![]() People have 180 different ways of speaking and thinking? Of course not. Can you use it to figure out the nationalĭebt? No – but the regular version has 78 thought and speech balloonsĪnd the deluxe version has an appalling 180 styles. (7 in the regular version, 40 in the deluxe version), and childish “thoughtīalloons” that you see in comics. The regular version, 322 in the deluxe version), ridiculously styled type Every time you see a Dell, don’t you think: “goatĬomic Life allows you to easily create those silly frames (78 in Let us not forget: “tragedy” means “goat song,” which Of this ancient word and a serious computer should not be party to such a Modern use in which “comic” means “funny” is an abasement The Greeks originally invented comedy, the word meant “sung poetry.” The $29.95, which looks like a misprint a serious deluxe anything should runĪs for operation, it is a joke: it creates comics. Pages of directions to operate it? It is either free (bundled) or $24.95,Īnd what kind of a serious price is $24.95? Comic Life Deluxe is To use it, and how serious can a program be if you don’t need to read In theory there is a manual, built into the Help menu), there is no reason New computers? It is absurdly easy to use. So what was Apple thinking when they started bundling Comic Life with They must be used for serious purposes.Ī review of Comic Life, done in Comic Life. ![]() Computers – hardware and software – must be hard to figure It must make you sweat (at least figuratively sweat makes keyboards The word “fun.” Computing, as everyone who is the least bit seriousĪbout the subject knows, must be work. ![]() Serious and what is frivolous, the Mac can ill afford to be lumped in with But whatever theĪnswer, one thing is clear: Comic Life is seriously underminingĪlready considered a joke among those serious people who determine what is New Macs are getting it as part of the installed bundle. How long they have been doing this isn’t clear, nor is it clear which Charters Washington Apple Pi Journal, reprintĪpple has been bundling Comic Life with many new Macs. Home About Membership Calendar Events Journal Help Community Resources Whimsy Twitter Facebook Comic Life: A Serious Application? © 2007 Lawrence I. ![]()
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