Reading “Back in the Day”, one has the sense that its author enjoys an almost complete artistic freedom . . . a permission to reshape, misrepresent, or even ignore the world as we find it . . . Laughing along with its author, we escape anxiety and feel alive.
OK, my confession is that the above was not written by me about this comic strip.
I stole it from Donald Antrim’s introductory essay to Donald Barthelme’s novel “The Dead Father.” I only swapped out the title of this strip with the title of the novel.
Why? I’m not entirely sure. But I think it’s because that book and this strip feel like someone wedging a prybar into the folds of my brain in an attempt to snap me out of my immersion in mundane reality.
Imagine 4 months ago
That had me jumping, too.
jimmjonzz Premium Member 4 months ago
OK, my confession is that the above was not written by me about this comic strip.
I stole it from Donald Antrim’s introductory essay to Donald Barthelme’s novel “The Dead Father.” I only swapped out the title of this strip with the title of the novel.
Why? I’m not entirely sure. But I think it’s because that book and this strip feel like someone wedging a prybar into the folds of my brain in an attempt to snap me out of my immersion in mundane reality.
lopaka 4 months ago
If we were given the wind velocity, we would have had a good idea of the amount of time that had passed.
Dobie Premium Member 4 months ago
Scaredy Cat and Wary Worm.
Doug K 4 months ago
Peek … Peek … Peek … a … Boo!
Perkycat 4 months ago
Mike Baldwin creator 4 months ago
Timing is everything!
Impkins Premium Member 4 months ago
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:)
daisypekin01 3 months ago
peek a boo!