Nonplussed over ‘Non Sequitur’

I was appalled to read your justification for discontinuing the great comic strip “Non Sequitur.” Several times in the past year I have written Calendar to point out the repeated instances of very thinly veiled depictions of sexual intercourse in the comic strip “9 Chickweed Lane,” but you continue to publish it.

For more than a week I have been seeing the notice in the comic strip section where Wiley Miller laid an “Easter egg” that The Times found objectionable. I read the strips every day but did not spot any Easter egg in “Non Sequitur,” so I missed out on the controversy over the vulgar message.

However, I am curious as to why the Times has not noticed the soft porn in “9 Chickweed Lane” that has been going on for many months.

I am also curious as to why for at least two or three years Garry Trudeau has been “on vacation” with the Times running strips from the 1980s, some of which are very much out-of-date, yet has a current Trudeau strip every Sunday. It seems to me that if you are going to replace Miller’s strip with another one, you should do the same with “Doonesbury.” Abraham Hoffman Canoga Park Editor’s note: Garry Trudeau took a hiatus from producing a daily comic strip while he worked on a TV project (“Alpha House”) and has extended the break indefinitely. He continues to create the weekly version of “Doonesbury.”

Depriving your readers of the pleasures of a daily dose of “Non Sequitur” is a classic case of cutting off your nose to spite your face. Why don’t you find some way to punish the cartoonist instead of us —like reducing the amount you pay for the strip, for instance? Craig Lesly Irvine

Why did you pull “Non Sequitur” because of a vulgar joke that could be seen only with a magnifying

Here’s our suggestion: Give “Non Sequitur” a second chance. Jerry and Carol Collamer San Clemente

I understand your decision to discontinue “Non Sequitur” after the artist included a vulgarity directed at Trump. It saddens me, because I really enjoy this strip. Always funny, slightly odd, current. This got me thinking, though, that there are a number of strips that I would rather see go. “Get Fuzzy” hasn’t published a new strip in five years. “Dennis the Menace,” “Family Circle” and “Marmaduke” are well past their expiration dates, and “9 Chickweed Lane” has become repetitive and tiresome. It’s time to hit the refresh button on the comics page. Nancy Lazerson Encinitas glass and yet you continue to publish that blatantly steamy “9 Chickweed Lane”? Grace Hampton Burbank