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Comic strips?! Post readers take them seriously.

I know that there are so many more current pressing issues than the comics pages. However..... the removal of really clever and timely comics such as Sherman's Lagoon (one of my favorites), Get Fuzzy, Brewster Rockit, as well as the beautifully drawn Prince Valiant, has made reading the already diminished Accent Section so much less enjoyable. Wallace the Brave was also unique for its art and highlighting of a different lifestyle. The replacement of these comics with such old, unfunny and hackneyed comics was not a positive change. Please, reinvest in the removed comics and return them to Accent.

Karen Kleinman, Delray Beach

Editor's Note: Comics refresh: Changes to Post comics offerings reflect changes in reader habits

Big mistake dropping Sherman's Lagoon

I was surprised (and disappointed) to see that Sherman's Lagoon was dropped. I enjoyed its snarky, dry humor. To add insult to injury, the author, Jim Toomey, was just in town to talk about environmental matters! Bring back Sherman's Lagoon.

Coleen Conway, North Palm Beach

R.I.P. Lio and Wallace the Brave

As a long-time reader of The Post, I feared for the worst when I read Executive Editor Rick Christie’s recent front-page announcement of a comics “refresh” but held my tongue until I could view the new daily and Sunday lineups. My fears were realized. I had suspected my two favorites, Mary Worth and Prince Valiant, would be removed. And they were – from the print lineup, which is a shame, because they are among the last of the great, serialized long-form narrative strips.

The saving grace is they’re still available on The Post’s website. But Wallace the Brave and Lio, two of the most clever and imaginative contemporary strips, have been eliminated from the print and online editions. Also altogether gone from The Post: Doonesbury, one of the smartest newspaper strips ever. To add insult to injury, Wallace the Brave, which previously graced the top strip of the Sunday Comics front page, has been replaced in that position by Family Circus, arguably the most insipid comic strip ever. I find that particular swap emblematic of how this whole makeover appears more of a “decline” than a refresh to me. Please reconsider this refresh, drop the lowest-common-denominator thinking, and bring back quality to your comics pages.

Paul Blythe, West Palm Beach

Post left me hanging on Mary Worth

One will never know if Mary Worth’s neighbor reignited his relationship with his ex-wife. And Red and Rover is long gone. What’s going on at the Post? The staff must be bored. Thanks to them, I no longer read the comic page. Oh I know Mary Worth is lame but it hooked me. And I’m not even trying to find the other strips. Bah Humbug!

Steve Giddens, Port St. Lucie

Can we just scratch Garfield?

I agree with the recent letter asking why The Post continues to carry Garfield. Garfield has been boring for years. I'm very disappointed that you have dropped Sherman's Lagoon, the absolute funniest strip of all. The second funniest is Brewster's Rockit, also hilarious. Come on, give us back the best ones.

Dan Liftman, West Palm Beach

Bring back Red Rover, please.

I try to start every day with a smile. It isn’t easy what with all that is going on in the news. However, I can always start my day by reading the Post and the comics section. That smile I look for was made more difficult since you removed Red and Rover. It was comic strip with no agenda other than to make someone smile. I hope it returns soon so my day, will at least start, with that smile.

Ray Gleason, Greenacres

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