“Memes are today’s version of the Sunday comics”

Are memes just a 21st century version of the Sunday comics of 20th century newspapers? “Fuck the Sunday comics, memes are where it’s at” was posted on Twitter on October 10, 2012. “‘@TheAngelKing: memes are this generation’s sunday comics’....and thats sad” was posted on Twitter on November 3, 2014.
 
“Memes are today’s version of the Sunday comics” was posted on Reddit—Shower Thoughts on November 16, 2016. “Memes are like the Sunday comics of the internet” was posted on Reddit—Shower Thoughts on February 2, 2017.
 
         
Twitter
Lily Munster
@nbkheyhey
Fuck the Sunday comics, memes are where it’s at.
7:25 PM - 10 Oct 2012 from Knoxville, TN
 
Twitter
Saladeen & Yara my boo
@JediPrince84
Replying to @TheAngelKing
“@TheAngelKing: memes are this generation’s sunday comics”....and thats sad
9:49 PM - 3 Nov 2014
 
Twitter
Vincent Kinian
@Video_Game_King
Irrefutable proof that memes are the modern counterpart to Sunday comics. https://twitter.com/Serj_360/status/753447928228749312
12:48 AM - 14 Jul 2016
 
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Memes are today’s version of the Sunday comics.
submitted November 16, 2016 by me0wmixx
   
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Memes are like the Sunday comics of the internet.
submitted February 2, 2017 by ____okay
     
Twitter
PANI HEXDON
@DaniMHey
Memes are just the Sunday comics of our generation
10:27 PM - 12 May 2018
 
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Memes are the Sunday comics of the new millennium
submitted May 18, 2018 by Cook_croghan