http://www.metafilter.com/tags/funnypages Posts tagged with 'funnypages' at MetaFilter. Thu, 04 Dec 2003 17:09:44 -0800 Thu, 04 Dec 2003 17:09:44 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/30018/The%2Dbusiness%2Dmodel%2Dof%2Dthe%2Dfunny%2Dpages When I was in college in the early 90s (B.W. -- before web), I used to subscribe to the daily newspaper just to get my comics fix every morning (back when Bill Waterson, Gary Larson, and Berkeley Breathed were king). Then the web came along and I had to suffer through <a href="http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/">the only (unfunny) cartoonist</a> to embrace the web. But not anymore. With stuff like <a href="http://dwlt.net/tapestry/">Comics-via-RSS</a> and <a href="http://comictastic.com/">Comictastic</a> I can fire up an app and start laughing every morning. I doubt I ever buy a newspaper again for the funny pages, and on top of that, these even let me avoid <a href="http://www.ucomics.com/garfield/">the lame ones</a> I don't care about. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.30018 Thu, 04 Dec 2003 17:09:44 -0800 comic comics comicstrip comicstrips comictastic dilbert funnypages garfield illustration mathowie http://www.metafilter.com/16710/ When I was a newspaper-slinger back as a youngster, I became acquainted with that odd funnypages subgenre-the <b>soap opera comic strip</b>(i.e. <a href="http://www.toonopedia.com/winnie.htm" title="historical background"><i>Winnie Winkle</i></a>,<a href="http://www.toonopedia.com/morgan.htm" title="historical bg, again"><i>Rex Morgan, M.D.</i></a> and the pinnacle of the genre <a href="http://www.toonopedia.com/gasalley.htm" title="you get the idea"><i>Gasoline Alley</i></a>). Moving at the brisk pace of 4 panels a day, these entertainments must have seemed quaint even in their early radio days infancy, yet they gained devoted followings and <a href="http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/rmorgan/about.htm" title="today's strip">Dr. Rex</a> and <a href="http://gasalley.comicspage.com/gasolinealley/index.html" title="today's strip">Skeezix and the Gang</a> are actually still active. While the strips are published on the web, I'm surprised that there hasn't been a whole-hog revival of the genre. Heck, <a href="http://www.comicspage.com/brenda/"><i>Brenda Starr</i></a> could be truly funky hip modern woman if the right person retooled her a bit and I imagine many web community administrators could relate to <a href="http://www.toonopedia.com/marywrth.htm">Mary Worth</a> at times. tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.16710 Sun, 28 Apr 2002 17:23:04 -0800 brokenlink comics entertainment funnypages media newspaper nostalgia soapopera jonmc