Sunday, March 07, 2004

Narrative Discontinuity in Doonesbury

If you follow Doonesbury and travel, then you've noticed that some newspapers cut off the first two Sunday panels -- some papers give 8 panels, other only the last 6. This means that every Sunday, the first two panels are basically throwaways -- they are narratively discontinuous with the final six. This might be an opportunity to work in an extra joke. Usually, though, it's just some silent musing by one charcter -- completely boring, as exhibited here.

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