Popular Post Fret Buzz Posted February 27 Popular Post Share #1 Posted February 27 Even back as a kid, I always thought it seemed an "old fashioned" comic. Like the unreadable Dick Tracy or those weird soap opera ones, this always seemed out of place. Does it resonate with you? Do you read it? How do you think it stays in syndication? 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr Posted February 27 Share #2 Posted February 27 The town drunk was apparently a thing? Andy Griffith had one, so why not comics? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fret Buzz Posted February 27 Author Share #3 Posted February 27 5 minutes ago, jsharr said: The town drunk was apparently a thing? Andy Griffith had one, so why not comics? It's 2023, so I'm wondering what's changed in 55 years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx Posted February 27 Share #4 Posted February 27 18 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Even back as a kid, I always thought it seemed an "old fashioned" comic. Like the unreadable Dick Tracy or those weird soap opera ones, this always seemed out of place. Does it resonate with you? Do you read it? How do you think it stays in syndication? Read it maybe 60 years ago. (est) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted February 27 Share #5 Posted February 27 6 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: It's 2023, so I'm wondering what's changed in 55 years? No one gets newspapers regularly anymore except those resistant to change. Whatever was left at the bitter end of the newspaper era has a chance to persist in perpetuity, or at least until folks our age fall into the volcano. The funny pages are gasping, so why not Andy Capp? People with dementia can glom onto the simple situations of Andy Capp without needing an overthink or two, so it lives on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted February 27 Share #6 Posted February 27 29 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: the unreadable Dick Tracy or those weird soap opera ones Growing up, I wondered how Dick Tracy was ever a thing. I still wonder why it was ever a thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx Posted February 27 Share #7 Posted February 27 4 minutes ago, Randomguy said: Growing up, I wondered how Dick Tracy was ever a thing. I still wonder why it was ever a thing. You had to be there to sample the alternative entertainment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted February 27 Share #8 Posted February 27 11 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: You had to be there to sample the alternative entertainment. But I was there at the time, even before cable tv, answering machines, or vcr's! Family Circus never had a reason to exist, either, not that I could see. Well, except for the Nietzsche Family Circus, that is, here is a couple quick examples: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted February 27 Share #9 Posted February 27 Andy Capp behavior was more acceptable 50 years ago 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx Posted February 27 Share #10 Posted February 27 This. That would have been my stepfather. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted February 27 Share #11 Posted February 27 Prohibition came about as a result of the status quo related to alcohol consumption in society. Drunken driving wasn't even marginally contained until MADD arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted February 27 Share #12 Posted February 27 37 minutes ago, Randomguy said: Growing up, I wondered how Dick Tracy was ever a thing. I still wonder why it was ever a thing. And Prince Valient. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fret Buzz Posted February 27 Author Share #13 Posted February 27 28 minutes ago, MoseySusan said: And Prince Valient. Apt 3G! Mary Worth! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BR46 Posted February 27 Popular Post Share #14 Posted February 27 Our small town doesn't have a single town drunk so we all take turns. 3 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted February 27 Share #15 Posted February 27 1 hour ago, Further said: Andy Capp behavior was more acceptable 50 years ago But it still wasn't funny. How did they stretch that one joke so long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie Posted March 18 Share #16 Posted March 18 On 2/27/2023 at 1:58 PM, 12string said: But it still wasn't funny. How did they stretch that one joke so long? I think this is sort of a wicked problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted March 18 Share #17 Posted March 18 On 2/27/2023 at 12:58 PM, 12string said: How did they stretch that one joke so long? Apparently with more than one cartoonist / writer after the first one died. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Capp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD Posted March 19 Share #18 Posted March 19 On 2/27/2023 at 12:06 PM, Randomguy said: Growing up, I wondered how Dick Tracy was ever a thing. I still wonder why it was ever a thing. I liked Dick Tracy. He had incredible things like a watch you could use like a phone and in the Sunday comic strip, there was a "Crimestopper's Textbook" mini-page you could cut and save. When I approached my teenage years, he began to be a little behind the times or wandering too far from the standard stuff with the Moon Maiden, etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted March 19 Share #19 Posted March 19 I read Pickles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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