But your UI designer needs to go back to school. F for Usability.
or...
The UI is specifically designed to maximize ads per eyeball, making the user click through multiple pages of an obtuse interface to display comics. In that case, A for Evil.
If you want to read past strips just click on STRIPS at the top of the page. It shows today strip and 5 or 6 previous strips. It even has a strip search feature.
You look through the comments and a large percentage are about how to avoid dealing with the site., you would think someone would listen, or at least explain why this is being forced down our throats when we obviously don't want it. This site is exactly what Dilbert has been exposing since the beginning. I have been reading it for at least 10 years. Its is extremely ironic that this would happen with this particular site. When loyal readers make a request and it is completely ignored without explanation something is definitely wrong. If this is a joke of some kind, please end it.....
This link is the only useful thing I have found so far....