![]() ![]() ![]() It's that seemingly endless cycle of repetition and the minute variations that cartoonists attempt to find within that limited scope, that seems to keep (or at least has kept until now) people returning to the funny pages day after day. Blondie may get a catering job, the Family Circus mom may change her hairstyle, but the core concept remains the same. ![]() It's not just the simplicity of the base concept that attracts, it's also the fact that said concept will never, ever alter in any broad, significant fashion that charms readers. The Family Circus kids will always make cute malapropisms and stay under the age of 10. Dagwood will always get harassed by his boss and have a sexual fetish for overly large sandwiches. Beetle Bailey will always be a goldbrick and Sarge will always hector him. The daily comic strip isn't the only art form to rely upon repetition and formula - plenty of TV shows and films, not to mention pop songs, do the same - but certainly a lot of strips, both modern and ancient, trade heavily on familiarity to garner interest and appeal. ![]() The Upside-Down World of Gustave Verbeek: The Complete Sunday Comics 1903-1905įorever Nuts present: Frederick Burr Opper's Happy Hooliganĭread & Superficiality: Woody Allen as a Comic Strip ![]()
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