«One thing you can learn in school that will make you happy the rest of your life is how to study» — or so said Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell in his most recent publication — a «back - to - school» article published in
the funny pages of newspapers across the country on Aug. 28.
Comic strips In the third part
of Michael Cavna's series on boundaries on the
funny pages, Rina Piccolo (Tina's Groove) and Stephan Pastis (Pearls Before Swine) discuss the constraints they work under and why
newspaper comics have descended into blandness.
The Freddie Stories: Meanwhile, hailing from the all - American weekly serialization platform that is the endangered alternative
newspaper funny page, comes the great Lynda Barry, with a fresh 9.25» x 6.25», 180 -
page Drawn and Quarterly landscape - format hardcover reissue
of a 1999 Sasquatch Books compilation
of strips from Ernie Pook's Comeek, all focusing on one troubled year in the greatly troubled life
of young outcast Freddie.