To all of you people who think the new Adam is so great, you are all wrong and Eric Lilius is right. The new Adam SUCKS. I missed the transition, and so did not know that a new cartoonist had taken over. I had noticed the change in the appearance of the characters and could not figure out what had happened to a strip I loved until I looked it up and found out here. The worst change is the characters’ dialogue. It used to sound natural, exactly the way family members would speak to each other. Now it’s stilted and clearly set up to achieve one-liners. What an absolute disappointment. Brian Bassett used to perfectly portray the interaction of two long-time married spouses, the family stress of dealing with quarreling kids and never-ending housework, and Adam’s work-at-home ennui. Now the strip just feels fake, and I feel like I lost an old friend. BYE, NEW ADAM. I’M SORRY YOU HAD TO GO. I’LL BE MISSING YOU…
To all of you people who think the new Adam is so great, you are all wrong and Eric Lilius is right. The new Adam SUCKS. I missed the transition, and so did not know that a new cartoonist had taken over. I had noticed the change in the appearance of the characters and could not figure out what had happened to a strip I loved until I looked it up and found out here. The worst change is the characters’ dialogue. It used to sound natural, exactly the way family members would speak to each other. Now it’s stilted and clearly set up to achieve one-liners. What an absolute disappointment. Brian Bassett used to perfectly portray the interaction of two long-time married spouses, the family stress of dealing with quarreling kids and never-ending housework, and Adam’s work-at-home ennui. Now the strip just feels fake, and I feel like I lost an old friend. BYE, NEW ADAM. I’M SORRY YOU HAD TO GO. I’LL BE MISSING YOU…