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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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One of the problems with comics isn't that they went political, but that they became storified, so one single strip wasn't funny any more. You had to be following it for it to really make sense. No short gags any more. It doesn't even have ot be drawn well; it just has to be able to be absorbed as a gestalt.

One good example of a poorly drawn but still-worth-sharing comic, despite some being political in ways you may disagree with, is... I forget the name of the comic, but if I say "oh no" I'm sure you know the one. :-)

Just as an aside, I've noticed a lot of Chinese animus include a short skit at the beginning saying that you have to follow the whole series to understand what's going on, and that seems interestingly related. Perhaps the Chinese public are more used to short, self-contained TV episodes as well.