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TiggersAreGreat Since: Mar, 2011
#1: Nov 13th 2012 at 4:01:18 PM

I don't get Funky Winkerbean in my newspaper, but I can't help but wonder if maybe it's just as well that I don't.

I mean, okay, so it started out as light-hearted comedy, then it turned into dark and edgy drama full of death and suffering. Sure, the teenagers who became adults had kids of their own, but the cartoonist would rather focus on the adults than the kids.

I just sit there and wonder, "What happened? What happened that would make the guy turn around and suddenly indulge in loads of Angst and bleakness?" <Baffled>

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Robbery Since: Jul, 2012
#2: Nov 13th 2012 at 4:37:55 PM

Ok, you say your newspaper doesn't get it. Have you ever read it?

TiggersAreGreat Since: Mar, 2011
#3: Nov 13th 2012 at 4:54:04 PM

[up] Nope, but I've read the page on this website about FW. The page basically makes it sound like it was good, but then lost a lot of quality the minute it went Darker and Edgier.

Is that what happened, or is it just misleading?

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Jhimmibhob Since: Dec, 2010
#4: Nov 13th 2012 at 7:39:57 PM

Funky ran regularly in my local newspaper when I was growing up, but that was in the '70s. Imagine my surprise and consternation upon finding out what the gang had been up to since high school.

The page basically makes it sound like it was good, but then lost a lot of quality the minute it went Darker and Edgier.

Is that what happened, or is it just misleading?

The old strip was occasionally amusing—it wasn't hackwork or anything—but it was pretty toothless. If Batiuk hadn't contracted Cerebus Syndrome, I doubt that FW would've been very memorable, or even survived the 20th century.

edited 13th Nov '12 7:40:08 PM by Jhimmibhob

Robbery Since: Jul, 2012
#5: Nov 13th 2012 at 9:00:35 PM

I don't think I'd really call it dark and edgy...it just doesn't shy away from the realities of life. I don't personally think it's a particularly GREAT strip, but it's not bad.

SKJAM Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#6: Nov 13th 2012 at 9:15:18 PM

I recommend the Comics Curmudgeon site and search for old posts on Funky. It'll give you a better idea of why some people consider it dark.

Twentington Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Desperate
#7: Nov 13th 2012 at 10:43:14 PM

I found an old Funky book from the 80s that was pretty funny.

My high school used to have a Funky strip painted on the wall by the band classroom. It was a gag where a character says that he's afraid to join band because he's heard that a lot of musicians tend to go crazy, and another character says "Trust me, you're perfectly safe!"

Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#8: Nov 14th 2012 at 5:48:57 AM

I like Chris Sims' monthly recaps on Comics Alliance myself.

edited 14th Nov '12 5:49:04 AM by Pyrite

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