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Oh, well, this isn’t terrifying at all. Just Dr. Drew thinking about how he needs to explain to Liza in excruciating detail how “breaking up” works, while, unnoticed, Liza, who has managed to surreptitiously burrow under Drew’s flesh, bursts out triumphantly, like Athena out of Zeus’s brow. Only stalkier!
Spider-Man, 5/28/11
Yes, Spidey wasn’t able to save the one Dr. Morbius loved — you know, Martine? The one who was a real, actual vampire? I’m not vampire expert (nosferatologist?) or anything, but I’m pretty sure that one of the scary things about vampires is that they’re mostly immortal, and can only be killed in a certain limited number of ritualized ways, and none of those ways are “being dropped off a building.”
Lockhorns, 5/28/11
The Lockhorns may fight all the time and hate each other so, so much, but that doesn’t meant that they don’t share some pastimes. For instance, they enjoy going down the park and making snide comments about the way the Kids Today dress, all the while looking very much like they want to kill themselves.
Family Circus, 5/28/11
This would just be run of the mill Keane Kids Saying The Darndest Things if not for the look of genuine embarrassment on Barfy’s face. Ha ha, no resident of the Keane Kompound can escape the omnipresent crushing body shame!
This entry was posted on Saturday, May 28, 2011 at 09:26 am and is filed under Family Circus, Lockhorns, Mary Worth, Spider-Man. | 142 responses to “Maybe … maybe she fell directly onto a stake? Or something?” queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMay 28th, 2011 at 9:32 am [Reply]
@KarMann (#y130): *dooks happily*
@queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii Commando (#y133): postjumped. :-(
Rocky StoneaxeMay 28th, 2011 at 9:33 am [Reply]
@Thursday Next (#y132):
I used to be able to look at previous day’s comics on Comics Kingdom at Seattle PI and other newspaper sites, but the button doesn’t show up anymore.
The Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel (JS) website lets you go as far back as three weeks ago:
http://www.jsonline.com/comics/
FafMorMay 28th, 2011 at 9:38 am [Reply]
Who needs capital punishment when we have Dick Tracy?
Rocky StoneaxeMay 28th, 2011 at 9:38 am [Reply]
Ha ha, no resident of the Keane Kompound can escape the omnipresent crushing body shame!
Not shame… modesty!
John C FremontMay 28th, 2011 at 9:44 am [Reply]
@Thursday Next (#y132): I went to the PI and the button showed up but, for what it’s worth, it took awhile. I just witnessed three days in a row of Funky Winkerbean Halo action. Yuck.
But why would Leroy complain about seeing women’s underwear? I’m more disturbed by the lavender Toeby Cameron pants.
Sirkus PeanutsMay 28th, 2011 at 9:49 am [Reply]
I had to do a double take reading the second panel of Mary Worth this morning, because I thought I had stumbled onto Rex Morgan.
bourbon babe, unbuckledMay 28th, 2011 at 9:52 am [Reply]
MW: See, I assume that when Drew says, ominously, “The patient?,” he realizes that he will never be rid of Liza, and his only recourse is to surgically graft her head to his body.
A3G: Prediction: While Tommy is out, Aunt Iris will disappear into the Blue-Manhattan Background, never to be seen again.
RA: So we’re supposed to believe that a character this self-involved doesn’t know her own birthday? At least try to be consistent in your own stoopidity, Donna Lewis; trust me, if you want to improve your piece o’ crap comic, modeling your stories after Spider-Man isn’t the way to go.
FC: Gah. I have something in common with the Keane Kids: After I give Lolly a bath, and she doesn’t have her collar on, I call her Naked Dog.
MT: “Not likely. That guy who lives in the mountains pretty much confines himself to trapping passing hikers with pits and trip wires.”
ChipMay 28th, 2011 at 10:00 am [Reply]
Curse the Sabbath day! Now I have to wait until Monday to hear “unless.. what?” in Mark Trail!
bats :[May 28th, 2011 at 10:01 am [Reply]
oooh…Josh is commenting…from beyond the….uh..er…beach cabana?
Huh, anyway. MW folks: leave the Special Effects for the pros. This looks like a really bad remake of the really bad original film “The Thing with Two Heads” (or whatever the movie was called with Rosey Grier in it).
