The Sunday comics section will have a new look, starting Sunday.
The strips will be presented in four color pages, instead of six. However, the new design required the elimination of just two of the 29 strips we were running each week.
"Peanuts" and "For Better or For Worse" will no longer appear on Sundays, but will continue in the current Monday through Saturday comics pages.
Many of you have given us feedback on our selection of comics. We know that each of the 44 strips we publish daily (a far greater selection than most newspapers) has passionate fans. Selecting just two to eliminate on one day was not an easy task, but was necessary because of our financial realities.
We hope you will continue to enjoy our vast selection of daily comics and the Sunday section.
We welcome your comments.
Linda Williams
Senior Editor
Linda Williams is a native of Fayetteville and graduate of UNC-CH. Her journalistic experience includes working at The Oregonian, The Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times. She can be reached at 
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Sun, 03/01/2009 - 16:13 — gadlandWow - nice experiment with the comics. I am looking forward to receiving my complimentary News and Observer magnifying glass so I can read them.
Are you sending out reading glasses with these?
Sun, 03/01/2009 - 07:42 — spogueOne of joys over the years that I'm about to give up is relaxing on Sunday mornings and reading the paper, starting with the comics.
Much to my dismay, the new format is about the tipping point for me to cancel my subscription altogether. The font size is so small that in some strips it's less than the normal news font and the detailing within the panels are entirely lost. I literally felt I needed to wear reading glasses (which I don't own) to read them.
Bad decision on your part! The erosion of good news content has been bad enough. Now there's even less incentive for me to continue this tradition.