We’ve received a number of calls from readers who are concerned about our wanting to
replace the comic strips The Wizard of Id and B.C. We decided to replace them after the recent deaths of Johnny Hart and Brant Parker, the co-creators of the two strips. A few years ago, when cartoonist Charles Schulz died, we discontinued Peanuts rather than republishing old strips.
Like Peanuts, The Wizard of Id and B.C. were great comic strips. 
But comics are rarely as good when a new artist takes over. And, like the rest of the newspaper, we believe the comics pages should reflect the new, not repeat the old.
It has been a while since we’ve updated the comics and this seemed like a good opportunity to let our readers help us choose a couple of new comics. 
There are many new, good cartoonists out there and we think it’s a good idea to update our comics pages every so often and give some new cartoonists a try.
We realize that some readers are dedicated to some of our strips and we appreciate that. But, we want our newspaper content to be as current and as interesting as possible. We’ll continue testing new strips for two more weeks. We hope you’ll vote either on the in-paper ballot or here on Kentucky.com and let us know which new strips you’d like to see.
Sally Scherer
Lifestyles Editor
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