Actually, I rather enjoyed it, writing and all. I couldn't find one gag I'd feel qualified to call lame among the two week's worth on show (also aware of my own very thin ice).
I'm no expert on strips, just an occasional fan. I get a daily delivery of five from comics.com, including (of course) Andy Capp. Initially, I had no idea which were the good ones, Andy Capp aside, and so I decided to take the first five on the list, and review them after a while, keeping the ones I liked and replacing those I didn't. That was a couple of years ago, and I'm still on the original five. BUT - I only read Andy Capp now, and the only reason I haven't changed the others is that they've kinda put me off reading any other strips for the time being, so woeful have they become. I should and will update them soon, especially since I'm paying money for them, but it's such a low priority that I just can't be bothered chasing up my forgotten password.
However, I think I'd give this one a chance - it's certainly a lot funnier than the four that pad out my Andy Capp email. I can see the coffin theme becoming a tad iconic. And what did please me enormously, and it's a major bugbear for me these days, is that although the first five pictures of the Sunday coffin strip were essentially the same, he took the time to trace each one separately (although you do need to look pretty close to be sure). Proper artist, that is!
