The end of the new-ruins and other hazards……

[dreadedcandiru2]

As you know, Lynn’s fans fear and hate the day when they don’t get new material; that’s because, as has been said by wiser voices than my own, that they live for their daily hit of Foob. If Lynn were to do what she really probably wanted to do and retire, they’d be beside themselves with confusion and rage. They’d also look for someone to blame for the inevitable disappearance of the strip as a phenomenon. Sadly, they have a commonality: the hatred of critical voices. The same people who view the strip as being real when things that move or impress them happen call it a light-hearted romp when someone tells them to think about what they’re reading. They’re convinced that Lynn actually reads her mail and is heart-broken because people say her column is bad; this, they think, will cause her to give up creating new Foob for them to gush over so we haters are who’ll they blame when she decides she’s bored with the strip and wants to take up painting landscapes like a serious artist.

Comments

[howtheduck.livejournal.com]

As you know, Lynn’s fans fear and hate the day when they don’t get new material;

Nonsense. They can't tell the new material from the old. They are happy that there is any For Better or For Worse being published, even if it is reprints.

No, sir. The fans who fear the day when there is no new material are fans like me. I can see snarking material that is occasionally new done in combination with old material. If the material is all old though, I doubt I will think it is worth the effort to snark it.

[dreadedcandiru2.livejournal.com]

Nonsense. They can't tell the new material from the old. They are happy that there is any For Better or For Worse being published, even if it is reprints.

True enough; they aren't the most discerning lot. What they do fear is its disappearance from their papers as they don't yet know how to e-mail strips to younger relatives they want to hector.

I can see snarking material that is occasionally new done in combination with old material. If the material is all old though, I doubt I will think it is worth the effort to snark it.

Oh, I can find a reason; comparing what they believed back then with what would happen to them gives me a lot of pleasure.