tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32516736.post9111664660635886803..comments2024-02-26T22:31:02.623-05:00Comments on Finding Beauty in Ephemera: For Better or Worse -- death in the comicsRalph Graveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14758413012114957573noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32516736.post-56632054756582582462007-09-26T17:30:00.000-04:002007-09-26T17:30:00.000-04:00Sean:I did read the post, and (without spoiling it...Sean:<BR/><BR/>I did read the post, and (without spoiling it for others) what happens next is very similar to what he's done before. That is, reboot the strip after a landmark event. The first time it was the high school graduation of the major characters.<BR/><BR/>The title comes from the major character, "Funky" Winkerbean, who started out as kind of a hip Archie Andrews and grew from there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13605368741040934259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32516736.post-16256739384991011882007-09-26T17:18:00.000-04:002007-09-26T17:18:00.000-04:00There's a spoiler on Funky Winkerbean at Editor an...There's a spoiler on Funky Winkerbean at <A HREF="http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003646748" REL="nofollow">Editor and Publisher.</A> If you choose to read it, I'd be curious to know about what you think about plans for the strip. <BR/><BR/>I read FW when I lived in Roanoke, and enjoyed the serial nature of it, though I didn't understand the title at all, not knowing much of the backstory.<BR/><BR/>Back to FBOFW for a second. I'm really enjoying how Johnston is blending the old and the new, and I hope she reconsiders and keeps doing this hybrid form for quite a while.Sean Tubbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12703508034749435266noreply@blogger.com