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Comic Strip Commentary on Times Makeover

In yesterday's Zippy the Pinhead, a nationally syndicated comic strip, the main character complained about the New York Times' recent makeover, calling the headline face, Times Cheltenham, "partially hydrogenated". Got something to say to Matthew Carter, Zippy?

See also: Matthew Carter Cleans Up the Times

Posted by Colin Hartnett | February 04, 2004 | LINK

Comments

you beat me to it! i was gonna post this yesterday but totally forgot. when i saw it, i laughed so hard that spicy v-8 came outta my nose. it burns!

joshua lurie-terrell | Feb 4, 2004 04:52 PM

It's so absurd. I love it.

Colin | Feb 4, 2004 06:14 PM

What's going on in the funny pages? This morning the term "partially hydrogenated" also showed up in a strip called "The Norm." hmmmmm.

powers

Will Powers | Feb 6, 2004 07:09 AM


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