Macushlalondra, it is hard to wait for the next installment, but the old-fashioned pacing is what makes strips so much fun. Some claim the modern audience doesn’t have the attention span for continuity strips, but Jim’s fans prove that wrong. I also like Paul Ryan’s daily PHANTOM adventures.
Hey Stringmusic…I hopefully and believe you’re right. Yes, and unfortunately we’ll have to wait till Monday to see if Bird is working at the club. Makes you want Monday’s to hurry and get here instead of dreading it for another work week for most of us.
NotNorman, I havent seen that specific comment either, about slow paced comics not attracting todays readers. But I have seen plenty of other things talking about todays youth having poor attention spans in other areas. I think it’s pretty safe to say that the same thing can be applied to comics. Most kids are not going to wait several days to find out why Bird quit his job. Now if Bird had killed everyone in Corky’s on his way out, that might be different. Axe-grinder has a good point. And his comment is also a nice compliment to Scancarelli. Fair is fair.
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Axe-grinder, you’re right, the Phantom is first class comics. I also like how the license holders allow older, classic Phantoms to be published. I’ve always wondered why the owners of GA materials don’t allow them to be published outside of hardcover. It must be a money issue.
Once again, the tags are supposed to help people find comics, not for opinions about the comics. Options and comments belong in the comment area, not the tag area.
“The never-ending story arc” and “a great story” are not good tags. “lost love” is a good tag.
Dypak, I get the old Phantom, too, in my daily ink email.
As for attention spans for continuity strips, I wasn’t referring to any particular claim in this forum. In the larger context, I’d say continuity had its hey-day before television arrived. Phantom, Brenda Starr, Mary Worth, Terry and later strips like Juliet Jones, On Stage, Rip Kirby, all experienced declines in readershipand in the public consciousness as time went on. From my general reading on the subject, as well as from looking at old comics sections, it seems the gag-a-day strips were ascendant in the modern age, with some notable exceptions among true continuity or story strips doing well– though many of those were or are in the mode of giving the reader a joke and advancing continuity at the same time.
I’d love to get some classic GA on the web day by day. I especially like what I’ve seen of the 1930s-1940’s era, with Skeezix meeting Nina, going to War, and coming home to marry and start his career and family. Unfortunately, it may be many years before the hard cover series gets to that material.
Thanks, Dypak, always a pleasure to read your comments.
LudwigVonDrake over 15 years ago
Hopefully Bird went far, far away so we can move on to the next storyline.
alondra over 15 years ago
So is he at the club or did he leave town? To think we have to wait til Monday to find out!
axe-grinder over 15 years ago
Macushlalondra, it is hard to wait for the next installment, but the old-fashioned pacing is what makes strips so much fun. Some claim the modern audience doesn’t have the attention span for continuity strips, but Jim’s fans prove that wrong. I also like Paul Ryan’s daily PHANTOM adventures.
stringmusicianer over 15 years ago
Didn’t somebody predict that? She’ll go look for him at the club. He can’t stand to be at the diner because that’s where he met Gertie.
ORteka over 15 years ago
Hey Stringmusic…I hopefully and believe you’re right. Yes, and unfortunately we’ll have to wait till Monday to see if Bird is working at the club. Makes you want Monday’s to hurry and get here instead of dreading it for another work week for most of us.
stringmusicianer over 15 years ago
ORteka, I agree, it’s a bright spot on Monday to see the story back, although I like the Sundays too. I can’t wait to see what happens next.
Durak Premium Member over 15 years ago
NotNorman, I havent seen that specific comment either, about slow paced comics not attracting todays readers. But I have seen plenty of other things talking about todays youth having poor attention spans in other areas. I think it’s pretty safe to say that the same thing can be applied to comics. Most kids are not going to wait several days to find out why Bird quit his job. Now if Bird had killed everyone in Corky’s on his way out, that might be different. Axe-grinder has a good point. And his comment is also a nice compliment to Scancarelli. Fair is fair. — Axe-grinder, you’re right, the Phantom is first class comics. I also like how the license holders allow older, classic Phantoms to be published. I’ve always wondered why the owners of GA materials don’t allow them to be published outside of hardcover. It must be a money issue.
SidSnomann over 15 years ago
Another old strip I would like to see rerun: Rick O’Shay. I loved that strip. Never did get to see Latigo, however.
Jogger2 over 15 years ago
Once again, the tags are supposed to help people find comics, not for opinions about the comics. Options and comments belong in the comment area, not the tag area.
“The never-ending story arc” and “a great story” are not good tags. “lost love” is a good tag.
tcambeul over 15 years ago
Ludwig, that’s right.
Saucy1121 Premium Member over 15 years ago
Sid: try riphaywire.com for Latigo. They also run old Steve Canyon strips.
axe-grinder over 15 years ago
Dypak, I get the old Phantom, too, in my daily ink email.
As for attention spans for continuity strips, I wasn’t referring to any particular claim in this forum. In the larger context, I’d say continuity had its hey-day before television arrived. Phantom, Brenda Starr, Mary Worth, Terry and later strips like Juliet Jones, On Stage, Rip Kirby, all experienced declines in readershipand in the public consciousness as time went on. From my general reading on the subject, as well as from looking at old comics sections, it seems the gag-a-day strips were ascendant in the modern age, with some notable exceptions among true continuity or story strips doing well– though many of those were or are in the mode of giving the reader a joke and advancing continuity at the same time.
I’d love to get some classic GA on the web day by day. I especially like what I’ve seen of the 1930s-1940’s era, with Skeezix meeting Nina, going to War, and coming home to marry and start his career and family. Unfortunately, it may be many years before the hard cover series gets to that material.
Thanks, Dypak, always a pleasure to read your comments.