Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for September 14, 2023

That’s not bad. Better than you would get if you were a free agent.

You don’t suppose a cartoonist might have a particular point of view about this?

Our own “local” paper is down to just a few pages every day, while the price has 10tupled. The ONLY local news is not just written by stringers, it’s headlined and laid out by the same people who get paid (more or less) by the word. The only employees are the editor and a person to answer the phone and do the want-ads. And they’re doing that for at least two papers, probably more.

The columnist in Boston was traded because he said something less than stellar about the Red Soxs.

Many decades ago, Mad Magazine did a piece if nations traded people like ball players. One trade was Grace Metallious for William Shakespeare. It was pointed out that Shakespeare was dead & the other character said that America still got the better deal.

I’d like to trade my brother for a statue.

Well this is dark.

He’ll have to find something nice to say about the Red Sox!

Two janitors. That is high value.

And I understand that in the 17th century, the fine for late return of a library book was 5 groats, one sucking pig and three pepper corns. I think things have changed in the last 400 years, but apparently not in the hallowed halls of big business. At least he knows what he’s worth in the marketplace.

Could have been worse: he might have gotten traded for a cartoonist … :D

He must have been the managing editor or head of sales and marketing.

It could have been worse; he could have been traded to the Mets.

Ah, but the franchise owner likes that the columnist can also work out of the Op-Ed section and hits left or right.

He’s fortunate to even be traded. Considering the bag of hoary adjectives sports writers use for describing sports play, AI could spit out articles just as well or better.

If he doesn’t go quietly, he’ll find out what being on the PUP list means.

Ouch.

Real World… ‘’Bob, gotta let you go. Just hired my sister’s boy for your place. See ya.’’

Bob should have kept quiet about the Carpal Tunnel pain.

Depending on his current location, Boston might be a tad better.

The Receptionist is one of The Count’s favorites… the (in)famous Helen Waite. People coming in are told to go to Helen Waite. The Count is sure you have all met her at one time or another.

I just noticed that both guys have pointed heads. . .can’t recall. . .does Wiley always portray corporate types that way??

Dude. You’re going to Boston. That has to be worth something. …right?

On the “Journalism” scale, he is really valuable.

Now, on the other hand, if he had been traded for nothing but an empty wastebasket . . .

What!?!!? No future rough draft picks?

No cartoonist! Undervalued!

Looks like a place that could use two janitors.

Lucky, most print guys out of work…

Getting a job in the newspaper industry is like trying out for the XFL.

As someone once said (I think on JAG) : “It could be worse.” “Oh, yeah?” “Yeah; it could be Canada.”

Does this mean Dan Shaughnessy is retiring?

At least he’s not being demoted to comics artist.

The most useful of them will be the Janitors.

This is probably what happened to at the NY Times.