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Those of you who read the print version of the paper will notice some changes to our comics page this issue—as reported earlier, both Troubletown and Achewood are calling it quits, so there’s some reshuffling in the works. While we’ve got a few weeks of Troubletown still in the hopper, we’ve already introduced a new political cartoonist, Matt Bors, a Portlander who also serves as the Comics Journalism editor for the political site Cartoon Movement. Y’all may remember Bors from an interview I did with him last summer, when he was touring Afghanistan as a comics reporter and Reymont proposed an office pool on the date and time of his death. (Stay classy, guys.)

Alison Hallett served nobly as the Mercury's arts editor from 2008-2014. Her proud legacy lives on.

16 replies on “Changes to Our Comics Page!”

  1. The first two (maybe three) years of Achewood are untouchable.

    I like the comics page, it’s the only thing I look at consistently in the print version.

  2. The Dinosaur comic really is the only reason to pick up a print version. Also for cheap present wrapping paper. Nothing beats giving a gift that’s covered in escorts.

  3. Dinosaur comics is great for sanitary napkins. Really, how much longer are you going to keep printing that?

    There haven’t been escorts in the merc for like 2 years.

  4. I have always like dinosaur comics.

    It would be awesome to have more comics in the print and online versions of the Mercury, fwiw.

    A pony for each reader would also be awesome.

  5. No escorts? I clearly don’t pick up the Mercury print edition very often.

    I enjoy the Dinosaur comic. It’s like the family circus of snarky comics.

  6. I like Dinosaur Comics! Also, dinosaur comics.

    That said, printing the same six panels every week seems masochistic. Can’t they just print out the dialogue each week and let us put it in the right spots? Also, I want alt text if I’m going to read it offline.

  7. I… guess I just don’t understand why the dinosaur comic is an illustrated thing. What if it was just a column in the paper? The images are pretty much the exact same from week to week, and they rarely compliment the content or add to it in any way. The writing definitely has some “deep thoughts” about society and stuff, and so it seems like it would work great as *just* a column!

    I feel like I’ve said this before. Sorry for repeating myself.

  8. @atomic – yes, in sz. 4 font.
    @rosy – or has a bachelor pad with every portland mercury messily laid upon every living room surface ala that guy in willy vlautin’s lean on pete book.

  9. @Rosy, Well spotted, actually. I think I’m known for being a lousy gift giver. I find the whole gift exchanging arrangement awkward. Secret Santa’s are okay.

    I like that the images in the Dinosaur comic are static. That’s one of the things I find most funny about it!

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