A week after the L.A. Times shrunk-down Doonesbury in order to make room for the new puzzle "Sudoku," the newspaper has changed course.
Doonesbury is back to its normal size as of today. It appears like the Bridge column was abbreviated to make room for the return of the Garry Trudeau strip to its previous size.
Last week, we wondered whether Trudeau had dropped his long-time requirement that newspapers not shrink the comic below a certain size; editor Sherry Stern told us that the L.A. Times recently discovered that it was a recommendation, not a requirement, and that most other papers had already reduced "Doonesbury" due to space constraints.
Via email, Sherry explains today's change: We heard from enough Doonesbury fans who were finding it difficult to read that we took another look at the design. We were happy to find a way to get it back to four columns.
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