[NTHockey]

There was a time, in America, when reading was a popular diversion from everyday life. And comics were the preferred choice for millions of people. Now, reading is passe. Subsequently, comics are no longer what they were.

While not a big fan of LOA, I mourn the passing of the great comic strips - Steve Canyon, Terry and the Pirates, Lil Abner, Smiling Jack, The Phantom, Dick Tracy to name a few. We are not the better for having lost this media.

[Dr. Sivana]

While not a big fan of LOA, I mourn the passing of the great comic strips - Steve Canyon, Terry and the Pirates, Lil Abner, Smiling Jack, The Phantom, Dick Tracy to name a few. We are not the better for having lost this media.

Agreed. Though Dick Tracy is still around, technically (he is now very much a liberal). As a young man, I would have been happy to marry Winnie Winkle.

Don't forget the classic "joke" strips ... Mutt and Jeff, Peanuts (now in repeats), Bring up Father (Maggie and Jiggs), Henry.