December 27, 2004 2:30 PM

Sending the tablet into the sea

Remember Jonathan Franzen's essay about Peanuts? In the New Yorker piece, Franzen also discusses his childhood love of the B.C. strip.

At the "I read the comics so you don't have to" blog, Josh asks the obvious question: "Was Franzen a little kid with no taste (not a crime; even I, current culture snob that I am, was under the spell of Garfield until I hit puberty), or was B.C. at some point in the distant past actually, you know, funny?"

Read on.

Thoughts?