More Proof

A little while back, I posted about how cartoons need help to be funny anymore. Well, I've got more proof today, that the same trick I referenced last time will once again work. And it might be even funnier this time.




And, you can find a bunch more here

Unfunny Funnies

Maybe I'm just getting old and crank-nostalgic, but I don't find much funny in the funny pages anymore. I'm not amused like I used to be. Gone are the wit and charm of Fox Trot and Calvin and Hobbes. And, while we still get a few beauties, like Agnes, we're more often stuck with tired "jokes" and running gags from the likes of BC, Hagar, Ziggy, and Garfield.

Well, finally, someone figured out how to make Garfield funny.

Take out Garfield. Either his thought balloons, or him entirely.

Case in point:



Maybe there's hope for humanity after all ...