Comments on: Creators to launch “Daddy’s Home”

By: Larry Levine

Larry Levine — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:54:19 +0000

“Ha! This blog is treating â€œAdam@Homeâ€ as an email address!! LOL”

Ohhhhhh, that’s what it is–I thought it was Adam’s spam filter bouncing my emails back ;)

By: Scott Metzger

Scott Metzger — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:27:51 +0000

This strip looks really good. Great writing and art. The gag on January 9 made me laugh out loud.

I have never read Adam@Home. I gotta see what all the fuss is about.

By: Dawn Douglass

Dawn Douglass — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:26:23 +0000

Ha! This blog is treating “Adam@Home” as an email address!! LOL

By: R Pyle

R Pyle — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:04:40 +0000

Wow, Miles, a statement with no backup data? As you said in another thread, “the next time you post, be credible.”

Or, (again your words) Please exit stage left gracefully.

By: Miles Stevens

Miles Stevens — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:52:49 +0000

Adam@Home is drivel.

By: Eric Burke

Eric Burke — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:22:15 +0000

Wow, just checked out Chuckles Bros., too. It really takes 3 peeps to create that feature? Oye. Creators must not be getting the quality submissions that the other syndicates get. I think that "pound for pound"(ie, they don't launch as many features and they have a select roster), The Washington Post has had the best of the new strips, with Universal a close second. I've always thought that Amy Lago had a great eye for fresh talent. I imagine that Universal gets many top notch submissions. United has launched some sub par features since Ms. Lago left, IMO. King has a few fresh new features, but man...Creators...who's picking their new features?

By: Eric Burke

Eric Burke — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:09:45 +0000

Based on the samples, I won’t be reading either. I didn’t care for the art of either, but I can deal with that if I like the art…and I didn’t like that either.

I do, however, love Adam@Home.

By: Chris Hardiman

Chris Hardiman — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:40:14 +0000

Garey,
I like Signe Wilkinson’s work too. I’m just saying that her new strip has a bunch of kinks that it needs to work out, so up to this point it’s not as good as her editorial cartoons. But it’s only been 9 days, so maybe I’m pre-judging a little. I’m rooting for “Family Tree” to work out for her too.

By: Garey Mckee

Garey Mckee — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:35:10 +0000

I’m routing for Family Tree. I’m from Philadelphia, so I pretty much have to LOL. Seriously, I’ve always liked Signe Wilkinson’s work.

By: Chris Hardiman

Chris Hardiman — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:50:15 +0000

Charles,
I agree about this one being superior to “Family Tree” as well. Signe Wilkinson’s editorial cartoons are great but so far I’m not sold on “Family Tree” at all. I really think that it’s pushing the environmentalist theme too much. I think that she should focus more on the humor than always connecting back with the environmentalism, because I get the feeling that the constant theme is being put in there almost at the expense of the humor.
I think that it was Stephan Pastis who said in a Mr. Media interview that comic strips should be created from the bottom up — first the jokes should be written, then characters, setting, and themes will develop as a result. Well, so far I get the feeling that “Family Tree” was created from the top down — everything developed beneath the theme of environmentalism, and that’s hurting the strip. That’s just my opinion.