i read that as "the terror of an english lit assignment." ::wipes tear of nostalgia from eye:: as i read i kept wanting to see the punchline, that is: how did

i read that as "the terror of an english lit assignment." ::wipes tear of nostalgia from eye:: as i read i kept wanting to see the punchline, that is: how did this effect the next 30 years of garfield (seems unchanged to me) and other comic strip themes. also, when i used to read comics i'd always wonder if comic writers were all given the same "list of suggestions", because quite frequently they'd all go through the same theme-phase together.