No more cartoons on Saturday morning, either! No more diaper services! Whatever happened to the draft? I want my duck-and-cover! Why do all the cars have seat belts now? Why are iron lungs so scarce? Why do things have to change?
I like the corresponding musical notation. And the adapted lyrics. Cute idea, and a bit poignant for those of us who lost their lifelong hometown newspapers to USA Today.
I read the news today, oh boy. About a Cranky man who always compained. And though his jokes were rather sad. Well, I just had to laugh. He took a funny photograph.
Hey, lookitthat… the comment that had the most replies just disappeared—when I tried to post a reply to it, I got a “404 not found” message, and when I refreshed the page, the first comment and all the replies were gone. Deleted by original commenter? Deleted by moderator (though I can’t imagine why)? Software glitch? Electronic school bus backed over the electronic mailbox?
I was able to sing the song (which I haven’t heard in so many years I didn’t remember it), using the provided notation. This strip always notates its music mostly correctly when it has music in it, although the bar lines and rhythms are slightly off, and the clef and key signature are missing. But kudos on all the notes being right – rare to see in a comic. (This version of the song is clearly in the key of F Major, with one Bb in the key signature, if anybody wants to play or sing it for themselves.)
But anyway… I find it interesting that people get nostalgic over a medium rather than over what the medium delivered. I used to get the daily paper every morning, and in its day it was the best technology for delivering real news—pretty timely and deep enough to make sense of complicated stories (TV and radio were more up-to-the-minute, but of necessity the coverage was pretty shallow).
But that was then, this is now. Online newspapers are better in just about every way (now that some of the early glitches are taken care of). Even more up-to-the-minute than the daily morning paper, capable of telling long stories (the page is of infinite length) if the publisher is willing to pay the journalists (a big problem of both online and print media these days). I can pick and choose the comics I want to read and not be limited by what an editor decided to cram into the two pages allotted for the funnies (and I get dailies in color!), and I can exchange comments with other readers (not just on the funnies—the moderated comment boards on the New York Times’s op-eds were often more interesting than the columns themselves). I don’t get ink on my fingertips, I’m not killing any trees, and I’m not creating garbage to be buried or (in the best case) recycled into TP.
About the only advantage I can see to a physical newspaper is that a thousand years from now, archeologists will be able to read the papers they dig up from our landfills and maybe understand what caused our culture to collapse. I don’t expect digital media to survive the inevitable collapse of western civilization, but papers in landfills almost certainly will. This is also the biggest value of putting music on vinyl… a thousand years from now, somebody will be able to reverse engineer a vinyl record and find the music in the groove. Not likely with CDs or streaming services…
Not just newspapers but magazines too. Sports Illustrated used to be 1x a week, then 2x month, then 1x month, then gone for good. Online info hard to compete with.
wherescrankshaft 5 months ago
ok boomer
comixbomix 5 months ago
He’s a real Nowhere Man.
Kitty Queen 5 months ago
Love it Ed.
Bill Thompson 5 months ago
No more cartoons on Saturday morning, either! No more diaper services! Whatever happened to the draft? I want my duck-and-cover! Why do all the cars have seat belts now? Why are iron lungs so scarce? Why do things have to change?
angelolady Premium Member 5 months ago
I like the corresponding musical notation. And the adapted lyrics. Cute idea, and a bit poignant for those of us who lost their lifelong hometown newspapers to USA Today.
Homerville Premium Member 5 months ago
Last frame could read ’cause all the news is on TV.
j_m_kuehl 5 months ago
We’re Sorry for any Delay’s caused b a certain Bus Driver who backs over the mailbox.
Gent 5 months ago
So any news about sad loser on rickety old boat on the lake? Did they finds his body?
eced52 5 months ago
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
bobpickett1 5 months ago
All too true.
ralphb 5 months ago
I don’t often save comics, but I’m saving this one! Classic!
Steve Dallas 5 months ago
Tom: One of the things that kept people subscribing to newspapers used to be beloved comic strips. Maybe if you stepped up your game…
Fetzee 5 months ago
Apologies to all of us Batty
krod46 5 months ago
Sadly, mine now gets mailed, and I have late mail delivery.
detervine 5 months ago
I love it!
