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It’s funny that, while comics were far more popular and widely read when this first appeared, the cartoonists felt a much greater need to continually recap (or re-Capp) the events in each installment. It feels as though Capp feared readers would forget what had happened the day before if some character didn’t expound upon it; or that every day there may be new readers only just joining the continuity who needed to be caught up.
It’s funny that, while comics were far more popular and widely read when this first appeared, the cartoonists felt a much greater need to continually recap (or re-Capp) the events in each installment. It feels as though Capp feared readers would forget what had happened the day before if some character didn’t expound upon it; or that every day there may be new readers only just joining the continuity who needed to be caught up.