Breathed’s genius here is unappreciated. He fulfilled his contractual obligation, and still honored the comic strip strike, by creating a new strip discussing the strike in sympathetic terms. Even those of us who regard unions as useless relics of the early 20th century can admire the finesse. Contrast this effort with the baseball strikes of 1981 and 1993, which only alienated their loyal fans.
Breathed’s genius here is unappreciated. He fulfilled his contractual obligation, and still honored the comic strip strike, by creating a new strip discussing the strike in sympathetic terms. Even those of us who regard unions as useless relics of the early 20th century can admire the finesse. Contrast this effort with the baseball strikes of 1981 and 1993, which only alienated their loyal fans.