Blaidd Drwg Premium Member 5 months ago
I read the news today, oh boy. About a Cranky man who always compained. And though his jokes were rather sad. Well, I just had to laugh. He took a funny photograph.
rockyridge1977 5 months ago
Mail is a day after……if it makes it??
Lynnjav 5 months ago
Subscribe to your local newspaper
kjnrun 5 months ago
I actually think this is kind of clever.
dv1093 5 months ago
What’s a newspaper?
puddleglum1066 5 months ago
Hey, lookitthat… the comment that had the most replies just disappeared—when I tried to post a reply to it, I got a “404 not found” message, and when I refreshed the page, the first comment and all the replies were gone. Deleted by original commenter? Deleted by moderator (though I can’t imagine why)? Software glitch? Electronic school bus backed over the electronic mailbox?
lemonbaskt 5 months ago
i do get a newspaper delivered but the quality is way down
belgarathmth 5 months ago
I was able to sing the song (which I haven’t heard in so many years I didn’t remember it), using the provided notation. This strip always notates its music mostly correctly when it has music in it, although the bar lines and rhythms are slightly off, and the clef and key signature are missing. But kudos on all the notes being right – rare to see in a comic. (This version of the song is clearly in the key of F Major, with one Bb in the key signature, if anybody wants to play or sing it for themselves.)
MuddyUSA Premium Member 5 months ago
Nothing gets past ole Cranky…..attaboy!
ladykat 5 months ago
I miss being able to afford a newspaper.
puddleglum1066 5 months ago
But anyway… I find it interesting that people get nostalgic over a medium rather than over what the medium delivered. I used to get the daily paper every morning, and in its day it was the best technology for delivering real news—pretty timely and deep enough to make sense of complicated stories (TV and radio were more up-to-the-minute, but of necessity the coverage was pretty shallow).
But that was then, this is now. Online newspapers are better in just about every way (now that some of the early glitches are taken care of). Even more up-to-the-minute than the daily morning paper, capable of telling long stories (the page is of infinite length) if the publisher is willing to pay the journalists (a big problem of both online and print media these days). I can pick and choose the comics I want to read and not be limited by what an editor decided to cram into the two pages allotted for the funnies (and I get dailies in color!), and I can exchange comments with other readers (not just on the funnies—the moderated comment boards on the New York Times’s op-eds were often more interesting than the columns themselves). I don’t get ink on my fingertips, I’m not killing any trees, and I’m not creating garbage to be buried or (in the best case) recycled into TP.
About the only advantage I can see to a physical newspaper is that a thousand years from now, archeologists will be able to read the papers they dig up from our landfills and maybe understand what caused our culture to collapse. I don’t expect digital media to survive the inevitable collapse of western civilization, but papers in landfills almost certainly will. This is also the biggest value of putting music on vinyl… a thousand years from now, somebody will be able to reverse engineer a vinyl record and find the music in the groove. Not likely with CDs or streaming services…
tcayer 5 months ago
Wow. A slight against newspapers?! Is Tom biting the hand that feeds him? And mail? Now what will he do with all the pennies in his sock?
tcayer 5 months ago
Apologies to Sir Paul? What about the rest of us?
Irish53 5 months ago
Not just newspapers but magazines too. Sports Illustrated used to be 1x a week, then 2x month, then 1x month, then gone for good. Online info hard to compete with.
raybarb44 5 months ago
Oh I believe in yesterday……
French Persons' Celebration of Peeved Harry Dinkle Premium Member 5 months ago
Batty: (singing) “Can I get a Pulitzer?”
Barnabus Blackoak 5 months ago
newspapers are mailed now adays ? never heard of that
kathleenhicks62 5 months ago
There is a lot of truth to that.
Strawberry King 5 months ago
Paul McCartney, ladies and gentlemen!
AB9SS 5 months ago
Nice and quite timely. enews has been foisted upon the poulous!
chief tommy 5 months ago
Love it. Sir Paul would approve