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so, I know Janet Murray was concentrating mostly on television and narratives, but I think her book actually really connected with Understanding Comics. First of all there is the aspect that McCloud's more recent books became clearly much more digitized, but also since many people (especially young adults) no longer read hard copies of newspapers, daily newspaper comics also appear many places online. I actually really enjoy this medium because it allows people to see archives of the comics, which is helpful since many times there are multiple connected comics in a series. Janet Murray predicted the use of the internet and the impact the digital age would have and although she didn't precisely say that the news media and sources such as cnn.com would become so popular, I think that is the general idea she gives.
Anyway, this is all really coming from my love for an online blog/comic site that has a daily drawing as well as blog and many other connected sites. I'm sure many of you have seen it, but if you haven't the site is www.toothpastefordinner.com and it is actually really funny sometimes. Really satirical and sarcastic and many times comments on issues in contemporary society, while other days has completely random postings that are basically non-sensical crap that I just love. You should check it out. It's my daily 'comic'.

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i think comics like Apartment 3G and Rex Morgan, M.D. could really benefit from the internet for the very reason you just mentioned. If you were able to go back and look at archived strips you would no longer have to wait week to week to get the next three crappy panels of worthless melodrama. You could instead have an entire crappy story laid out right in front of you. brilliant really. By the way, Cathy really sucks too. And Mark Trail, which is a complete waste of ink and paper.