Then again, nobody would really want to see the original version of Drew and Liza’s “The Beast with Two Backs.”
greghousesgfMay 28th, 2011 at 10:04 am [Reply]
he just looks embarrassed because he’s named Barfy. Who wouldn’t be?
Naked Bunny with a WhipMay 28th, 2011 at 10:06 am [Reply]
no resident of the Keane Kompound can escape the omnipresent crushing body shame
You know damned well that Jeffy can, being less intelligent and self-aware than the household pets.
agonyMay 28th, 2011 at 10:12 am [Reply]
That camel-toe in The Lockhorns is … really obscene.
Some GuyMay 28th, 2011 at 10:14 am [Reply]
S-M: “I’m sorry Morbius, your fiance is dead. Or turned into a bat and flew away. Whatevs. To the TV!”
Mark BMay 28th, 2011 at 10:17 am [Reply]
Martine landed on a wooden fence, and it’s entirely possible one of the fence staves could have gone through her heart. So, perhaps the fall did kill her, although a wooden fence in manhattan is seriously deux ex machina, even for Spider Man.
I’m seriously disoriented … I thought Josh was out of town for the weekend. He must be using one of those crazy mobile devices I’ve heard of.
Mark BMay 28th, 2011 at 10:21 am [Reply]
Now Liza’s dream has come true! Since she had Drew’s head got sewn onto her body, they can be together forever! And they have lots of organs left over to donate for transplant.
Liza: NOW WE R 1, LUVR
Drew: You don’t have to text me, Liza, our heads are right next to each other … and they always will be …
QuinnMay 28th, 2011 at 10:22 am [Reply]
Drew and his pal discuss the best strategy for dumping Liza over a nice lunch of hair-soup and cup o’pee.
Mark BMay 28th, 2011 at 10:23 am [Reply]
MW: Stop drinking milk, Drew, you know I’m lactose intolerant!
Mark BMay 28th, 2011 at 10:30 am [Reply]
And today in Apartment 3-G … nothing happened.
pugfugglyMay 28th, 2011 at 10:37 am [Reply]
MW: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT!!!!!!!! But cheesy effects aside, what is Drew actually thinking there? “Of course! I’ll just treat her like a patient: slyly sedate her, wheel her into the operating room, then in through the nose with a little snip-snip, and presto! No more problem.”
Geez, Spidey, first you didn’t have enough ‘webbing’, now it’s that you didn’t have ‘time’. Don’t get me wrong, I might have let her fall too, I’m just saying get your story straight before the NYPD Monster Unit shows up.
Sad. The Lockhorns are so out of touch with current fashions that they don’t even realize it when someone is intentionally mooning then.
bourbon babe, unbuckledMay 28th, 2011 at 10:40 am [Reply]
@Mark B (#15):
Liza: NOW WE R 1, LUVR
Hee! Now I’m picturing Liza still incessantly texting Drew, even after they’ve become conjoined. MY KNEE HRTS 2DAY. “I know, Liza; it’s my knee, too.” IM HUNGRY. R U? “Liza, we share a stomach.” FEELING HORNY LUVR. WHAT ABOUT U? “Well, Liza, if you’d put down the phone for a minute, maybe we could do something about that. We only have two hands, you know.”
oopfooMay 28th, 2011 at 10:42 am [Reply]
I prefer to think It’s the raging CAMELTOE the Lockhorns are witnessing that has Leroy’s mouth agape. Even the boy seems to be sporting one, which must be painful.
True FableMay 28th, 2011 at 10:44 am [Reply]
Yes, nothing much is happening at Apartment 3-G –unless GAAH what an enormous man-hand Tommie’s got in panel two! Either that or one of their bland males is making a last attempt to crawl out of this comic and into something more exciting. Hell, even the Pluggers quandry of how many Geritol tablets to take ought to be more challenging than Iris and Tommie nambering on and on.
TheDivaMay 28th, 2011 at 10:53 am [Reply]
MW: Panel two looks like the cover of a really bad folk rock album from the seventies.
SM: Hey, what happened to the fence or box or whatever that Martine landed on? Did it just pop out of existence, taking her with it, once it was no longer needed for the narrative?
