We seem to have used the phrase "reality television" so much now that it's lost all meaning. Reality isn't about teams of people jumping through hoops to get a million dollars, or hanging out seeing which member of a couple will cheat on the other member first. The unscripted reactions of the participants may be real, sure, but their situations are so contrived even a schlock sitcom writer has room to criticize.

And to Mark Burnett's credit, his Eco-Challenge series is always fun to watch. But anyone thinking that any of these "reality" shows gives us a view of how it is 100% accurate and true ought to have their head examined. Away from the camera, I mean.

This strip was the last regular Catatonic Comix strip I did. I was out of work and bumming around on unemployment checks and just didn't feel like taking time out every week to make a funny joke was fun anymore, and that violated one of my fundamental rules of Doing This. But I wasn't ready to hang up the hat just yet, instead much preferring to keep things in a creative limbo, ready to take the torch back whenever I wanted. But then that whole September 11 thing came around and honestly, I didn't want to make fun of any of it, and then I got bogged down in serious real-life troubles that I didn't feel like I could make fun of and still remain as impersonal as possible with regards to the strip content, and then...

 

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