A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Comics

Posted on August 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

  


Aug. 22, 1970, Nancy

Aug.
22, 1970:  Some people dismiss Ernie Bushmiller because he portrayed the everyday human comedy rather than events of the day.

Then again, being topical isn't always a good idea:

Aug. 22, 1970, Clive

Here we have a panel crowded with dialogue and a contemporary reference in "Clive," a strip so short-lived and so lame that even I don't remember it.
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3 Responses to A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Comics

  1. Tim1965's avatar Tim1965 says:
    August 23, 2009 at 6:35 am

    I work side-by-side with someone who has no idea what “Bloom County” was, and can barely remember “Calvin and Hobbes.” Yet, they were two of the most influential comic strips of the past quarter-century.

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  2. Brady Westwater's avatar Brady Westwater says:
    August 23, 2009 at 9:19 am

    I rather liked this example of the second strip, too, with its ambiguity and contrasting POV’s.
    But I also have no recollection of it.

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  3. Sal B's avatar Sal B says:
    August 24, 2009 at 9:48 am

    Why doesn’t the L.A. Times put its comics online, as other newspapers do?

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