From Time: New Zip for the Old Strip
"Still, the "real" funny pages do have their appeal. Just as a few bloggers are drawn to the old-media respectability of print, some Web cartoonists are succumbing to the siren song of syndication. In January a popular webcomic, Diesel Sweeties (which features robots and hipsters making hyperironic pop-culture references), was picked up by United Features--the same company that renamed Peanuts more than 50 years ago. "I don't know why you'd want to rush to get to that cemetery," says Krahulik. "I guess everybody wants their dad to like them, right? They feel like they need that approval. I think we represent the exact opposite of that.""
"Still, the "real" funny pages do have their appeal. Just as a few bloggers are drawn to the old-media respectability of print, some Web cartoonists are succumbing to the siren song of syndication. In January a popular webcomic, Diesel Sweeties (which features robots and hipsters making hyperironic pop-culture references), was picked up by United Features--the same company that renamed Peanuts more than 50 years ago. "I don't know why you'd want to rush to get to that cemetery," says Krahulik. "I guess everybody wants their dad to like them, right? They feel like they need that approval. I think we represent the exact opposite of that.""