Tracking new cultural trends thru comics strips

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How to tell when a relatively new cultural phenomena hits a certain threshold:

(1) when you have multiple comic strips deal with it on the same day

for instance, Blogging:
Zits

Grand Avenue

Blondie, (from two weeks ago)

Altho, points go to Garry Trudeau for being 2-3 years ahead of the curve.

But still. BLOGGING! It's what all the now kids are doin'! Wave of the Future! etc

― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 5 May 2006 14:23 (twenty years ago)

Disco wasn't invented until Saturday Night Fever, you know.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 5 May 2006 14:26 (twenty years ago)

It's like you know something has finally arrived when your parents discover it(e.g. broadband, cell phones, etc).

― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 5 May 2006 14:32 (twenty years ago)

The Blondie one is great. I still love that strip.

― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 5 May 2006 14:38 (twenty years ago)

It's all about Daisy.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 5 May 2006 14:39 (twenty years ago)

What the hell was up with Get Fuzzy a week or so back, when it was all just the dog photoshopped into that day's Pearls Before Swine strip? That was crazy.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 5 May 2006 14:41 (twenty years ago)

http://www.achewood.com/comic.php?date=05012006

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Friday, 5 May 2006 17:48 (twenty years ago)

eleven years pass...

https://i.imgur.com/P8ykglT.jpg

Is it just me imagining things or are there more handjobs in comic strips these days?

― WilliamC, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 14:21 (eight years ago)

https://pre00.deviantart.net/680a/th/pre/i/2013/059/1/6/garfield_and_odie_handjob__censored__by_garfieldcat2012-d5wis5r.jpg

― soref, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 14:27 (eight years ago)

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