So, J*ff’s mom at some indeterminate point in the past gave his Spider-Man comics the heave-no, and now, having just discovered this, he immediately has to drive all the way to Westview to buy reprint collections of said books. Did it ever occur to him that he literally lives next door to a used bookstore? Did he stop to search online with Glamazon, Fleabay, or whatever Batiuk is calling certain e-retailers? No, it’s the Komix Korner or nothing. Makes perfect sense.
Also, most of Spidey’s original run has been reprinted multiple times in various hardback and paperback editions; he doesn’t have to spring for the overpriced omnibus.
P4 – “No. No it hasn’t. The endangered species list is not paper. In fact, the list is not even really written on paper. What are you talking about?”
Is this apparently dramatic paper shortage because of Climate Damage? Or have the future book burnings/book store burnings already started? (It never was clear what exactly people were burning in the FW jump to the future.)
In addition to a paper shortage, there is apparently a joke shortage. Today’s “joke” is recycled from a “Funky Winkerbean” strip back during last year’s “let’s fix ‘climate damage’ by drawing komix book covers” arc.
The joke shortage just made climate damage personal!
J.J. O'Malley over 1 year ago
So, J*ff’s mom at some indeterminate point in the past gave his Spider-Man comics the heave-no, and now, having just discovered this, he immediately has to drive all the way to Westview to buy reprint collections of said books. Did it ever occur to him that he literally lives next door to a used bookstore? Did he stop to search online with Glamazon, Fleabay, or whatever Batiuk is calling certain e-retailers? No, it’s the Komix Korner or nothing. Makes perfect sense.
Also, most of Spidey’s original run has been reprinted multiple times in various hardback and paperback editions; he doesn’t have to spring for the overpriced omnibus.
top cat james over 1 year ago
Jeff gets home and finds its a collection of “Spidey Super Stories”.
ArcticFox Premium Member over 1 year ago
‘List’, O ye lovers of comic strip nostalgia. We to are headed for the E. S. L.
Out of the Past over 1 year ago
I don’t get it.
Johnnyrico over 1 year ago
What?
grozar over 1 year ago
Cha-ching! Cheatin’ John just doubled the price.
steven r. Premium Member over 1 year ago
I’m so confused. Where’s Crankshaft? I see Pippi Longhead is back.
WilliamVollmer over 1 year ago
Marvel published Spider-Man omnibuses? And, a paper shortage? First I’ve heard of it. If there is, no wonder the price of printed matter is so high.
grozar over 1 year ago
Didn’t Batty use ‘the paper shortage’ excuse a while back,blaming the covid?
DennisH2 over 1 year ago
So a paper shortage in the present affects the availability of paper in the past?
tcayer over 1 year ago
EVERYTHING gets a turn to have a shortage, raise prices, then not lower them when th “shortage” ends.
DawnQuinn1 over 1 year ago
The “list” is on paper, and paper is endangered.
Mopman over 1 year ago
P4 – “No. No it hasn’t. The endangered species list is not paper. In fact, the list is not even really written on paper. What are you talking about?”
Is this apparently dramatic paper shortage because of Climate Damage? Or have the future book burnings/book store burnings already started? (It never was clear what exactly people were burning in the FW jump to the future.)
lemonbaskt over 1 year ago
This guy is always a year late wheres the paper shortage
jski14 over 1 year ago
Batiuk hasn’t been funny for decades, but this one’s pretty good.
puddleglum1066 over 1 year ago
In addition to a paper shortage, there is apparently a joke shortage. Today’s “joke” is recycled from a “Funky Winkerbean” strip back during last year’s “let’s fix ‘climate damage’ by drawing komix book covers” arc.
The joke shortage just made climate damage personal!
ToneeRhianRose over 1 year ago
This is why a lot of comics are done digitally now.