In the slow world of newspaper comic strips, controversy has erupted because the 80 year old comic Nancy has changed and boy howdy are people upset about it:
This is what's new:
The strip has, suddenly, gained a sense of humor. Imo, Nancy sucked, but I find it interesting that people are screaming at each other about an 80 yr old comic. Change is bad I guess.
https://news.avclub.com/its-2018-and-people-are-suddenly-screaming-at-each-oth-1825376287
But also, Jaimes has spent the last week adding things like "smartphones" and "video games" to the Nancy world, all of which are changes, and nothing riles up a comic page audience like the dreaded specter of change. Thus, the first week of Jaimes' tenure on the strip has seen its GoComics comments pages erupt into flames, with the various verbal fighters more pissed off about the art changes on a Nancy comic strip than most of us get when someone drives over our mom. "You make me feel like dropping this comic strip because it ain't even close to funny," one writes, while another notes, "I just can not get into the new Nancy..just not what I enjoy reading with my breakfast. Bye, I will unfollow this comic." "Guy Gilcrest(sic), where are you?" a third demands, beseeching the comic strip gods for the return of the comic's previous artist.
This is what's new:
The strip has, suddenly, gained a sense of humor. Imo, Nancy sucked, but I find it interesting that people are screaming at each other about an 80 yr old comic. Change is bad I guess.
https://news.avclub.com/its-2018-and-people-are-suddenly-screaming-at-each-oth-1825376287
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