9CL: The cat proceeds to spray Seth, once again proving itself the most likable character in the strip.
C’shaft: You mean with indifference, or at best, socially enforced politeness? Then again, I suppose for this family that would be an improvement.
(How come Pam and Jeff don’t get blue nimbus halos, huh? Are they not Specialest Snowflake enough?)
DT: Yes, Hot Rize suffocating in a landslide of flour might be a trick because…uh…she wants to ruin your next batch of cookies?
FW: Well, it’s not telling Les where he can stick his first edition hardcover copy of Lisa’s Story, Cayla, but it’ll do. Now here’s my advice: Weekend. In. Vegas. Play the slots, take in the Thunder From Down Under show, splurge on a spa day or something extravagant from the Forum Shops, and take time to realize just how good it feels to have that moping, douchy millstone off of your neck.
Luann: “You’ll be receiving death threats from Internet trolls any day now!”
MT: “Unless…I don’t know, why don’t we take a break to learn some random facts about nature, and then I’ll come back to you with something?”
Filthy AssistantMay 28th, 2011 at 10:54 am [Reply]
So The Lockhorns is set in some alternate reality where Ringo Starr is young and American in the 80s. Kind of a bombshell to drop so nonchalantly.
MibbitmakerMay 28th, 2011 at 11:11 am [Reply]
Lockhorns: Sometimes… sometimes…. the Kids really are trespassing on the lawn.
JP: A brief moment passes.
The detective below says, “Oh, great, now we’ve got TWO jumpers!…”
Marm: Marmaduke thinking, “You’re really skatin’ on thin ice, Schickelgruber!”
MW: “Omigod, NO!… DAD! IT’S TOO LATE! SHE’S GRAFTED ONTO ME LIKE A POSESSED CIRCUS FREAK! I’M SO DOOMED BY HER PSYCHO STALKING POWERS!”
Popeye: Popeye, like Rebecca Howe, is too stupid to live!
Other Coast: I’d call that overkrill! (*ducks* — not the water fowl…)
pugfugglyMay 28th, 2011 at 11:12 am [Reply]
@True Fable (#22):
Tommie was the model for the cover of that new Tina Fey book.
May 28th, 2011 at 11:15 am [Reply]
And this week’s guest celebrity is SLUGGO!
RustyMay 28th, 2011 at 11:16 am [Reply]
Lockhorns Hipsters: You’re doing it wrong.
commodorejohnMay 28th, 2011 at 11:19 am [Reply]
A3G – Dun dun dunnnn!
BB – See, it’s funny because they hate each other, yet neither can get far enough past their crushing ennui to do anything about it!
Crankshaft – Dear Tom Batiuk: you are very ill and in desperate need of therapy. Please seek it.
Crock – [*]
Curtis – Someone kill Barry already. Just…please. One panel of him getting his awful little shithead brains splattered with a bat, that’s all I ask.
DT – …good gravy. How many villains are they going to go through a year? At least Locher’s “time loop that occasionally jitters forwards like an unbalanced washing machine” approach kept it down to two or three…
FW – Well, Tom, the idea to provide a detailed chart of exactly how fucked up these people are isn’t a bad one (it’d provide a fine Exhibit A at your trial,) but someone seems to have gone through and scrubbed 90% of Les’s assorted odious qualities.
Lockhorns – The Lockhorns, with special guests Ringo Starr and Cher.
Love Is… – please God, somebody arrest this cartoonist.
Luann – Yes, Greg, they will hate it. And when the entire world including your own God damn characters hate your work, you might consider a moment’s reflection as to why.
MT – Psst, Sherrif Not-Quite-As-Stupid-As-He-Looks, may I offer a tip? IT WAS YOUR SON. THE ONE WHO IS INEXPLICABLY TRYING TO PIN THE BLAME ON SOMEONE ELSE DESPITE ALL SENSE AND LOGIC.
MW – John Carpenter’s Mary Worth.
PBS – I’ll go with this version, thanks. [*]
Phantom – “Well, some immortal ghost you are. You better believe this is going on my blog, poser!”
RMMD – YOU’RE ALL IDIOTS.
