It’s a tale that reads like an ancient comic strip. Take Trajan’s Column for a spin: Click the arrows at left for a guided tour, or explore on your own by dragging the images. (Trajan is ...

One is that several people will write to criticize me for wasting precious column space on a superficial topic like comics. The other is that I will receive more email about this column than ...

“If [Doonesbury] were a column, we’d stop running it.” As the editor’s note said, the strip won’t vanish from our pages. It will still appear in the comics section Monday through Saturday.

I’ve hinted at this for almost two years, and on Tuesday it will be reality: The Plain Dealer will feature 65 additional comics on weekdays and Saturdays, with 16 in print and 49 in the digital ...