The Norm by Michael Jantze

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  1. Edcole1961

    Edcole1961 said, 10 months ago

    I have a laptop that’s at least 10 years old with pretty much the exact same specs. If there was any doubt that these are reruns, this strip clinches it.

  2. farren

    farrenGenius_badge said, 10 months ago

    Well, especially since Norm married Reine a couple of years ago, and Apple hasn’t made that style of iMac in a decade.

  3. kplyness

    kplynessGenius_badge said, 10 months ago

    how old is this one? Those specs are years out of date.

  4. Angel

    AngelGenius_badge said, 10 months ago

    According to Jantze’s website, “The latest strips are now a benefit of being a member of Jantze.com.” http://www.thenorm.com/member/

  5. Coffee-Turtle

    Coffee-TurtleGenius_badge said, 10 months ago

    What year is this???? I mean those are the specs of a PDA…

  6. namenamename

    namenamename said, 10 months ago

    Wow. I never knew these were re-runs, but it’s for certain now. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go put the 4GB memory card back into my smartphone…how technology flies.

  7. robert

    robertGenius_badge said, 10 months ago

    The little copyright notice on the right of panel one says “1999” which makes it just about the same age as Edcole1961’s laptop.

    And I remember when that would have been one HOT machine. But now–ick!

    “The Norm” quit running in papers several years ago. Jantze kept an online version going for a while. Now he’s working on animation.

  8. Joseph Lerner

    Joseph LernerGenius_badge said, 10 months ago

    Wow. The concepts played out in The Norm strips have been so universal that they never seem dated. Now I’m afraid that I’ll have a different respect for this strip now that I know these are “refurbished.”