tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921091527205526676.post2347331820532766326..comments2007-04-01T16:26:51.337-07:00Comments on New Media Blog: Comix!Tom Kealeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11943493663419602777noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921091527205526676.post-68225642420634740922007-02-12T00:57:00.000-08:002007-02-12T00:57:00.000-08:00I wouldn't judge comics by what appears in newspap...I wouldn't judge comics by what appears in newspapers any more than I'd judge literature by news reports (and I say this as one who has done most of his writing for a newspaper). There are a few exceptions, but most of those are in the political realm. Doonsbury, for example, had to be moved over to the Op-Ed pages because it was too barbed.Pico Alaskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05270273287648772974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921091527205526676.post-45902779367876517002007-02-07T22:08:00.000-08:002007-02-07T22:08:00.000-08:00Again, Lauren, thanks for the primer. How was I li...Again, Lauren, thanks for the primer. How was I living without Achewood? Cool, cool. As for the micropayment/communist reference, I had to read deep into the response posts at goats to get the reference, and even those guys looked ready to fight about it. I'm still a believer that this is an idea whose time will come, and I'm willing to put my nickel where my mouth is.<BR/> Homies, adamInstructor Adam Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055207047745248032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921091527205526676.post-28657390832412570472007-02-07T12:16:00.000-08:002007-02-07T12:16:00.000-08:00I totally agree. The newspaper funnies are miserab...I totally agree. The newspaper funnies are miserable. I read them every day for God knows what reason, and every day they make me angry.<br /><br />Recently the webcomic <a href="http://www.dieselsweeties.com">Diesel Sweeties</a> picked up a newspaper syndication deal. I wrote letters to the San Jose Mercury News begging them to run it, but to no avail. The comics I read with my breakfast still just pretty much suck.Lauren Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06532878289144406742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921091527205526676.post-90198007479869324272007-02-07T07:08:00.000-08:002007-02-07T07:08:00.000-08:00I think a lot of people don't like comics because ...I think a lot of people don't like comics because of how horrible the ones in the newspaper are. About 70% of comics are devoted to expressing a dadly character's bad golf game or his bewilderment with the concept of email. Also, a lot of the comics are self-aware, and not in an endearing way. Blondie now exclusively pokes fun at the cliches it created. Recently, the LA Times dropped Garfield for being shitty, which is a step in the right direction. <br /><br />I grew up reading and hating the funny papers every morning; they were on the back of the WomanWise section in the Connecticut Post. I overcame that barrier to entry and for what? Funky Winkerbean. I think it was about a high school band teacher.<br /><br />THIS is what a high school band teacher should be like, in comics if not in life.<br /><br />http://achewood.com/index.php?date=03032006<br /><br />Achewood is my favorite thing, as much for what it isn't as for what it is.Allan Vol Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17688939730696447399noreply@blogger.com