Comic line strip

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Comic strip , series of adjacent drawn images, usually arranged horizontally, that are designed to be read as a narrative or a chronological sequence. The story is usually original in this form. Words may be introduced within or near each image, or they may be dispensed with altogether. If words functionally dominate the image, it then becomes merely illustration to a text. The comic strip is essentially a mass medium, printed in a magazine , a newspaper , or a book. The term graphic novel is now established for the longer and more novel-like coherent story, and the term sequential art is also in use.

Fans of the long-running strip who would like to be surprised by what happens to a major character may not want to read further. The idea started close to home. Batiuk, 72, said during a telephone interview. Batiuk said. Two upcoming Sunday strips are notable.

Buckley cited personal events in his life as inspiration for the comic. Since the publication of the strip, it has garnered negative reception from critics and webcomic creators, noting the shift in tone in the webcomic as an example of " fridging ". It later garnered a legacy as an internet meme , with edits to the strip being made by other creators.