Letters to the Editor
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I'd be all for giving this strip a chance...
...except writing a strip is not like making a TV series. With a series, it might take a few episodes for the elements to gel, but the creators/studio/network don't have the luxury of throwing those episodes out at a cost of some millions of dollars.
They absolutely do have that luxury in this case. There are probably several alternate versions of each of these strips that are even shittier. (Unless writer and/or artist are so inept that it takes them the full week to produce even this much.)
This might have sounded like an interesting change of pace when it was pitched, but the creators have shown little understanding of the form they're working in, and they're simply not improving. If they're capable of doing more with this strip, they have to demonstrate as much immediately--there's no excuse. There are plenty of artists out there who could step up to the plate and instantly create something that meets with a generally positive reaction, so how can Salon continue to justify printing the work of artists who might someday become good? This ain't a workshop.