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Subject: Re: 'Bloom County' - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 22-Oct-83 23:37:10 EDT
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uiuccsb!grunwald    Oct 21 16:48:00 1983

   Not all cat fanciers lile Garfield you know. I like cats, but I think that
Garfield represents the most over-commericalized comic strip which has ever
been created (possibly even rivialing Peanuts). Additionally, it is almost
always so cute and sweet to the point of causing insulin shock in the average
thinking reader. The insipid relations, re-hashed jokes and over used story
lines illustrate the fact that the person who wrote it had two weeks of
material and decided to stretch it into a continuing strip.
   Fortunetly, it seems to be mainly favored by that faction of the earths
population who thought that "dealy-boppers" were "really neat" and didn't catch
on that the song "valley girls" was a satirical jab at their culture, heritage
and spending habits.

			dirk "toast that sucker" grunwald