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Goodbye Yelling Bird
jaquio:
This comic is a graveyard of characters, jokes and themes that Jeph abandoned because he no longer found them funny or applicable.
But, in each of those instances, he simply stopped writing for them. (What's Raven up to these days?)
I find it telling that instead of simply letting this joke slip away into the land of forgotten toys, he made a very overt and public statement about how there will be no more YB.
Penquin47:
It's not even particularly like there's any risk of someone's favorite character disappearing, unless there are people who read this strip specifically for the Yelling Bird filler. Unlike, say, Raven. Or Steve.
de_la_Nae:
Tomorrow's strip: more Yelling Bird.
de_la_Nae:
Alas I have been thwarted with actual content.
Thrudd:
Well Mr J is correct that the character was stale and of limited depth. [how deep is a bedpan anyways?]
I could welcome a foul mouthed commentator if they were a bit more nuanced and creative.
Something along the lines of the main character in Grrl Power when it comes to invective while following the rule of funny or maybe an bit over the top sarcasm - I miss Hello Cthulhu and the dancing Marshmallow [but my aim and tracking is improving].
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