What the heck?

[dianec42]

Comic strips being outsourced... I knew Doonesbury hasn't been drawn by Trudeau for quite a while; Shoe isn't done by the original guy any more; and now it turns out Rose Is Rose is now "Created by Pat Brady; By Don Wimmer"?!

Who the heck is Don Wimmer? Will this depressing outsourcing craze never end? Are these things just franchises or brands now, to be carried on regardless, even after the original creator decides to stop doing them for whatever reason?

Ugh. Just when I thought the world couldn't get any more soulless. I don't know why, but I'm just finding this oddly creepy.

Comments

[querldox.livejournal.com]

Shoe does have a good reason for being done by other than creator Jeff MacNelly; he died a few years back.

[asimovberlioz.livejournal.com]

His successors have done a good job keeping up his style, IMAO.

[dianec42.livejournal.com]

I think I read somewhere that Pat Brady is actually male. Can't remember where I read that though.

I did not know that about MacNelly! Now I'm sad.

[dianec42.livejournal.com]

Please ignore my previous comment, I read "Shoe" as "She".