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Breaking the Fourth Wall

I think sometime around 2003, the Mayor of the Internet passed a mandate that declared that every new webcomic had to begin with the characters speaking directly to the reader, explaining that they were cartoon characters and the reader was reading a comic.

So, having seen it done so often, I might be a little harsh on the concept of breaking the fourth wall. I think it should be done as seldom as possible.

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by Brad Guigar on October 19, 2010
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