{"id":217,"date":"2004-12-06T22:56:08","date_gmt":"2004-12-07T02:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/anderkoo\/2004\/12\/06\/comic-strips-that-make-you-angry\/"},"modified":"2004-12-06T22:56:08","modified_gmt":"2004-12-07T02:56:08","slug":"comic-strips-that-make-you-angry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/anderkoo\/2004\/12\/comic-strips-that-make-you-angry\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic strips that make you angry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today’s Globe tried to pull controversy from a non-story: the “adult
\ncontent” of comic strips. The article harkened back to a mythical
\ngolden age of comics when, “You laughed or you didn’t, you read them or
\nignored them. But until recently the funny pages didn’t usually make
\nyou angry.”<\/p>\n

Well, anyone who regularly reads this blog (all 5 of you) would know, the “funny pages” regularly<\/a> make<\/a> me<\/a> angry<\/a>
\nnot because they are “edgy” but because of their insipid, banal, and
\nsimply downright un-funny content. Every inch of space that Garfield<\/span>, Rose is Rose<\/span>, and favorite punching-bag of comics critics everywhere, Family Circus<\/span>, occupies is another inch that can’t be devoted to fresher, newer, and perhaps even funnier <\/span>artists. What comic strip did the Globe have to dump to subscribe to Get Fuzzy<\/span>? We don’t know, nor do we really care. Get Fuzzy<\/span> is undoubtedly better.\n<\/p>\n

Besides, what kids actually read the comics anymore? And really, who among them would actually be offended by any of the half-assed<\/a> attempts at humor that the Globe article lamely cites as “edgy”? Today’s For Better or For Worse<\/a>
\nis more in touch with the reality of children today: it shows tweener
\nApril flipping through and ultimately bored by the offensive crud aired
\non today’s television. By comparison, the content of our comics pages
\nare a veritable rated-G world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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