As stated in nearly exactly the same phrasing in my "Morluunth" thread, because I'm quoting to save time, the following is an allusion to the popular "Amazing Spider-Man" comic strip series that used to be featured in the daily newspapers across the country, though especially in the New York Newspapers, of the 1970s, 80s, and early 90s.
They had to be written in such a way as to conserve space, inform brand new readers of what was happening AND maintain a sense of narrative connection.
Not easy, to say the least.
Presumably these strips vanished for the same reason newspapers themselves began to vanish at the turn of the millennia. A rather clever tragicomic spoof of the event, though, I must say ...
Source: Spiderverse #1
Circa: 2014