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Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Yellowed Kid?

http://www.slate.com/id/2129373/ (yup, still no direct links) is an short essay on Calvin and Hobbes. Launch the slideshow for additional commentary.

While I agree with most of the points writer Chris Sullentrop makes, I think there ARE a few good comic strips out there, though he's correct in his assertion that none have tapped the cultural zeitgiest the way Calvin and Hobbes did. http://www.muttscomics.com/ Mutts is my current favorite strip, clocking in above my beloved Bloom County/Outland/Opus. McDonnell not only tackles relevant issues with a deft, "soft" handed approach, posing questions more so than asserting his answers, he utlitzes ever inch of the page he's got with wit and style.

And, and he says ready to beat back naysayers, For Better or For Worse is an excellent strip http://www.fborfw.com/ I'm not as in love with it as I am Mutts, but it's a great strip that often surprises me.

I don't always like or agree with Aaron McGruder http://www.boondocks.net/ but I like that he's trying, and has a voice that's being heard. The stuff that comes out isn't always my cup of tea, but c'mon, art/entertainment is bound to be a little obnoxious, make you think about the points.

Of course there're great strips that exclusively appear online http://www.pvponline.com/ http://www.penny-arcade.com/ http://www.blanklabelcomics.com/

Funny how the funnies aren't that funny any more.

1 Comments:

At 11:59 AM, Blogger Cryptobadger said...

Heh heh. You said zeitgeist.

Print is dead. Sometimes.

 

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