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   ThomasThorn said, 3 months ago

   … or are the characters just grown out of the series :-(

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   sarge112751 said, 3 months ago

   These “cut-backs” are getting — (see next panel)…

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   sarge112751 said, 3 months ago

   out of hand!

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   Bob said, 3 months ago

   First a week of “glad it’s August” strips, now a week of this non-sense. Does Jan Eliot have writer’s block???

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   Yukoneric said, 3 months ago

   Make ‘em smaller. We can use ctrl and + to make them larger. tee hee

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   Macushlalondra said, 3 months ago

   Well you have to admit it’s an original idea. I haven’t seen this kind of story in comics before.

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   ana_demeter said, 3 months ago

   Is that sarcasm I smell, Macushlalondra?

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   NoBrandName said, 3 months ago

   If the comics get too small, there won’t be any room for product placement!

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   pearlandpeach said, 3 months ago

   they got Doonesbury so small in the sunday strip you really did need a magnifying glass to read it….thank heavens for here!

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    RinaFarina said, 3 months ago

    wait a minute - I’m getting lost here. Does Joan mean that she or that Val will henceforth disappear from the strip?

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    Mama33 said, 3 months ago

    @Bob give her a break. She is making a statement isn’t that what the strips are for?

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    NYTexas said, 3 months ago

    I rather like what’s shes been doing…

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    Tink 1300 said, 3 months ago

    No Bob, this is what is called “art imitating reality”. Take this avatar I’m in. If Go Comics could afford more money, you would see a full picture of me (For which I’m laying on my tummy with my left beautiful leg folded back, and the heel of my shoe almost touching my fanny)!

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    kab2rb said, 3 months ago

    I can’t afford too much. I work pt and having to save slowly to get a car fixed. Our computer needs replaced but can’t do that so have to do a virus check.
    A lot of places knows about cutbacks. A local aircraft company 2 executives resigned from their positions and another took 10% pay cut.
    What interesting though the comments that come through is sometimes more interesting.

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    fritzoid said, 3 months ago

    Bill Watterson once did a strip where Calvin was relating his grandfather’s complaint that comic strips had gotten so small that there’s no room for any good art anymore, just heads underneath dialogue balloons. That strip was rendered, as you might imagine, simply as heads underneath dialogue balloons.

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    Ushindi said, 3 months ago

    Well, maybe this will help Val….

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    avatarjk137 said, 3 months ago

    @Mama and Tink: I don’t mind a joke like this (nor does Bob, I suspect); I don’t think it’s a strong enough joke to stretch across a whole week, though. Come to think of it, I don’t think most fourth-wall-breaking ideas are good for a whole week.