# No Slug Signorino in NYPress?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-slug-signorino-in-nypress/161128>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [March 13, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-slug-signorino-in-nypress/161128 "2003-03-13T16:57:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-slug-signorino-in-nypress/161128/1 "2003-03-13T16:57:43Z")

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Slug’s illustration in this week’s NYPress version of TSD has been replaced! Is this common practice at other papers? I always assumed the illustration and text were a package deal.

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**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-slug-signorino-in-nypress/161128/2 "2003-03-14T16:32:32Z")

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No, subscribing newspapers can purchase them separately. If they don’t pick up the illustration they do take a chance that once in a while the column won’t make any sense, but I guess they take that chance regardless.

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**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-slug-signorino-in-nypress/161128/3 "2003-03-14T16:37:23Z")

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Gotcha. Thanks, Ed.

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**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:** [March 15, 2003, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-slug-signorino-in-nypress/161128/4 "2003-03-15T08:01:57Z")

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So, do any papers ever buy the illustration without the column? Now, _that_ would be interesting.

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-slug-signorino-in-nypress/161128/5 "2003-07-08T23:47:04Z")

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Or how about a Slug calendar? All you would need are the questions that prompted the column. Might be a great way to promote Cecil’s books, with a reference to the volume and page on which the corresponding column is located.