The November 24, 2009 version of Non-Sequitur by Wiley Miller...
I point this out not to call Miller out specifically; the daily grind of newspaper comics is relentless and re-visiting a joke that you already made is almost inevitable over a long-enough time span. And if you're going back 15 years, that isn't bad at all honestly. There've been more than a few instances where I've repurposed considerably more recent blog posts here; I'd be a hypocrite if I lambasted Miller for doing what I've done plenty of times myself. Indeed, kudos to Miller for re-drawing the cartoon completely and refining the language; back in September, I pointed out when Peter Gallagher re-used some older Heathcliff comics and did nothing but change the date. (And, for the record if you don't click through to that, I wasn't complaining about Gallagher re-using old jokes there either!)
But I find it interesting that, upon seeing today's comic, I not only immediately recognized it as an old joke but it only took about ten seconds of Googling to track down the original. I have worked in marketing for decades, so it makes sense that a marketing-related joke would resonnate with me more than some other type of gag, but it's interesting that I recalled it so fully apparently a decade and a half after seeing it. Seems to me that if you're able to make a comic that sticks in somebody's head like that, you're doing something right!
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