We checked out the Charles Schultz museum this past weekend and had a nice time.

The place was packed.  Being that it’s one of the few indoor activities in the North Bay when it’s raining, it wasn’t a huge surprise.  But Vicky got me thinking about something. She was wondering if future generations would understand this museum. Every couple of weeks or so, news comes out that another major newspaper is closing.  Subscriptions are sinking to new lows, and there are too many free ways to get news online.  Additionally, online news outlets just don’t dedicate a lot of space or prominence to comics.  Will comics die with newspapers?  Sadly, yes. Will Charles Schultz be forgotten sooner than he deserves because of this? I think so.

My whole career rides the wave of technical progress, but it’s sometimes sad to see what gets left behind.

Of course, a more serious question is who is going to pay the in depth journalists when all the newspapers die.  My prediction is that profitable blogs like the Huffington Post and Daily Kos will fill the space and have money to deliver what is not considered serious journalism more efficiently and in a new way.  In this age of environmental consciousness (at least in California), one angle I don’t hear very often is how much more earth friendly it is to get news online as opposed to in a physical newspaper.