Didn't he remove the tie in later comics?
I couldn't say. My parents have a newspaper subscription. The paper stopped carrying the strip after Adams started speaking truth to power.
I seem to remember that all of the characters went casual some years ago. But really, the last time I paid attention to the strip was when he was making fun of Lucent's "Innovation Ring" logo. Or, as we all called it, the cat's ass.
1996, we hardly knew ye.
Year seems to fit... !
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