SF – I do love this strip.
Binder's Butter BeansMay 28th, 2011 at 11:21 am [Reply]
I’m no lepidopterist, but “nosferatologist” made me snort coffee out my nose. Cheers, Josh!
JessyMay 28th, 2011 at 11:36 am [Reply]
***Fake MEMO***
To: Moy and Giella
From: King Features Syndicate
RE: Emotional Trauma; Cardiac Events
Date: May 28
We have had scattered reports of children with emotional trauma and senior citizens with chest pain, apparently after viewing Panel 2 of todays strip.
This is just a reminder that the “thought bubble” was created for just such instances as you depict in that second panel. It is not necessary to have characters bursting forth like Mozart’s Queen of the Night or like the creature in the infamous “dinner table” scene in Alien.
We trust we will not have to remind you of this again.
odinthorMay 28th, 2011 at 11:41 am [Reply]
Love Is . . . — . . . not to be taken as what the Bible is really getting at in Luke 4:5-8.
[Old Man] MuffarooMay 28th, 2011 at 11:41 am [Reply]
Archie – Jughead’s fulfilling a request to play “Up on the Roof.” His next request is to play “On the Road Again.”
Dennis – “Watch Dad’s face when I tell him Grampa an’ Mr. Wilson are sleepin’ together!”
Dick – Hot Rize is dead, in the flour of her youth.
Doones – Ia! Ia! Even the dead can die!
[Old Man] MuffarooMay 28th, 2011 at 11:43 am [Reply]
Mary – Drew’s Liza-sense is strongly manifesting itself! Only it’s not sure if he senses danger from Liza or if he’s turning into her (the way Peter Parker sometimes turns halfway into Spider-Man)! Now I’m wondering about all the conversations Drew has had with her, and whether anybody else “sees” her or not!
Id – “Instead of white powder on their uniforms, they’re showing up with white liquid residue on their lips.”
Ziggy-O’s! They remain flaccid, puffy, and inert, even in milk!
[Old Man] MuffarooMay 28th, 2011 at 11:43 am [Reply]
Liza: Hey Drew! You wanna neck? HA HA HA!
cindyinmaineMay 28th, 2011 at 11:44 am [Reply]
I know everyone is taken with Panel 2 of Mary Worth, understandably, but I can’t stop looking at Panel 1… Drew looks like a cruel Scorsese mafioso, and Dr. Jeff the most confused and unhappy inmate at a mental institution, ever. The table is large and shiny. Drew is lingering over a bowl of ice.
NekrotzarMay 28th, 2011 at 11:47 am [Reply]
In the middle panel, Dr. Morbius is in the most frightening situation I can imagine. I don’t mean hanging off the edge of a tall building, although that is certainly scary. I mean that he is relying on Spiderman to save his life. What if a good commercial comes on, or if a nap attack strikes? He’ll be history! This is Hitchcock material here.
maxchainMay 28th, 2011 at 11:52 am [Reply]
Lockhorns, have you been in cryogenic stasis for the past fifteen years?
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMay 28th, 2011 at 11:53 am [Reply]
Love Is. . . .cosplay AND buttseks. (two great tastes that go great together!)
cindyinmaineMay 28th, 2011 at 11:55 am [Reply]
MW: It is pretty cool in Panel 2 tho, how Drew’s orange jacket has turned the minty green of Liza’s scrubs… all except his collar. The colorists had to get creative here, and they were up to the task.
This is seriously my favorite MW strip in some time, for so many reasons…
Scott BotMay 28th, 2011 at 11:58 am [Reply]
Lockhorns – My son used to look a lot like the young man there, until he got the potty training thing down pat.
MW – This turned into an Ingmar Bergman film so quickly that it caught us all by surprise.
Scott BotMay 28th, 2011 at 12:07 pm [Reply]
Pluggers – Ok, so technically I’m not a Plugger; because instead of talking my car into starting, I scream and yell and threaten to beat it with a baseball bat. I feel a little better.
zenveloMay 28th, 2011 at 12:15 pm [Reply]
Dr. Jeff seems to be understanding that he is doomed to a life of being hounded by Mary Worth, that he will never be free from her again, and that even suicide is not available to him.
coloradoMay 28th, 2011 at 12:16 pm [Reply]
MW – Look, It’s Zaphod Beeblebrox, only waaaay creepier!
