Hagar the Horrible, 8/30/25

Look, despite the fun ("fun") I have here detailing all the anachronisms in Hagar the Horrible, I do in fact get that the anachronisms are the point of the strip, that it's not a realistic historical drama but rather a comedy where half of its whole deal is "What if these Vikings acted like modern middle-class people sometimes?" But I feel like to pull this off you do need to maintain a narrative unity just within an individual strip, whereas today's installment is all over the map. Hagar napping in a hammock in his fenced suburban yard? Sure, why not. Hagar interacting with some culture that uses smoke signals for communication, like Native Americans or medieval Italians? Fine, Vikings actually encountered both groups. But put the two together and it's a mess. A mess, I say! Are we to believe that Hagar lives in Newfoundland or Apulia now? I don't buy it!

Mary Worth, 8/30/25