Q: When will the new “Doonesbury” cartoons appear in newspapers?
—John Williams, Decatur
A: Cartoonist Garry Trudeau has pushed the return of "Doonesbury" to Nov. 18, about 10 weeks past the originally scheduled return of Labor Day because he has "hit the wall," he said last week in a release. Trudeau has been on sabbatical from the comic strip since June 10 to write and produce "Alpha House," a show that will be available on Amazon.com. "Doonesbury Flashbacks" have been appearing in papers since Trudeau has been devoting time to the show, and he said that he's burned out in a release from Universal Uclick, his syndicate. "This is a painful decision, but as the deadline loomed, I had to finally concede that the demands of completing the show have made it impossible for me to return to the strip on schedule."
Q: With all the recent coverage of the Atlanta schools cheating trial and the DeKalb County CEO trial, I haven’t heard any mention of the DeKalb County trial for Crawford Lewis and Pat Reid. What is the status of this trial? I thought I remembered it being scheduled for earlier this year.
—Cedric Sandoval, Decatur
A: The racketeering trial of Lewis, the former DeKalb County school superintendent, Reid, his former chief operating officer, and Tony Pope, Reid's former husband, has been rescheduled for Oct. 28, about 3½ years after they were first charged. It originally had been scheduled to begin April 8 and was pushed to Oct. 15 before being moved again. Lewis, Reid and Pope are charged with violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act, theft by a government employee, bribery and falsifying a public document, the AJC reported.
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