A Miscellany 168
Jesus (Pronounced Hay-Soos)
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Most comic strips become a little repetitive and predictable after a while. For the good ones, this is part of their charm. We feel comfortable with them. Sometimes they manage to strike out in a new direction, and if we are lucky, we are reminded why we liked the strip in the first place.
About a week ago, Dilbert introduced a new character, "Jesus (pronounced Hay-Soos)" and with it, a little religious mockery and some new life in the strip. I suspect from today's issue that Jesus is on his way out - I think the strip would be dropped by too many papers if the anti-religious theme continued. But, you can find the Jesus series starting with this issue.
http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20080308.html*
If you've never read Dilbert before, you may want to click on the The Characters button, and page through to get an idea of the personalities of the recurring characters.
*(Unfortunately, this link will eventually not work - after a period of time, older strips are archived to the paid subscription section of the site.)