From what I have seen with the modicum of attention I have paid to this strip, it has a continuing story.

So I was just wondering: Is anyone actually following it?

I ask merely for information.

Why do you persist in publishing this drek? I have wrapped fish in better comix than this waste of time.

Someone at Salon knew one of the two "creators" of this crap, and suddenly realized and embarrassing incident from several years back...therefore this is hoisted before the loyal subscribers of Salon.

I cannot imagine any other reason. In fact, it is a far more interesting story than what has so far been "published" in this "entertaining" piece of "art".

You must stop this right now. Seriously. For shame on you.

That every single graphic image with text written on it that appears here in Salon is pounced on by all the comic fanboys as not funny or interesting enough, and a waste of time and "space?" Yet somehow these very fanboys have the time to post messages about how much they hate it, and don't mind taking up "space" with their vapid insults.

Newsflash: there are several buttons on your browser that can help. There's a little "X" in the upper right hand corner of your browser. This will close the browser and you won't have to look at the oh-so-offensively terrible comic. Also, typically on the upper-left side, there is a button marked "Back." This will take you back to what you were looking at before.

Finally, the "Home" button will take you to the website that you have chosen to start your internet sessions with.

Hopefully this will clear up any confusion.

I thought they gave up the ghost last week.

Why do we complain about KoF? Because there are so many better strips whose writers could use the boost that Salon would give them. Also, clicking that X that closes the browser can't remove the pain that KoF induced in my brain. That will never go away. I trusted the Salon editors and they betrayed me.

I went back and browsed the archives of this strip.

My bad.

Wow.

It's so bad that you even cut off the edge of the third panel.

The Salon.com editors just *want* it to die, don't they.

Seriously, Salon, do they have film of you snowboarding with Satan?

Make it stop, make it stop, make it stop!

I don't believe I've ranted yet about the very bad WRITING in this strip. The writer doesn't seem to get even the basics of composing for bubbles. Bad, bad, bad. Bad.

Someone should disabuse these two of the notion that they have the skills to do a strip.

Please, stop publishing this.

That is all.

Well, it beat one previous commenter's bet: it only took a couple of months to work its way up to "bad."

Plus: the art looks like it was actually bothered with, and the font is merely boring rather than awful.

Minus: It's still more boring than watching dust settle. But, apparently, not as easy to clear away.

At this point checking back on it only gives it more pageviews. This is where I stop caring enough to even snark on it.

You know why Salon keeps publishing this ersatz comic? The letters are wonderful! Far more entertaining than the strip!

Knowing KOF is on the Tuesday page has made my day for a couple of weeks now.

I click to jeer, but stay to cheer--the letters!

Schlesinger and Bachtell have obviously paid attention to all the criticism. Kudos to them. KoF no longer buggers the comics form into insensibility every week.

But now the undeveloped characters, leaden humor ("lava lamp," ha ha), inept dialogue, and dreary plotting stand out all the sharper. Schlesinger may have learned how to write a comic, but apparently she can't write a story. And that's not something the Salon audience can help her with.

Editors, end this already. Just end it. It's not going to get better from here. Even if Schlesinger and Bachtell are your very bestest friends forever, end it. No--especially if they're your friends.

Getting its everything waxed? Here comes the Wahoo.

Please note that many of the people who hate this strip AND care enough to write these whiny letters are Premium subscribers. That is, Revenue Stream. I just counted, and 43% of all the letters back to Week 1 are signed by Premium subscribers. And that's assuming that NOT ONE of the anonymous letters hating on this trash is from anybody who sends annual money to Salon.

Now, my fellow subscribers, check me on this: but of the letters I looked through I do not remember seeing ONE that was both signed by one of us and favorable about this strip. We know there are shills but of course they see no need to pay up before inserting shillage....

My sub is up in February. Do the right thing, Salon.

1) What does "Wow. It's so bad that you even cut off the edge of the third panel." mean? What is not there?

2) The eagle emerging from the broken egg was depicted as some 40 feet in the air. And that was the only place in the living room where there was no couch, seat or desk. And it was the only place with a hallway for the assassin to hide in.

So where are they sitting?

...because the truth always bears repeating. (Thanks, setme!)

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