Pickles comic strip The Pickles have joined the long list of characters found on the comic pages of print edition of The Courant. “Pickles” appears Monday through Saturday, taking the place of ...

The strip will appear daily and Sunday. "Pickles" replaces "Cathy," whose impending demise was announced Aug. 11. At the time, readers were encouraged to suggest replacement strips by mail or e-mail.

I was going to give up, but my wife believed in it, she wore me down and I gave in,'' said Crane, the author of the enormously popular “Pickles” comic strip. Millions of fans are glad he did.