Newspaper comics were different before you were born

[seriousfic.insanejournal.com]

And Garfield was funny!

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[besamim.insanejournal.com]

That is one neurotic mom. Certainly not the Thel most of us know, the one who bears with calm and good humour Billy's wandering all over the place, the kids invoking their "Ida Know" and "Not Me" gremlins, and PJ still not being able to talk.

My guess is that between then and now she either took up meditation or became dependent on sedatives.

[kagome654.insanejournal.com]

And Garfield was funny!

Not possible.

[cainofdreaming.insanejournal.com]

Hey, Garfield is still funny (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ2q9NmYf6g).

No, wait. I'm thinking of disturbing, not funny. My mistake.

[filbypott.insanejournal.com]

Garfield was actually pretty awesome in the late '80s and early '90s. It peaked sometime after the cartoon ended and has been going downhill ever since.

[lbd_nytetrayn.insanejournal.com]

I don't know, Garfield still has his moments. Perhaps not as grand or consistently as he once did, but he can still get a smile, if not a guffaw out of me.

I think things did pick up when they shook things up a little and brought Liz and Jon together. They really should have built on that momentum. I'm not saying change who the characters are-- they haven't, really-- but new situations begets new material, and I think that's where the comic most needs a shot in the arm.

--LBD "Nytetrayn"

[(Anonymous)]

While not funny, someone should post the Garfield story where he's a laboratory animal. Or the one where he goes crazy and kills a little old lady.

[cissie_king.insanejournal.com]

Family Circus presents THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME!

[mysteryfan.insanejournal.com]

Wow on the Dolly shooting.
That *is* different.

[kitty_tc_69.insanejournal.com]

It's not that weird. What it depicts is a mother's worry, she hears a loud bang and her mind generates a fearful scenario of what might have happened. It's quite normal.

Man, people really are getting more sensitive these days huh?

[mysteryfan.insanejournal.com]

I get that it's a mother's worry about a car backfiring and her imagining it's worst-case scenario. What I'm commenting on is the imagery. It's weird to have a gun in Family Circus. I don't think you'd see that now.

Of course, it's one of many legacy newspaper strips, but things are different. I don't think some papers would even print this now.

[mysteryfan.insanejournal.com]

And also, *looks back up at image* that it's a hunter in the back of a moving truck shooting a rifle at running, sweating with fear Dolly.

Seems a bit surreal to me.

[(Anonymous)]

Growing up in Newark? Not so surreal.

Either way, I like this bold, new direction. I say shoot all the little bastards in family circus, and have the parents become grimdark vigilantes.

...

Don't say it wouldn't be an improvement.

-- noirsensei

[tacobob.insanejournal.com]

Man, I really liked that red cap, it just worked so well with my Han Solo black vest and white shirt. Now I'm off to kill me a Billy! Heh Heh.

[(Anonymous)]

They'd never get away with that in a newspaper comic today, in a Dilbert strip a gun was turned into a donut, the only one that allows then is Mark Trail.

[parsimonia.insanejournal.com]

I was going to say "Oh, Family Circus, don't ever change!" But I don't think it really has, really. XD