Brenda Starr, the cartoon strip about a red-haired journalist with the same name, will not be found in the funny pages starting next month, according to the strip’s publisher on Friday.
Tribune Media Services (TMS) carries the strip and said that the writer Mary Schmich and artist June Brigman for the comic wanted to stop creating it. Tribune said that they did not wish to find another writer or another artist.
Starr has been published for the past 70 years, starting off in the Chicago Tribune, having been created by Dale Messick. Schmich, also a columnist at the Tribune, wrote for the strip for the past 25 years.
“There’s sadness about stopping, but no regret and no ambivalence,” Schmich told the newspaper. “It came to me really clearly that I was done ... I don’t think the character is dead. But the comic strip in this form is.”
At one time, Brenda Starr appeared in more than 250 newspapers around the United States.
“[Schmich and Brigman] have guided Brenda into the 21st century and made her the contemporary icon she is today,” Mary Elson, managing editor for TMS said in a statement. “We’re proud of the way they have cared for her and the strip’s cast and storylines over the years while maintaining the values instilled by creator Dale Messick.”
Tribune Media Services (TMS) carries the strip and said that the writer Mary Schmich and artist June Brigman for the comic wanted to stop creating it. Tribune said that they did not wish to find another writer or another artist.
Starr has been published for the past 70 years, starting off in the Chicago Tribune, having been created by Dale Messick. Schmich, also a columnist at the Tribune, wrote for the strip for the past 25 years.
“There’s sadness about stopping, but no regret and no ambivalence,” Schmich told the newspaper. “It came to me really clearly that I was done ... I don’t think the character is dead. But the comic strip in this form is.”
At one time, Brenda Starr appeared in more than 250 newspapers around the United States.
“[Schmich and Brigman] have guided Brenda into the 21st century and made her the contemporary icon she is today,” Mary Elson, managing editor for TMS said in a statement. “We’re proud of the way they have cared for her and the strip’s cast and storylines over the years while maintaining the values instilled by creator Dale Messick.”