Johnny KnucklesMay 28th, 2011 at 12:34 pm [Reply]
MW: “How to Get Ahead in Medicine” featuring Richard Grant as Dr. Drew. Don’t make me link to IMDB.
MaggieMay 28th, 2011 at 12:48 pm [Reply]
I’m sorry to see that Demetri Martin’s career has hit such a low that he has to guest star in The Lockhorns.
CalicoMay 28th, 2011 at 12:57 pm [Reply]
@bats :[ (#9):
I hope some of you remember the South Park episode with the School nurse with the dead fetus attached to her head…
“You’ve sure got a lot of dead fetus HEART!”
May 28th, 2011 at 1:00 pm [Reply]
Dilbert: 1. A way to keep riffraff from infesting your servers.
2. Never use your own employees to design your getaway plans.
NS: What, no Fry Kids? What kinda lousy line up is this?
KarMannMay 28th, 2011 at 1:01 pm [Reply]
@commodorejohn (#29) on Crock: Indirect future spoiler. [*]
Jason D.May 28th, 2011 at 1:03 pm [Reply]
How have you all managed to miss…the best Fred Basset comic strip EVAR? http://www.gocomics.com/fredbasset/2011/05/28 Unintentional ribald humor FTW!
Pop Goes the WeaselMay 28th, 2011 at 1:07 pm [Reply]
DT: While I generally applaud the accelerated pace of the new Dick Tracy, both
stories from the current team have had interesting set-ups but then they
skip immediately to the climatic shoot out and inevitable grisly death.
How about a little detective work, a little unravelling before solving the case?
Phantom: I think the “Teen” Computer Whiz is actually Tom Courtenay.
Joseph FinnMay 28th, 2011 at 1:20 pm [Reply]
Wait, didn’t this entire Spider-Man storyline (and I mean story in the most loose sense of the word) start off with Peter fighting a FLYING VAMPIRE?!?
cheech wizardMay 28th, 2011 at 1:40 pm [Reply]
MW – “The patient? Oh yes, of course! She’s fuckin’ psycho!!! All I have to do is have her committed! And I can do it, because I’m a doctor! It’s perfect! Hahaha! Why didn’t I think of this before?”
A3G – Not everyone approves of Iris’ gypsy lifestyle, because people tend to look dimly on stealing babies.
Lock – Quit complaining, people. At least the blatant cameltoe isn’t on Loretta.
DT – Now I remember who Hot Rize reminds me of! It’s one of the California Raisins, at least, she will after that batch of flour gets baked into bread.
CanuckDownSouthMay 28th, 2011 at 1:42 pm [Reply]
@Jason D. (#50): Well, I pointed it out yesterthread (not that I had anything to say that would make it more funny)
Francisco ArrowrootMay 28th, 2011 at 1:50 pm [Reply]
The Wonder Twins must be hurting for cash if they’re reduced to guest starring in the Lockhorns. It must be especially humiliating for Jayna, who apparently had to yell “Form of – camel toe!” for the scene.
Joe BlevinsMay 28th, 2011 at 1:51 pm [Reply]
ZOMBY reads. (sort of)
JesseBakerMay 28th, 2011 at 2:02 pm [Reply]
Mark Trail: I wonder if Mustache Guy is going to claim that the survivalist is an anti-technology nutjob who is stealing X-boxs and Ipods because he thinks they are corrupting the youth of the town. It’s the only angle I can see him play though, without coming up with some crazy idea that gives him away.
Makes you wonder though why Mustache Guy is so dead set on blaming survivalist guy. Are they ex-lovers perhaps? Or is the survivalist just a handy scapegoat because of his non-conformist lifestyle making him the perfect patsy for the evil conformist villain?
(That said; again, I’m hoping mustache guy’s dad turns out to be corrupt enough to try and protect his son so Mark will have someone to fight that he can’t just hit with his fists.)
mollificentMay 28th, 2011 at 2:03 pm [Reply]
A3G: AUGH! What the hell is that THING in panel 2?
