Sorry, but today’s comic is kind of an in-joke. Crummy Radio News (CRN for short) was this silly concept that I came up with way back on November 7, 2001. That’s right, the concept is 4 years old today. Anyway, the original point was to use up space in these “journal” entries I had to write for class, since the transcript format allowed me to use two lines every time someone spoke, but eventually the concept actually developed. Originally, I was only able to use it for free-form journals, but about a year later I began to use the characters to discuss things for journals that actually had topics. But, looking back, the episodes (yes, I call them that) that discussed real-world events just weren’t as funny and didn’t have the same character as the other transcripts. Also, the short, sudden appearance of characters just to cover particular topics (say, front-line war coverage or something like that) just didn’t fit the theme. Now that I look at it, the series is actually funnier when the only characters are the anchorman (Mr. Reporter), the traffic lady (Traf Ikjam), the financial guy (Prob Bice), the meteorologist (Incor Rect, also female), and the technician, and that any other news is just ignored. Plus, I can’t be bothered to think of other news…and this rant will continue next week!
