A pithy comic strip about life, love, lust and puthy cats.

Est. 1985

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Remember when you got mail?

By Jimmy Johnson

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The notable thing about this cartoon to me is how quickly it has become outmoded. Today, young people would text, or tweet, or… well, I hate to admit it, but I’m not sure what all they’d do before they’d resort to clunky old e-mail. And e-mail seemed so incredible such a short time ago.

Also, note how closely Gene’s fantasy correspondent resembles the future version of Mary Lou.

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