Monday, December 7, 2009

There's a new post on The Panic Button!

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:34 AM PST

I remember back when I was about 5 years old, right around the time I learned to read, when I was first introduced to newspaper comics. I was traveling, and on the plane there was nothing to do. My dad was doing a crossword next to me, and I saw a colorful assortment of words and pictures hanging from the paper. I couldn’t read at the time, so I just looked at the pictures. I thought it was magnificent how a punch line could be delivered by means of ironic change and peculiarity. Of course, at the time, I didn’t think so philosophically, but I still enjoyed the colorful strips. It was a single sheet with no more than 20 different frames on it. This was a 4 hour plane ride, so I had nothing better to do than read and reread it, over and over. I began to understand the separate comedic approaches the authors attempted to convey. It was magnificent in so many ways. Perhaps this was my first affair with the alien world of illustrational pun-intended comedy.

F Minus - December 6, 2009