It was such a ghost of its former self that, for me, the irritation value outweighed the amusement most days. Especially with its doctrinal slant, laid on with a trowel. Basically, I liked it best when it was a strip about cavemen and not about pay phones and TV shows and all. Anachronisms were funny for the first few months, then they became a routine.
The Wizard of Id used to be mean-spirited and much funnier. Now it's mainly mean-spirited and, again, routine. In a chat last night, someone asked what classic strips there were these days, and I ran and got the Saturday paper to check. The classic strips are all ghosted or continued by family members. I couldn't come up with a single example. Squishing down the size of the strips certainly hasn't helped.
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Date: 2007-04-09 01:51 pm (UTC)The Wizard of Id used to be mean-spirited and much funnier. Now it's mainly mean-spirited and, again, routine. In a chat last night, someone asked what classic strips there were these days, and I ran and got the Saturday paper to check. The classic strips are all ghosted or continued by family members. I couldn't come up with a single example. Squishing down the size of the strips certainly hasn't helped.