It seems obvious that Curtis has ceded authority for this strip to Mr. Pseudo Chandler, aka Eric Costello. From earlier examples this means Saga length, boring stories with no interesting villains, suspense, or use of long standing characters, Mr. Toler is correct; he’ll miss nothing. just like a soap opera which you can avoid for 6 months and immediately pick up where one leaves off. The strip has gone over the horizon I’m afraid. But 90+ years ain’t bad.
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