Dypak, I get the old Phantom, too, in my daily ink email.
As for attention spans for continuity strips, I wasn’t referring to any particular claim in this forum. In the larger context, I’d say continuity had its hey-day before television arrived. Phantom, Brenda Starr, Mary Worth, Terry and later strips like Juliet Jones, On Stage, Rip Kirby, all experienced declines in readershipand in the public consciousness as time went on. From my general reading on the subject, as well as from looking at old comics sections, it seems the gag-a-day strips were ascendant in the modern age, with some notable exceptions among true continuity or story strips doing well– though many of those were or are in the mode of giving the reader a joke and advancing continuity at the same time.
I’d love to get some classic GA on the web day by day. I especially like what I’ve seen of the 1930s-1940’s era, with Skeezix meeting Nina, going to War, and coming home to marry and start his career and family. Unfortunately, it may be many years before the hard cover series gets to that material.
Thanks, Dypak, always a pleasure to read your comments.
Dypak, I get the old Phantom, too, in my daily ink email.
As for attention spans for continuity strips, I wasn’t referring to any particular claim in this forum. In the larger context, I’d say continuity had its hey-day before television arrived. Phantom, Brenda Starr, Mary Worth, Terry and later strips like Juliet Jones, On Stage, Rip Kirby, all experienced declines in readershipand in the public consciousness as time went on. From my general reading on the subject, as well as from looking at old comics sections, it seems the gag-a-day strips were ascendant in the modern age, with some notable exceptions among true continuity or story strips doing well– though many of those were or are in the mode of giving the reader a joke and advancing continuity at the same time.
I’d love to get some classic GA on the web day by day. I especially like what I’ve seen of the 1930s-1940’s era, with Skeezix meeting Nina, going to War, and coming home to marry and start his career and family. Unfortunately, it may be many years before the hard cover series gets to that material.
Thanks, Dypak, always a pleasure to read your comments.