Pearls and Swine for All!!! Save Get Fuzzy!
Wanted to update you all on the News & Observer's quest to make the comics a little better. If you'll recall, the N&O was going to do an unscientific poll to see what comics the folks dislike. Today they listed the comics that got votes for axing. The article is here.
Sad to say, some comics I like got votes!!! What if the whole thing backfires, and we lose Get Fuzzy and gain Snuffy Smith??? Could it happen? ACK! (to quote Cathy)
This is all very confusing. Until I remember that there are actually people out there who don't share my opinion! Can you believe it??
I should have learned this lesson back in November. That's when I found out that a LOT of people don't share my opinion. And also, when you put something to a vote, you don't always get your way. Oh no. It's happening again.
I'm going to advocate a hereditary monarchy, and when we get one, I'm going to ask to be the country's arbiter of the funny pages. BWAH HA HA All you Family Circus lovers out there! You will be sadly denied under my all-opressive thumb. HA HA HA HA! Sayonora Dennis fans! Everyone will say the comics they like. Those who appreciate the comics I hate will be exiled to relocation camps in the Catskills.
Now to speak seriously (really, I was just kidding about all that stuff above. Well, I mean, if I really could have that control, it would be great, but I don't think it's going to happen): I know a lot (most) of you aren't residents of the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area, but it wouldn't hurt you to send a friendly email or two the the N&O, now would it?
For my own peace of mind? Please?? Don't let them take the good ones away! The address is checkitout@newsandobserver.com Tell them Big Al sent ya.
Sad to say, some comics I like got votes!!! What if the whole thing backfires, and we lose Get Fuzzy and gain Snuffy Smith??? Could it happen? ACK! (to quote Cathy)
This is all very confusing. Until I remember that there are actually people out there who don't share my opinion! Can you believe it??
I should have learned this lesson back in November. That's when I found out that a LOT of people don't share my opinion. And also, when you put something to a vote, you don't always get your way. Oh no. It's happening again.
I'm going to advocate a hereditary monarchy, and when we get one, I'm going to ask to be the country's arbiter of the funny pages. BWAH HA HA All you Family Circus lovers out there! You will be sadly denied under my all-opressive thumb. HA HA HA HA! Sayonora Dennis fans! Everyone will say the comics they like. Those who appreciate the comics I hate will be exiled to relocation camps in the Catskills.
Now to speak seriously (really, I was just kidding about all that stuff above. Well, I mean, if I really could have that control, it would be great, but I don't think it's going to happen): I know a lot (most) of you aren't residents of the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area, but it wouldn't hurt you to send a friendly email or two the the N&O, now would it?
For my own peace of mind? Please?? Don't let them take the good ones away! The address is checkitout@newsandobserver.com Tell them Big Al sent ya.
posted by big al at 5:51 PM
6 Comments:
They should keep 'Peanuts'. Even though its all reruns, it's still better than 90% of the other comics. And younger readers haven't seen the older Peanuts strips.
Gaargh! NO! We can't let them kill off "Get Fuzzy"!
I just read the article; about, what, a third to a half of the comic section is loathed by someone or another?
We must ban together! We must fight for the salvation of Big Al's chosen peop- er, comics!
Keep Peanuts??? No way!
I do agree with "Get Fuzzy," though.
John
Axe "Get Fuzzy"?
Inconceivable! I can just barely get my brain around the idea that some people may find "Cathy","B.C.", etc. funny. But I find Bucky, Satchel and Rob so endearing, amusing, exasperating, and generally engaging--how can anyone hate them, or fail to laugh?
My brain hurts.
The amount of laughs I've had with Get Fuzzy has been declining lately. I don't know why. I still read it all the time and it's definitely better than most of the crap on the "funny" pages but I've not exactly been LOL'ing at it.
Does "In The Bleachers" run in your guys' newspapers? That's a damn funny comic. And although they don't run in any local papers, I love Foxtrot and Sherman's Lagoon.
"Get Fuzzy" has been pretty lame lately. The only reason I read it anymore is because it's between Dilbert and FoxTrot.
I've forgotten 'Sylvia' exists, because it's all the way in the corner. Does anyone actually read that? (It's disgustingly awful)
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