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In last week’s run of Forever 16 strips, people seemed to be put off by Joel and Katy’s sarcastic antagonism towards each other. They’re a little more civil towards each other in this week’s strips, so let’s see what happens.

There’s no story this week, just a batch of gag-a-day strips. Most of them are pop culture riffs, like this one, which is another criticism I’ve received about the strip – some folks think I should ease off the pop culture stuff and do more character-based humor. But my aim is to do both at once, revealing more about the characters by how they react to the pop culture around them. In this case, Aaron’s attempt to bullshit his way through his English assignment by going to see Harry Hook’s loosely adapted Lord of the Flies movie says a lot about the kind of guy he is – he always thinks he’s got a foolproof plan that nobody else would think of, but that’s only because his plans are so stupid.

Description
In last week’s run of Forever 16 strips, people seemed to be put off by Joel and Katy’s sarcastic antagonism towards each other. They’re a little more civil towards each other in this week’s strips, so let’s see what happens.

There’s no story this week, just a batch of gag-a-day strips. Most of them are pop culture riffs, like this one, which is another criticism I’ve received about the strip – some folks think I should ease off the pop culture stuff and do more character-based humor. But my aim is to do both at once, revealing more about the characters by how they react to the pop culture around them. In this case, Aaron’s attempt to bullshit his way through his English assignment by going to see Harry Hook’s loosely adapted Lord of the Flies movie says a lot about the kind of guy he is – he always thinks he’s got a foolproof plan that nobody else would think of, but that’s only because his plans are so stupid.