George and Lynne RIP ?

The last line of this report suggests that George and Lynne are being dropped from The Sun :

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/2974000/Two-new-comic-strips-to-start-in-Sun.html

"Don't worry George & Lynne fans, you can still follow the pair's antics here on this website."

Sad news if true.

I find this very sad-though in no way surprising. The Sun have never appreciated the strip section or the efforts of the creators who worked on it-just ask Romero or Pete Nash. But this really is the end of an era. George & Lynne were as much a part of The Sun as the page 3 girl, or sensationalist scaremongering.

From Monday you can read the hilarious adventures of Wallace & Gromit every day, in a strip co-created by multi Oscar-winning Aardman Animations.

I take it the word "vomit" is not quite that common in the UK?

(By the way, the website won't let me read any more of that article unless I get a Sun+ membership.)

MajorHoy wrote:

From Monday you can read the hilarious adventures of Wallace & Gromit every day, in a strip co-created by multi Oscar-winning Aardman Animations.

I take it the word "vomit" is not quite that common in the UK?

(By the way, the website won't let me read any more of that article unless I get a Sun+ membership.)

It is, but I had never seen any similarity between Gromit and vomit before you mentioned it. Gromit is a beloved animated TV character who everyone should know.

MajorHoy wrote:(By the way, the website won't let me read any more of that article unless I get a Sun+ membership.)

Yes, all of Mr Murdoch's newspaper websites are protected by a paywall.

Lucy McGough wrote:

MajorHoy wrote:(By the way, the website won't let me read any more of that article unless I get a Sun+ membership.)

Yes, all of Mr Murdoch's newspaper websites are protected by a paywall.

I prefer to think that the paywall protects the public from Mr Murdoch's newspapers.

LOL

The sad thing is, The Sun was once a pretty decent newspaper.

tony ingram wrote:

Lucy McGough wrote:

MajorHoy wrote:(By the way, the website won't let me read any more of that article unless I get a Sun+ membership.)

Yes, all of Mr Murdoch's newspaper websites are protected by a paywall.

I prefer to think that the paywall protects the public from Mr Murdoch's newspapers.

Oh, we're aware of Mr. Murduck here in the NYC area since he took over the New York Post years and years ago.

That's certainly an unforgettable headline...