It may be slow, but the process for comics and articles are quite different. Comics go through multiple layers of distribution (possibly translation, colouring

It may be slow, but the process for comics and articles are quite different. Comics go through multiple layers of distribution (possibly translation, colouring, lettering and the like through multiple hands) before they are published, in many different newspapers simulatenosly. The process for getting comics published is focused on groups of comics as well, so rather then send one Dilbert comic a day, the distributor will take at least a weeks worth of strips, possibly a month's worth at once, and that bundle will be sent out. Editiorial cartoons are much faster (next day) but they tend to be done for a single publication, or at least a small family of publications. (edit: Add colouring, lettering)