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Sunday comics used to be legit funny, then there were less, then a few…. Now? I see all these comics popping up, just a frame or 3, and they are all not funny. Mostly they struggle to make sense.

Where did all the funny go in the world? Has it evolved into only political memes are funny anymore?

Remember the genius that was the far side, Calvin and Hobbes, bloom country.

Sunday comics used to be legit funny, then there were less, then a few…. Now? I see all these comics popping up, just a frame or 3, and they are all not funny. Mostly they struggle to make sense. Where did all the funny go in the world? Has it evolved into only political memes are funny anymore? Remember the genius that was the far side, Calvin and Hobbes, bloom country.

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I think The Far Side was meant to be a one-panel comic from the start, kind of like The Family Circus dailies were.

But yes, now that you mention it, Watterson fought that as well. I give Watterson credit, he never caved to the merchandising pressure on what was a wildly successful comic strip. Gives Calvin and Hobbes a bit more in the "fond memory" department.