http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2009/10/27/what-happened-to-the-funny-pages Comments On: What Happened to the Funny Pages? by Henry Stewart en-us Copyright 2013 The L Magazine. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The L Magazine readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The L Magazine. editor@thelmagazine.com (The L Magazine Webmaster) Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:01 -0400 Sun, 19 May 2013 21:45:00 -0400 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
But, yeah, the comics that have continued after their creators have expired is a symptom, I think, of publishers' unwillingness to surrender a proven success, which might be a unique problem to comics. Well, and reuniting classic rock bands.
Posted by Henry Stewart]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:02:05 -0400 The L Magazine Posted by Steve]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:04:20 -0400 The L Magazine
The fear of offending is a good point.
Posted by Henry Stewart]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:19:22 -0400 The L Magazine Posted by idly by]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:57:34 -0400 The L Magazine
The problem with newspaper strips isn't just their audience's dwindling size but its age and sensibility. People who read the funnies are older, and often easily offended and ready to fire off an angry letter at the drop of a hat.
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