• Funky Winkerbean - the end...

    From Brian Henke@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 29 05:54:45 2022
    Have you been following the final week of Funky Winkerbean? I thought that Tom was going to do a finale where Funky dies like John Darling, and all of Westview - including many characters that haven't been seen in years - comes to remember him.

    Instead, we get some future shock. By the way, John Byrne is doing the final week.

    Does anyone have anything to say about Funky ending?

    Cincy43235@yahoo.com

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    - Name three things that used to be in Cincinnati you can now find in Atlanta and San Antonio

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  • From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to Brian Henke on Thu Dec 29 13:42:48 2022
    On 12/29/2022 7:54 AM, Brian Henke wrote:
    Have you been following the final week of Funky Winkerbean? I thought that Tom was going to do a finale where Funky dies like John Darling, and all of Westview - including many characters that haven't been seen in years - comes to remember him.

    Instead, we get some future shock. By the way, John Byrne is doing the final week.

    Does anyone have anything to say about Funky ending?

    Cincy43235@yahoo.com

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    Judge Parker, One Big Happy, comics you can read

    - Name three things that used to be in Cincinnati you can now find in Atlanta and San Antonio

    The fact that most of the USA dies in some sort of burnings in the
    future is disconcerting.

    Lynn

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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to lynnmcguire5@gmail.com on Thu Dec 29 20:08:16 2022
    In article <tokqjo$157c$2@gioia.aioe.org>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 12/29/2022 7:54 AM, Brian Henke wrote:
    Have you been following the final week of Funky Winkerbean? I
    thought that Tom was going to do a finale where Funky dies like John
    Darling, and all of Westview - including many characters that haven't
    been seen in years - comes to remember him.

    Instead, we get some future shock. By the way, John Byrne is doing
    the final week.

    Does anyone have anything to say about Funky ending?

    Cincy43235@yahoo.com

    --------

    Judge Parker, One Big Happy, comics you can read

    - Name three things that used to be in Cincinnati you can now find
    in Atlanta and San Antonio

    The fact that most of the USA dies in some sort of burnings in the
    future is disconcerting.

    Lynn


    Given where they are going, I took it to be some sort of mass book
    burnings, not more general arson, but looking again, it's rather
    ambiguous.
    --
    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

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  • From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 30 19:41:54 2022
    On 12/29/2022 2:08 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <tokqjo$157c$2@gioia.aioe.org>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 12/29/2022 7:54 AM, Brian Henke wrote:
    Have you been following the final week of Funky Winkerbean? I
    thought that Tom was going to do a finale where Funky dies like John
    Darling, and all of Westview - including many characters that haven't
    been seen in years - comes to remember him.

    Instead, we get some future shock. By the way, John Byrne is doing
    the final week.

    Does anyone have anything to say about Funky ending?

    Cincy43235@yahoo.com

    --------

    Judge Parker, One Big Happy, comics you can read

    - Name three things that used to be in Cincinnati you can now find
    in Atlanta and San Antonio

    The fact that most of the USA dies in some sort of burnings in the
    future is disconcerting.

    Lynn


    Given where they are going, I took it to be some sort of mass book
    burnings, not more general arson, but looking again, it's rather
    ambiguous.

    Rereading it, I now think that bookstores were mass burned down at some
    point. Strange.
    https://comicskingdom.com/funky-winkerbean/2022-12-27

    Lynn

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  • From Mark Jackson@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Fri Dec 30 21:58:49 2022
    On 12/30/2022 8:41 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 12/29/2022 2:08 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <tokqjo$157c$2@gioia.aioe.org>, Lynn McGuire
    <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    The fact that most of the USA dies in some sort of burnings in
    the future is disconcerting.

    Given where they are going, I took it to be some sort of mass book
    burnings, not more general arson, but looking again, it's rather
    ambiguous.

    Rereading it, I now think that bookstores were mass burned down at
    some point. Strange.

    Uprising of the Kindle fanatics.

    --
    Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
    Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without
    expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead.
    - Kurt Vonnegut

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  • From Darryl H@21:1/5 to Mark Jackson on Sat Dec 31 08:18:16 2022
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 8:58:52 PM UTC-6, Mark Jackson wrote:
    On 12/30/2022 8:41 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 12/29/2022 2:08 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <tokqjo$157c$2...@gioia.aioe.org>, Lynn McGuire
    <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:

    The fact that most of the USA dies in some sort of burnings in
    the future is disconcerting.
    Given where they are going, I took it to be some sort of mass book
    burnings, not more general arson, but looking again, it's rather
    ambiguous.

    Rereading it, I now think that bookstores were mass burned down at
    some point. Strange.
    Uprising of the Kindle fanatics.

    --
    Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
    Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without
    expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead.
    - Kurt Vonnegut

    Just saw the December 31, 2022 Funky Winkerbean finale strip, it ends with a book on the bed?