FW: aaaand, across town, Susan feels a frisson at the back of her neck. “My stalker-sense is tingling…”
MW: “The patient…yeah, the MENTAL patient.” Sorry guys…low-hanging fruit, I know. Inevitable snarpologies. (And OMG am I unobservant…I didn’t even see the two-headed thing until I got to CC!)
RMMD: Maybe it’s my still-sleepy eyes, or maybe I need to up the zoom on my browser. I read Berna’s first speech balloon as “Well, you and I are having lunch at the incest place in town!” (don’tthinkofDexdon’tthinkofDex…)
DT: I’m rather disappointed they turned down the chance for a flour-dust explosion. I do hope this newly coherent, artistically meritorious team isn’t going to back away from the “gruesomely batshit insane” aesthetic.
AndyLMay 28th, 2011 at 2:15 pm [Reply]
Does anyone else notice that everyone in the funky-universe has the same front porch with the same patio-swing?
gjdodgerMay 28th, 2011 at 2:16 pm [Reply]
I don’t think Martine is a real vampire. I think she’s a Sears vampire. That would explain where she got the thigh boots.
ms. docweaselMay 28th, 2011 at 2:21 pm [Reply]
“I’m not vampire expert (nosferatologist?) or anything, but I’m pretty sure that one of the scary things about vampires is that they’re mostly immortal, and can only be killed in a certain limited number of ritualized ways, and none of those ways are “being dropped off a building.”
Maybe she fell on a crucifix shaped stake sprinkled with garlic scented holy water?
Jason D.May 28th, 2011 at 2:21 pm [Reply]
@CanuckDownSouth (#54): Ah, these kids today. No appreciation of the amusing differences between Brit and American slang. Or for Beavis & Butt-Head-esque low-brow humor. “Heh-heh-heh, he said ‘pecker’, heh-heh-heh”.
PeriMay 28th, 2011 at 2:23 pm [Reply]
I have got to find a way to use nosferatologist next time I go to the medical lab for a blood draw.
LisaMay 28th, 2011 at 2:26 pm [Reply]
Yes Drew, the patient needs as much information as possible. I’d suggest going into excruciating detail about every little personality flaw you perceive that led to this moment. That’s letting ‘em down easy. Also, it insures I get some Aldomania league crazy.
commodorejohnMay 28th, 2011 at 2:31 pm [Reply]
@mollificent (#58): Oh God dammit, this is going to wind up with Les taking the “time off” to bang his other unbalanced groupie, isn’t he? And then this stupid cycle will repeat, and the strip will consist of nothing but Les using women for sex and mooning after his dead wife, and we’ll be expected to sympathize the the stupid smirky pile of smegma. ARGH.
@Peri (#63): I dunno…my brother’s a phlebotomist, and he reports with great chagrin the number of times he has patients make “vampire” cracks at him…though “nosferatologist” might be clever enough to be amusing nonetheless.
Crankshafts funky smelling corpseMay 28th, 2011 at 3:00 pm [Reply]
FW: Well, at least Batuik is consistent. Les *is* just fucked up and he’s never going to get better. It would be awesome though if Susan makes a play for Les, gets the same sort of brush off and then does the job right this time and offs herself properly. But that won’t happen, because then she would have escaped.
Black DrazonMay 28th, 2011 at 3:03 pm [Reply]
“Yes, the patient! It’ll be like reflex to hide the body now, dad! Thanks a lot!”
Alfred E. NeumanMay 28th, 2011 at 3:06 pm [Reply]
MW— While everyone is pondering the age-old question of whether Dr. Drew’s head is attached to Liza, or vice versa, did anyone notice Dr. Jeff’s expression in panel one? It’s like he’s realized, “Drew’s stuck with Liza, and I’m stuck with Mary. It’s a family curse, I tell ya.”
bats :[May 28th, 2011 at 3:15 pm [Reply]
Solange, not just for gay insufferable ballet dancers anymore!
Thursday NextMay 28th, 2011 at 3:23 pm [Reply]
Hate to be a bother, but here is all I see when I go to either the PI or Milwaukee. There’s just no button anywhere that I can see to go to another date. Do you have to be a subscriber? Thanks for the help Curmedgeons!
tom krackerMay 28th, 2011 at 3:29 pm [Reply]
THE LOCKHORNS… the teenage boy he’s mocking reminded me of George Harrison in the old Beatle cartoons from 1965.
