I mentioned in the previous post that I didn't recall Tumbleweeds ever appearing in any Los Angeles newspaper…and I didn't. Apparently, it was in the L.A. Times for several years. I don't think I read it there. I think I discovered it in the paperback collections.
This may sound odd but I used to be a voracious fan of newspapers…and a great fan of newspaper strips. But for some reason, I never really liked reading newspaper strips in newspapers. My affection for certain strips is based almost wholly on getting them in collections. This probably has something to do with having been reared in the era of television (I was born in '52) and reading so many comic books…getting my entertainment in larger, immediate increments instead of a tiny piece at a time.
I was going to write that this impatience can only be more intense for a generation that has always had the Internet available to it…but maybe not. Maybe, just as they can get used to checking their favorite websites every morning, folks are becoming more accepting of serialization…not that they'll ever go back to paper newspapers. But I wonder if "these kids today" are more or less likely than I was/am to enjoy following something day to day, as opposed to getting it all in one lump.