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  • From jdelachjr2005@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 1 10:35:32 2023
    I don't know how many reports on what strips are replacing Funky this week but here goes...

    The Citrus County (Fla.) Chronicle is replacing Funky (Sunday-only) with Marvin.

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  • From Brian Henke@21:1/5 to jdelac...@gmail.com on Sun Jan 1 13:27:12 2023
    On Sunday, January 1, 2023 at 1:35:33 PM UTC-5, jdelac...@gmail.com wrote:
    I don't know how many reports on what strips are replacing Funky this week but here goes...

    The Citrus County (Fla.) Chronicle is replacing Funky (Sunday-only) with Marvin.

    One former Cincinnati Post comic replacing another...

    Cincy43235@yahoo.com

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    Judge Parker, One Big Happy, comics you can read

    - Name three things that used to be in Cincinnati you can now find in Atlanta

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  • From Brenda Sherrod@21:1/5 to Brian Henke on Mon Jan 2 06:37:45 2023
    On Sunday, January 1, 2023 at 3:27:13 PM UTC-6, Brian Henke wrote:
    On Sunday, January 1, 2023 at 1:35:33 PM UTC-5, jdelac...@gmail.com wrote:
    I don't know how many reports on what strips are replacing Funky this week but here goes...

    The Citrus County (Fla.) Chronicle is replacing Funky (Sunday-only) with Marvin.
    One former Cincinnati Post comic replacing another...

    Cincy...@yahoo.com

    _
    Judge Parker, One Big Happy, comics you can read

    - Name three things that used to be in Cincinnati you can now find in Atlanta
    I have the Dallas Morning News and it was replaced by Crabgrass.

    On another note, the strip has been removed from Comics Kingdom and I don't see it on the funkywinkerbean.com site. Anyone know why?

    Brenda

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  • From John W Kennedy@21:1/5 to Brenda Sherrod on Mon Jan 2 17:18:09 2023
    On 1/2/23 9:37 AM, Brenda Sherrod wrote:
    On Sunday, January 1, 2023 at 3:27:13 PM UTC-6, Brian Henke wrote:
    On Sunday, January 1, 2023 at 1:35:33 PM UTC-5, jdelac...@gmail.com wrote: >>> I don't know how many reports on what strips are replacing Funky this week but here goes...

    The Citrus County (Fla.) Chronicle is replacing Funky (Sunday-only) with Marvin.
    One former Cincinnati Post comic replacing another...

    Cincy...@yahoo.com

    _
    Judge Parker, One Big Happy, comics you can read

    - Name three things that used to be in Cincinnati you can now find in Atlanta
    I have the Dallas Morning News and it was replaced by Crabgrass.

    On another note, the strip has been removed from Comics Kingdom and I don't see it on the funkywinkerbean.com site. Anyone know why?

    It’s there now.

    Brenda

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    John W. Kennedy
    Algernon Burbage, Lord Roderick, Father Martin, Bishop Baldwin,
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  • From Brenda Sherrod@21:1/5 to John W Kennedy on Mon Jan 2 17:45:06 2023
    On Monday, January 2, 2023 at 4:18:17 PM UTC-6, John W Kennedy wrote:

    I have the Dallas Morning News and it was replaced by Crabgrass.

    On another note, the strip has been removed from Comics Kingdom and I don't see it on the funkywinkerbean.com site. Anyone know why?
    It’s there now.

    Brenda

    John W. Kennedy
    Algernon Burbage, Lord Roderick, Father Martin, Bishop Baldwin,
    King Pellinore, Captain Bailey, Merlin -- A Kingdom for a Stage!

    Guess it was just a glitch.
    Brenda

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  • From Brian Henke@21:1/5 to brens...@gmail.com on Mon Jan 2 17:53:58 2023
    On Monday, January 2, 2023 at 8:45:07 PM UTC-5, brens...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Monday, January 2, 2023 at 4:18:17 PM UTC-6, John W Kennedy wrote:

    I have the Dallas Morning News and it was replaced by Crabgrass.

    On another note, the strip has been removed from Comics Kingdom and I don't see it on the funkywinkerbean.com site. Anyone know why?
    It’s there now.

    Brenda
    John W. Kennedy
    Algernon Burbage, Lord Roderick, Father Martin, Bishop Baldwin,
    King Pellinore, Captain Bailey, Merlin -- A Kingdom for a Stage!
    Guess it was just a glitch.



    The Akron Beacon Journal also replaced Funky with Crabgrass. Yet they still run the dauly Doonesbury reruns, Get Fuzzy and endless Family Circus recycled strips.

    Cincy43235@yahoo.com

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    - Name three things that used to be in Cincinnati you can now find in Atlanta and San Antonio

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  • From D.D.Degg@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 3 15:29:42 2023
    The Iola Regster goes with Mutts https://www.iolaregister.com/community/around-town/funky-strip-retires-2

    I have the Dallas Morning News and it was replaced by Crabgrass.

