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From: moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: net.comics
Subject: Re: Newspaper comics (also, briefly, undergrounds)
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Date: Sun, 1-Jul-84 18:14:18 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul  1 18:14:18 1984
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A few replies.... 

	1) Yes, I HAVE noticed these rotten strips popping up all over the
place... in Seattle, we have BEARS IN LOVE and about four other "funny"
strips that are dismally bad.  Nepotism seems to me to be the only
explanation, too.  The Portland Oregonian has had a resident political
cartoonist for the last decade or two whose work lacks both political
standpoints and humor, not to mention artistic skill.  As to the surplus of
adventure strips, I notice rather a decline... or maybe it is a decline in
WESTERN adventure strips.  Latigo and The Lone Ranger have both disappeared
from the pages of The Seattle Times, and I miss 'em both, especially Latigo.
I also liked the Star Wars strip once it got going.  For my nominations for
best strips:

	BLOOM COUNTY (the best by far)
	STEVE CANYON (I still prefer Terry & the Pirates, reprinted)
	ANNIE (Now that's adventure)
	FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE (A great insight into people)
	GASOLINE ALLEY (ditto)
	SYLVIA ("That woman is on drugs....")
	DOONESBURY (in anticipation)
	THE FAR SIDE (Almost always gets me)
	THE FAST TRACK (Saw this in Iowa... based in a computer company, and
				funny!)

There are probably others I have forgotten....

	2) Steve Roper has been like that for years.  It's a wonder that the
chump isn't dead yet.

	3) As to undergrounds, I am looking forward to the new "Harold Hedd
in Hitler's Lost Cocaine".... sounds like the usual silly fun (I notice
Elmo's on the cover.... good!).  Underground comics, though, have gotten
mixed in with "ground-level" comics quite a bit... where does "HonkeyTonk
Sue" and the original "Flaming Carrot" fit in?  How about the always-amusing
Mr. A?  Ah, definitions....  I still have a soft spot for Wonder Warthog and
Super Jesus (only one issue).

		"Avast, ye scurvey corporate dogs! Prepare to be boarded!"

					Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer

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