# Newspaper comic strips in rerun mode only **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-strips\ **Created:** [December 18, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspaper-comic-strips-in-rerun-mode-only/928351 "2020-12-18T18:30:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspaper-comic-strips-in-rerun-mode-only/928351/1 "2020-12-18T18:30:05Z")
I’m talking about comic strips that haven’t published new material in years, but still occupy space on the comics page, like _Mandrake The Magician_ which stopped in mid story on July 6th 2013 and has been printing old stories ever since, or the _Amazing Spider-Man_ strip which has been in rerun mode for about a year and a half now. Any others? ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspaper-comic-strips-in-rerun-mode-only/928351/2 "2020-12-18T18:45:35Z")
For Better or for Worse Brian ---
**Author:** ![Uniqueorn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uniqueorn/32/2807_2.png) [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspaper-comic-strips-in-rerun-mode-only/928351/3 "2020-12-18T18:46:11Z")
Get Fuzzy has been in reruns for years. The Doonesbury daily strips, as well. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspaper-comic-strips-in-rerun-mode-only/928351/4 "2020-12-18T18:46:38Z")
For Better or Worse has been in reruns since 2010. The late 70’s early 80’s stuff is terrible and sexist. It’s a weird culture shock but it sure isn’t funny. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspaper-comic-strips-in-rerun-mode-only/928351/5 "2020-12-18T18:48:43Z")
I read them online as opposed to newspaper, but _Foxtrot_ has been in rerun mode for the daily strip for quite a while. Seems to be the trend these days - retire the daily to reruns and just produce a new Sunday strip each week. _Doonesbury_ is doing it as well. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspaper-comic-strips-in-rerun-mode-only/928351/6 "2020-12-18T18:51:59Z")
The Cleveland Plain Dealer never stopped running Peanuts, so that’s 20 years now. Granted, Peanuts reruns are still better than some of the current strips occupying space on the page. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspaper-comic-strips-in-rerun-mode-only/928351/7 "2020-12-18T22:43:05Z")
How exactly do you rerun Doonesbury? “The people in 2020 desperately need my hot takes on the Gulf War!” ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspaper-comic-strips-in-rerun-mode-only/928351/8 "2020-12-19T03:18:33Z")
I have heard that some of the old strips have been deliberately rewritten by Lynn Johnston, because the husband character was based on her own husband, with whom she went through a nasty divorce in the meantime. “Get Fuzzy” is an obvious rehash because of the subject matter, and the copyright dates between the panels.