Speaking of 1965, Mr. Lockhorn looks like he’s straight out of that year. It’s a cool look, sort of like Rodney Dangerfield at a 1965 barbecue; all he needs is a cigarette and some vodka.
CanuckDownSouthMay 28th, 2011 at 3:31 pm [Reply]
So apart from trying to apply advice about informing medical patients to handling a breakup, the aforementioned advice sounds highly questionable in the first place. When a patient is seriously in denial about being ill or dying, does snowing them under with information really help?
“Ms. X, we really need to talk about your options given the stage of your liver disease…”
“My liver is just fine, really.”
“No, at this stage most patients live for 4-6 months without treatment, but with wonderdrug Y, there’s a 50% chance of survival for 1-2 years, although the side-effects include..”
“Young man, I have no idea why you’re telling me this. Surely you have some truly sick patients to attend to?”
“…”
cheech wizardMay 28th, 2011 at 3:33 pm [Reply]
MW – Has anyone else noticed that Drew is channeling Nicolas Cage in panel 2? Maybe he’s decided the solution is to just go to Las Vegas and drink himself to death. Given that his glass appears to be full of vodka, I’d say he’s off to a good start.
Artist formerly known as BenMay 28th, 2011 at 3:44 pm [Reply]
Welcome back Josh. (I know you posted yesterday, but I wasn’t expecting a new one til Monday evening.) And all ‘mudges who haven’t seen the Westview swingers mashup linked by bats:[ at y110 owe it to yourselves to see it now.
S-M: Morbius saved both Spider-Man’s dumb webbed ass and MJ as well. Spidey, meanwhile, was too lazy and/or inept to save Martine. While Martine was evil or whatever, this could set up a Morbius’ vengeance arc down the road. However, this is daily Spidey world, where neither action nor inaction has any consequences.
Lockhorns: Leroy and Loretta are poaching on Zits territory. I await their savage beating by Pierce, just to make an example.
BB: Don’t hold back, Martha. Tell us how you really feel.
MT: “Unless maybe he’s getting help from all those giant squirrels that hang around his cave. And, you know, they have a man-size owl on the roof as a lookout.”
“By gum, this is all very credible!”
Ziggy: Does it depress Ziggy to be reminded that he’s fictional, or does it come as a kind of relief. Obviously no one would buy a cereal sponsored by a character whose name and personality are so close to “soggy.”
DT: “I’ve seen a lot of scum die a lot of horrible deaths, but never before has it made me so hungry for poundcake.”
GT: With Hobart aiming his scimitar at the teacher’s union, Al-Jo finds herself most concerned with the abusive softball coach. She could be the Beetle to Alcala’s Sarge.
DtM: Yes, of course it’s the old stories that put them to sleep. It has nothing to do with the medication-swapping.
A3G: On second thought, maybe Tommie should leave the piano where it is. She seems to have developed thick-fingered Quasimodo hands at the worst possible time.
Bill ThompsonMay 28th, 2011 at 4:00 pm [Reply]
@TheDiva (#23): SM: Hey, what happened to the fence or box or whatever that Martine landed on? Did it just pop out of existence, taking her with it, once it was no longer needed for the narrative?
The fence moved out of frame, which is a sure sign that it’s about to appear behind Spiderman and smack him over the head.
Up next on Spiderbore: Morbius goes off and broods. MJ lands a role in a stage revival of Dracula. And Jameson tells Parker “Take some pictures of the play! That’s the only way you’ll ever photograph a real vampire!”
MibbitmakerMay 28th, 2011 at 4:05 pm [Reply]
Fred Bassett:
Geoff Peterson: “In your pants!”
bats :[May 28th, 2011 at 4:10 pm [Reply]
@Mibbitmaker (#76): In YOUR pants.
[Old Man] MuffarooMay 28th, 2011 at 4:11 pm [Reply]
@TheDiva (#23): Hey, what happened to the fence or box or whatever that Martine landed on?
If it was a bunch of sharpened wooden stakes, it was probably a stockade.
