To the Editor:
I think it is ironic that Daniel Moraff '14 chooses to criticize the comedic quality of the Providence Journal's funny pages ("These comics are not very good," Sept. 27). I think I gave up on newspaper comics when I reached puberty — except for Doonesbury and Gary Larson's Far Side. But what is more surprising is that Moraff does not mention Herald comics. For years I have tried to find humor and meaning in the so-called comics that appear in The Herald, the Anchor — Rhode Island College's student newspaper — and other student newspapers I have come across. For the life of me, I have not been able to discern anything approaching humor, meaning or insightful social commentary in the vast majority of student-generated comics I have encountered. Good examples appear in the very issue that contains Moraff's piece: Where is Garry Trudeau when we need him? The comics he produced for the Yale Daily News when he was an undergraduate were excellent and harbingers of the genius he has consistently demonstrated for several decades in Doonesbury.
Peter Allen AM'68 PhD'74 P'10
