Sunday, May 26, 2013

They're Trying To Prove A Point, I Guess

They're Trying To Prove A Point, I Guess

I still read a number of newspaper strips. It's not discussed much in comic fandom because they have a reputation now for being terribly bland and unfunny. Plus, the size of the strips has shrunk so much over the past several decades that most of the classic adventure strips are no longer viable -- there's barely any room these days for anything beyond two talking heads. There are a few, though, that still make me smile from time to time, so I keep them in my feed reader along with the webcomics I follow.

But today, several of the cartoonists seem to be conspiring to prove that they're old, out-of-touch farts who scream at those young kids to stay off their lawns. Setting aside however funny you might think these comics are or aren't, here are some newspaper comics that ran today, showing... [via Kleefeld On Comics]