These are ‘comics’?
I was in mourning all day after reading the “comics” on Oct. 4. A character in Funky Winkerbeandied. Elly’s father (For Better or For Worse) had a second stroke and appears near death. I suppose the flag at Camp Swampy (Beetle Bailey) will be at half-staff. Maybe it’s time to rename the “comics” section Days of Our Lives.
I can’t write anymore, I need a tissue to dry my eyes.
Murry Unell, Highlands Ranch
Quick! Somebody tell Murry Unell a mother-in-law joke already! Slip on a banana peel! Hand the man a rubber chicken! Squirt seltzer down his pants, or throw a custard pie in his face! Convince him that life is still worth living.
Actually, the situations he describes are funnier than "Hi and Lois" or "Henry" (remember him? that bald boy who just wandered around with a blank expression on his face) ever were.
Posted by Hans Christian Brando on November 3, 2007 10:44 AMHCB
I like all comics and with the exception of Zippy the Pinhead so I go to many different websites all over the country to read them. Editorial cartoons are sometimes the funniest or just the best. I disagree with our local editorial cartoonists but I wish they would do a better job of grabbing interest as they jab the opponent. Most of the time it is just "GOTCHA!!!
Try Horsyiani (I know that one is spelled wrong) at the Seattle Post Intelligencer. Twice as liberal as anyone here but with such style I print them out and paste them on the wall above my bed and computer. Gives me a chance to show my grand daughter a different opinion. She is having trouble reading but she has a perfect understanding of words and she is fanatical about Rush Limbaugh.
After we read the comics on Saturday ( I give her a whole week's worth that day), we have to pick one hour of his show for her to listen to and follow the transcript. Then we dissect the ideas and check the facts. She will probably not ever lose her love of Rush but I want her to understand you don't take anyone else's word for something until you check it.
Comics have all been about life situations or life fantasies. Dick Tracey was not a typical cop and Rose is not too typical as a mother. Read, enjoy and make your own decisions for yourself. If you want a comic unavailable at home come online and find it, and a bunch more you never knew about. I wish one of the papers would publish Cats With Hands. The cartoonist knows cats and how they behave. Let Zippy stay too. Someone must be reading him.
Posted by momma y on November 3, 2007 05:14 PMLeapin' Lizards (to quote another comic strip character that was always about as funny as a forest fire), momma y, I'm not the one who has a problem with the funnies. Don't like 'em, don't read 'em, I say. You're right, though: if you look hard enough, eventually you're bound to find something that grabs you.
I'll grant Murry Unell one thing: many people who are in the business of being funny often feel like they're not "serious" artists, trivializing their own talent. (My third grade teacher, whenever we were acting silly, would tell us what sad people clowns really were.) Comedic actors are often jealous of "serious" actors who seem to have the prestige and win the awards. Ironically, dramatic actors tend to envy the comedians: "They always seem like they're having so much fun." Shakespearean actor Edwin Booth (brother of John Wilkes, who shot Lincoln) supposedly said on his deathbed, "Dying is easy. Comedy is hard."
Actually, being funny--and consistently funny--is one of the hardest jobs in the world. So if strip cartoonists take time out to tackle a "serious" subject occasionally, it's not the end of the world, and Murry needn't get so upset. Try the "soap opera" strips; they're usually hilarious.
Posted by Hans Christian Brando on November 4, 2007 10:16 AMI like the kid with the monsters and ghosts.
Posted by Sharon B. on November 4, 2007 03:45 PMJust try that guy in Seattle. He is worth a special bookmark in my list and he makes Stein look like a member of the Bush team. I have to give my computer time to my little one. She gets one hour of Rush a week and I picked the hour already so I have to let her listen and follow the transcript. See you soon. And thanks. Comics were my entry to reading. I was working on real books at 3 and reading at 6th grade level at 7. Made my teachers crazy.
Posted by momma y on November 4, 2007 05:27 PMTrouble reading, Rush Limbaugh fan... all fits together perfectly. The fact checking part sounds like fun, considering his shows are guaranteed fact free. Have fun raising a fat stupid little fascist!
Posted by on November 5, 2007 03:15 PM