    The Akron Beacon Journal also replaced Funky with Crabgrass. Yet they still run the dauly Doonesbury reruns, Get Fuzzy and endless Family Circus recycled strips.

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  • From D.D.Degg@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 4 04:52:57 2023
    It seems The Cleveland Plain Dealer replaced Funky with Beetle Bailey. https://www.cleveland.com/letters/2023/01/with-funky-winkerbean-gone-maybe-its-time-to-refresh-your-comic-pages.html

    The Iola Regster goes with Mutts https://www.iolaregister.com/community/around-town/funky-strip-retires-2
    I have the Dallas Morning News and it was replaced by Crabgrass.
    The Akron Beacon Journal also replaced Funky with Crabgrass. Yet they still run the dauly Doonesbury reruns, Get Fuzzy and endless Family Circus recycled strips.

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  • From Andy Ginsberg@21:1/5 to D.D.Degg on Wed Jan 4 07:06:59 2023
    On Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at 7:52:58 AM UTC-5, D.D.Degg wrote:
    It seems The Cleveland Plain Dealer replaced Funky with Beetle Bailey. https://www.cleveland.com/letters/2023/01/with-funky-winkerbean-gone-maybe-its-time-to-refresh-your-comic-pages.html
    The Iola Regster goes with Mutts https://www.iolaregister.com/community/around-town/funky-strip-retires-2
    I have the Dallas Morning News and it was replaced by Crabgrass.
    The Akron Beacon Journal also replaced Funky with Crabgrass. Yet they still run the dauly Doonesbury reruns, Get Fuzzy and endless Family Circus recycled strips.
    The Bergen Record has replaced Funky with Crabgrass.

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  • From Andy Ginsberg@21:1/5 to Andy Ginsberg on Sun Jan 8 08:46:48 2023
    On Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at 10:07:01 AM UTC-5, Andy Ginsberg wrote:
    On Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at 7:52:58 AM UTC-5, D.D.Degg wrote:
    It seems The Cleveland Plain Dealer replaced Funky with Beetle Bailey. https://www.cleveland.com/letters/2023/01/with-funky-winkerbean-gone-maybe-its-time-to-refresh-your-comic-pages.html
    The Iola Regster goes with Mutts https://www.iolaregister.com/community/around-town/funky-strip-retires-2
    I have the Dallas Morning News and it was replaced by Crabgrass.
    The Akron Beacon Journal also replaced Funky with Crabgrass. Yet they still run the dauly Doonesbury reruns, Get Fuzzy and endless Family Circus recycled strips.
    The Bergen Record has replaced Funky with Crabgrass.
    I just read today's Bergen Record and this week, Candorville is in the slot vacated by Funky. Crabgrass does not appear.

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  • From Brian Henke@21:1/5 to Andy Ginsberg on Mon Jan 30 18:16:57 2023
    On Sunday, January 8, 2023 at 11:46:49 AM UTC-5, Andy Ginsberg wrote:
    On Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at 10:07:01 AM UTC-5, Andy Ginsberg wrote:
    On Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at 7:52:58 AM UTC-5, D.D.Degg wrote:
    It seems The Cleveland Plain Dealer replaced Funky with Beetle Bailey. https://www.cleveland.com/letters/2023/01/with-funky-winkerbean-gone-maybe-its-time-to-refresh-your-comic-pages.html
    The Iola Regster goes with Mutts https://www.iolaregister.com/community/around-town/funky-strip-retires-2
    I have the Dallas Morning News and it was replaced by Crabgrass.
    The Akron Beacon Journal also replaced Funky with Crabgrass. Yet they still run the dauly Doonesbury reruns, Get Fuzzy and endless Family Circus recycled strips.
    The Bergen Record has replaced Funky with Crabgrass.
    I just read today's Bergen Record and this week, Candorville is in the slot vacated by Funky. Crabgrass does not appear.

    From the Albuquerque Journal of December 31 (per Newspapers.com):
    Funky ran in the Journal's puzzles page. Macanudo (which was in the classifieds) was its replacement.

    Cincy43235@yahoo.com

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  • From jdelachjr2005@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 5 12:08:34 2023
    Combing through newspapers.com for more Funky replacements

    Chillicothe Gazette: Crabgrass

    Port Huron (MI) Times-Herald: Crankshaft

    Louisville Courier-Journal: Crankshaft

    Evansville Courier & Press: Crankshaft

    Hackensack (NJ) Record: Crabgrass

    Port Clinton (OH) News-Herald: Crankshaft

    Henderson (KY) Gleaner: Crankshaft

    Hartford Courant: Between Friends

    Indianapolis Star: Crabgrass

    Spokane Spokesman-Review: Curtis

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