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From: moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: net.rumor
Subject: Re: The Late Comic Strip "Rudy"
Message-ID: <7@colossus.fluke.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 3-Mar-86 19:49:37 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  3 19:49:37 1986
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>I used to enjoy the comic strip "Rudy" in the Los Angeles Times. A few
>weeks ago it made a dignified exit. Does anyone know why?

According to THE COMIC BUYERS GUIDE (a weekly newspaper of comics-related
info), Rudy was cancelled due to low readership.  However, the article
mentioned the esteem it has garnered from comics fans and fellow cartoonists
alike.

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                 Communists behind every bush?"
                                                "No... but SOMETIMES they
                                                 hide there."

                                        Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
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