Yes, Joe, EVERYBODY got the cartoon’s joke. It’s not terribly obscure. (BillHinds, I don’t mean that as a criticism.)
Joe, this is what I mean when I say comic strips don’t need to have everything spelled out A-B-C. People like a chance to figure things out for themselves; they don’t need footnotes, and if what had been implicit in the strip is made explicit in the comments, it takes away that chance for other people to have that “Aha! NOW I get it!” moment.
If anybody is really troubled by an obscure reference or a troubling gap in the continuity of the joke-telling, they will ask for assistance. Failing that, if nobody says “I don’t get this”, assume that they do.
Yes, Joe, EVERYBODY got the cartoon’s joke. It’s not terribly obscure. (BillHinds, I don’t mean that as a criticism.)
Joe, this is what I mean when I say comic strips don’t need to have everything spelled out A-B-C. People like a chance to figure things out for themselves; they don’t need footnotes, and if what had been implicit in the strip is made explicit in the comments, it takes away that chance for other people to have that “Aha! NOW I get it!” moment.
If anybody is really troubled by an obscure reference or a troubling gap in the continuity of the joke-telling, they will ask for assistance. Failing that, if nobody says “I don’t get this”, assume that they do.