I love the headlines on the three papers. What can I say, it’s the little things that make me happy, that’s why I love Calvin and Hobbes, Non Sequitur, Foxtrot, and Pat Oliphant so much. The comics are hilarious on their own, but it’s the attention to detail in the drawing (or, in the case of Foxtrot, things like making Jason’s tap dance ACTUALLY Morse code) that really puts them over the top.
Random side-note: Why does Firefox’s built-in spell-checker tell me “Non Sequitur” is spelled wrong? I learned that word in high school!
Disaster sells. For some reason. I guess the same reason that people rubberneck at gory car crashes.
A friend of mine once said maybe the news just doesn’t have anything good to report because people doing good newsworthy things is the exception rather than the rule. And maybe by extension, pointing the rare one out just adds to the depression that it is so rare.
Or! If you’re a conspiracy theorist you could say that the people that own the news attempt to innundate you with so much bad bleeep that you start ignoring it, keeping you ignorant of what’s going on in America (much less the world) and purchasing consumer goods to stave off media-induced depression and that empty feeling from self-induced isolation.
The point seems to me to be that they’re writing about it to sell it, reading about it and whining about it both on paper and off, rather than doing something about it.
The creativity to keep coming up with heaslines and enough other stuff to fill a paper of the size they appear to be is impressive. Maybe he could use it to turn his newsstand into a boat. I think bad news predominates because 1) as doctortoon says you need to be aware of the dangers around you and 2) the bad stuff IS more unusual people really are generally good
attyush over 15 years ago
Don’t see the printing press around…
Jml58 over 15 years ago
And who delivers it?
hintzy over 15 years ago
I love the headlines on the three papers. What can I say, it’s the little things that make me happy, that’s why I love Calvin and Hobbes, Non Sequitur, Foxtrot, and Pat Oliphant so much. The comics are hilarious on their own, but it’s the attention to detail in the drawing (or, in the case of Foxtrot, things like making Jason’s tap dance ACTUALLY Morse code) that really puts them over the top.
Random side-note: Why does Firefox’s built-in spell-checker tell me “Non Sequitur” is spelled wrong? I learned that word in high school!
GuntotingLiberal over 15 years ago
Disaster sells. For some reason. I guess the same reason that people rubberneck at gory car crashes.
A friend of mine once said maybe the news just doesn’t have anything good to report because people doing good newsworthy things is the exception rather than the rule. And maybe by extension, pointing the rare one out just adds to the depression that it is so rare.
I had to admit, she had a point.
GuntotingLiberal over 15 years ago
Or! If you’re a conspiracy theorist you could say that the people that own the news attempt to innundate you with so much bad bleeep that you start ignoring it, keeping you ignorant of what’s going on in America (much less the world) and purchasing consumer goods to stave off media-induced depression and that empty feeling from self-induced isolation.
circuit7 over 15 years ago
The point seems to me to be that they’re writing about it to sell it, reading about it and whining about it both on paper and off, rather than doing something about it.
And it’s funny.
cadgyod over 15 years ago
The creativity to keep coming up with heaslines and enough other stuff to fill a paper of the size they appear to be is impressive. Maybe he could use it to turn his newsstand into a boat. I think bad news predominates because 1) as doctortoon says you need to be aware of the dangers around you and 2) the bad stuff IS more unusual people really are generally good
tasha_medved over 15 years ago
hintzy: Your spellchecker doesn’t know Latin.
Benedick over 15 years ago
Maybe there’s just more bad news than good news, eh guys? This isn’t exactly a perfect world. (sigh…)
ninmas over 15 years ago
when is Danae gonna be in the strip again?????!!!!she’s the only funny character!!!!
KingRat over 15 years ago
ninmas says: when is Danae gonna be in the strip again?????!!!!she’s the only funny character!!!!
Wiley Miller tends to do Danae and family every other day and sundays, with one off gags the rest of the time.