarding the comics, as we all well know.

As usual, the Post finds the worst way to do something. Dilbert, for which color is merely an excresence, remains in the Magazine; Cul de Sac, for which color is essential, moves to Style in black and white. And your own drawing in the Magazine is (for all practical purposes) monochrome.

I don't know why I bother subscribing anymore.

Thank you, Richard, for the answers! I must tell you that even after all these years I still want an "I'm With This Individual" t-shirt in the worst way...

>> Theophylact:

Not running "Cul de Sac" in Sunday color -- when it's a viable option -- is a pity, a shame and an aesthetic sin.

--M.C.

Many thanks for responding, guys! It's definitely appreciated.

Now if only the Post's comics editor would come out from her bunker...

I quite agree Cul de Sac should be in color, if possible, altho it's worth noting that Richard's not watercoloring the strip anymore so when the Sunday leaves his desk, it's in B&W.

However, I'm writing to say that I like Cavna's cartoon reportage. I'm a big fan of this type of thing. Unfortunately it was run a little small...

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