Discussing the merits of modern day newspaper comics is sometimes as painful as discussing the merits of facial hair in Major League Baseball - the only time I dare to look through the daily comics is when I’m stuck in a doctor’s office with nothing else to read. If only children are reading such magnificent fare as “Marmaduke” and “Dilbert” I can understand their use. But for fully aware grown up adults to find anything near entertainment in 30-year old reprints of “Wizard of Id” or “For Better Or Worse” or “Ziggy” is mindblowing. My biggest gripe with newspaper strips is that most of them take 4-5 panels to say nothing funny or clever. True cartoon geniuses only need one panel to make their point (Charles Schulz of course is an exception to the rule)
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