This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the series being covered here wouldn’t exist.Depending on how old you are, the very mention of comic strips might conjure up memories of newspapers riddled with The Family Circus, Calvin and Hobbes, or the endearing and more relevant than ever, Cathy.
But with the decline in print journalism and digital disruption that has transformed the medium, comic strips have evolved for a more contemporary audience with a new generation of creators on social media, like author Nathan W.
Pyle.
Since breaking onto the scene in 2019 with his four-panel strips Strange Planet, the cartoonist’s beloved webcomic is now making its way to the small screen this month with an animated adaptation of the same name made for Apple TV+.
Co-created by Community showrunner Dan Harmon, the 10-episode series is a joyous,…
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