Monday, March 29, 1999: Stephan and the march of progress

[NonsenseWords]

The lesson is 'take two steps back'. That would have worked our surprisingly well if he could just peg the distance properly.

[Bocaj Claw]

Slapstick has just never been my forte. In the early going I was trying all sorts of things, in the interest of finding out exactly that sort of thing.

Still, in the center right panel, there's a bit of a social comment, which was more my thing: in the 1990s, there was a lot of that kind of thinking. There was a prevailing attitude that technology was not neutral, but 100% positive in all cases. In particular, people in my own field were insisting that comic strips that featured a lot of technological bells and whistles were inherently superior to strips with a more traditional format like this one.

Well, guys, guess who's still here?

Um, not you? Ozy and Millie, ended. I Drew This, canceled. Raine Dog, assumed hiatus'd. Girly, unknown and mostly recycled Ozy and Millie jokes anyway.

[Dr. Dos]

Boy do I have egg on my face

[Trance]

Scientific Progress Goes "Sproing-Splort"?

[Maggot Brain]

This is your brain
This is your brain on a nerd

Any questions?

[Muninn]

Um, not you? Ozy and Millie, ended. I Drew This, canceled. Raine Dog, assumed hiatus'd. Girly, unknown and mostly recycled Ozy and Millie jokes anyway.

Girl is going to be released in the traditional comics format - newspapers. It'll have a website too, but then all comics have those now.

[Bocaj Claw]

Way to clarify that unknown status there, you. Way to open the box and find the metaphorical cat isn't dead. Way to be.