Funnies Aren't Funny

Happy 10/10/10! This day only happens every 100 years (well, duh).

Anyway, I woke up this lovely Sunday morning, stumbled down the stairs, threw something edible in the toaster, and flipped through the paper searching for that section. The comics. I read on silently. On the third page I noticed a new comic that took the place of Cathy. And it was soooo not funny. So I took a moment and thought When was the last time a comic made me laugh? Really laugh? A comic that I remembered for days, maybe even clipped it out of the paper and hung on the fridge? It has been a while. The funnies just aren't that funny any more. And this new one, this one called Freshly Squeezed was anything but fresh. I must say that some do make me chuckle or smile occasionally. Namely Pearls Before Swine and F-minus. Pooch Cafe was hilarious but then the creator decided to make that stupid Poncho's First Year story line. I look at the flashiest section of the paper (tinted pink for breast cancer awareness) and I see far too many strips that have to do with parents raising children:Dustin, Stone Soup, The Pajama Diaries Cul de Sac, Edge City, and now Freshly Squeezed. And I realize that none of these has ever made me laugh. The story lines are over used and a long shot from original. Yes, teens text sooo much. Oh, and yes, moms work so hard and multi task until the point of exhaustion. Oh, ha, ha. Comic strip artists need to stop being predictable and start using their imaginations! Emulate my favorite cartoonist Bill Waterson of Calvin and Hobbes and be different! Create interesting characters with unique situations. Please. I mean wouldn’t Family Circus be more interesting if it took place on the moon? 

~Caitlin