Andy on the 'Funny Papers'

June 6, 2010 4:58 PM

Andy Rooney laments the demise of funny papers, which are now called comics.


by R_Blakely July 12, 2010 12:21 AM EDT: Comics are great for kids since they are easy to read and more quickly read than a book. Most books use too many words and few pictures. So, kids grow up bored by books, and thus they are forced to believe propaganda. An example is the idea that carbon dioxide can cause climate change. In fact, carbon dioxide is totally transparent to infrared except at 15 microns; so CO2 is totally "black" at 15 microns. "Black" cannot be more "black", and so more CO2 cannot make Earth any warmer. We need more comics so that our kids do not become bored, ignorant adults.; Reply to this comment


by R_Blakely July 12, 2010 12:18 AM EDT: Comics are great for kids since they are easy to read and more quickly read than a book. Most books use too many words and few pictures. So, kids grow up bored by books, and thus they are forced to believe propaganda. An example is the idea that carbon dioxide can cause climate change. In fact, carbon dioxide is totally transparent to infrared except at 15 microns; so CO2 is totally "black" at 15 microns. "Black" cannot be more "black", and so more CO2 cannot make Earth any warmer. We need more comics so that our kids do not become bored, ignorant adults.; Reply to this comment


by rwsmith29456 June 7, 2010 12:03 AM EDT: Oh, and it's inimical, or hostile to the nature of something. Like, "I'm inimical to eating worms."; Reply to this comment


by rwsmith29456 June 6, 2010 11:57 PM EDT: I well remember the 'funny papers'. One of my favorite comic artists (Bill Watterson of 'Calvin and Hobbes' finally gave in to the fact that newspapers were giving comics such postage stamp sized spaces that he quit publishing in the newspaper altogether and concentrated on books of collected strips and putting them on big pages, often in glorious color. Now THATS the funnies.; Reply to this comment


by sweetsueinaz June 6, 2010 10:13 PM EDT: Andy, what is the word you used, i.e. "editors don't take to humor, humor is ???enninimical...innimical.. to an editor's nature?" I can't spell it, can't find it in Webster, I never heard it before.; Reply to this comment

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