And it’s still true. Shrinking comics killed the comeback of Pogo. And I’d hate to see Wallace the Brave in the newspaper! All that great artwork would be gone.
“Shrinking comics”? I don’t get it. You just change your page settings to zoom in if they’re too small. Is this some kind of 20th century gag that only old people get? Boomers!
Doonesbury’s still an exception. Most comics, especially at gocomics, are too small to read on many screens, and if you try to enlarge the window, it quickly produces ads, then side panels with ads, then ads in all three columns, with the comic not getting much bigger. With Doonesbury, if you click on the comic, it appears as a full-width popup, which stays full width as you widen the window, making it legible to more people with vision problems.
LeftCoastKen Premium Member about 4 years ago
I love Opus’ pig … er, SPOCK ears. LOL!
hariseldon59 about 4 years ago
I guess they didn’t forsee the day when most of us would be reading the comics online.
hariseldon59 about 4 years ago
“Bones, you’ve got to find me an antidote for shrinking comics syndrome.”
“Damn it, Jim, I’m a doctor, not an editor!”
Skeptical Meg about 4 years ago
And it’s still true. Shrinking comics killed the comeback of Pogo. And I’d hate to see Wallace the Brave in the newspaper! All that great artwork would be gone.
PleaseStay6PixelsAway about 4 years ago
“Shrinking comics”? I don’t get it. You just change your page settings to zoom in if they’re too small. Is this some kind of 20th century gag that only old people get? Boomers!
e.groves about 4 years ago
It’s not just the comics that have shrunk.
Doctor Toon about 4 years ago
Bought a tablet a few months ago and I mostly use it to read comics
Love being able to expand comics, like this one, even with reading glasses this would have been hard to read on my desktop
Sisyphos about 4 years ago
Why is this relegated to the comics? It is all absolutely true.
Of course, newspapers themselves have been shrinking, and many have disappeared, as others will….
jc17 about 4 years ago
Doonesbury’s still an exception. Most comics, especially at gocomics, are too small to read on many screens, and if you try to enlarge the window, it quickly produces ads, then side panels with ads, then ads in all three columns, with the comic not getting much bigger. With Doonesbury, if you click on the comic, it appears as a full-width popup, which stays full width as you widen the window, making it legible to more people with vision problems.
I’mStandingRightHere about 4 years ago
Unfortunately the shrinking has continued. Is Doonesbury even relevant anymore?
Tentoes about 4 years ago
Had to make space for a second set of horoscopes.
33Angel about 4 years ago
When this was first run, we had NO idea that physical newspapers would be almost gone by September 2020…
AtheisticallyYours1 about 4 years ago
At least the Internet has saved the comics, but NOT ridded it of the advertising!
Patlet about 4 years ago
Answer: nope. We will never learn.
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member about 4 years ago
I only get the newspaper to read this Sunday comics. Once Prince Valiant is on comics.com my newspaper is gone.
Ivan Araque about 4 years ago
I guess we didn’t!
lindz.coop Premium Member about 4 years ago
Most of them are gone from the newspaper anyway.
Cameron1988 Premium Member about 4 years ago
What year was this strip published? I see the date, but not the year