May 28th, 2011 at 4:12 pm [Reply]
@Thursday Next (#70): That’s weird. I’ve never registered at the PI, but that’s where I get about half of my comics. I get the same screen as you, but with the button for previous dates immediately below the comic. It does, though, take a couple of seconds for it to pop up. Guess I’m not much help.
You can always go to Dean’s Comic Booth, but that doesn’t work if you’re looking for Oh, Brother or Retail, so again, I’m really not much help at all. But I’m thinking about you. Best intentions, etc.
CalicoMay 28th, 2011 at 4:18 pm [Reply]
@cheech wizard (#73):
“I am a prickly pear!”
May 28th, 2011 at 4:21 pm [Reply]
Actually, didn’t Martine land on one of those wooden fences with spiked planks? That would count, wouldn’t it?
I said….”count.” Ah! Ah! Ah!
VinnieMay 28th, 2011 at 4:23 pm [Reply]
JP: “I miss [the court] terribly! Thankfully, I can satiate my nostalgia by making those panels look like the close-ups during witness testimony in Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth!”
CalicoMay 28th, 2011 at 4:24 pm [Reply]
@bats :[ (#69):
Love it…piss, Solange, please piss! *kitty handshake*
Great swingers mashup too.
I have some compassion for Jeff and the others…none for Les.
May 28th, 2011 at 4:31 pm [Reply]
@Calico (#83): Jeff and Pam are, unfortunately, collateral damage. Then again, who chooses to live in Westview?
LiamMay 28th, 2011 at 4:34 pm [Reply]
FC-Barfy is looking embarrassed at Billy’s stupidity. Barfy is hoping that with his collar off his escape will be successful and that animal control won’t be bringing him back there.
Bill ThompsonMay 28th, 2011 at 5:24 pm [Reply]
The Amusing Spiderman: The shocked look on MJ’s face speaks volumes, and not just the one on “Why Can’t She Act This Well On Stage?” She’s just realized that her beloved husband not only saved the life of someone who tried to kill her, but also regrets that he couldn’t save the other would-be killer. Her marriage is dead, and she may join it–although if she’s lucky Morbius will drink Spiderman’s blood, then look at her and realize he’s now in the market for an annoying bride with low expectations.
AlisonMay 28th, 2011 at 5:25 pm [Reply]
M.J. looks absolutely horrified in that last panel and I’m really, really not sure why. “The evil vampire who wanted to murder me is dead? OH NO!!!1!!”
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMay 28th, 2011 at 5:40 pm [Reply]
@bats :[ (#y110): I don’t think that I’ve ever agreed more with one of Jeff’s statements.
*applaz*
Alan's AddictionMay 28th, 2011 at 5:50 pm [Reply]
For a few, brief, shining moments, today’s “Mary Worth” gave me hope that the comics page could lift itself out of its narrative slump. Specifically, it’s that second panel, in which Liza miraculously appears, unbidden, like Tyler Durden. And wouldn’t that be an amazing plot twist, to give Dr. Drew a second, obsessive and narcissistic personality with whom he falls in love? But then I realized; this isn’t “Fight Club 2.0,” and the comics page isn’t that avant-garde or interesting, and my hopes came crashing back down like Icarus. Then I saw Dr. Jeff wearing what appears to be roadkill on his head in lieu of a toupee. It’s not brilliant, original, or cool, but it’s almost as good.
Given a choice between two dull, brainless, emo villains, it’s interesting that Spider-Man chooses to save the less sexy of the two. I’m also intrigued by the look of terror on Morbius’s face as he’s pulled to safety. It’s almost as if he knows the horrors in store for him in the near-future, when he’ll be forced to listen to Spider-Man’s lecture on morality and behavior.
I like the look of utter apathy bordering on mild distaste on Pa Keene’s face at little Billy’s utterly non-original non-joke. It indicates that he’s either becoming aware of his own tortured existence and purpose, like the principle characters in “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead,” or he’s quietly becoming so fed up with his progeny that he’ll soon dispatch them messily and bury them in shallow graves in the backyard. I’m quite happy with either of those, really.
May 28th, 2011 at 5:52 pm [Reply]
Spiderman – look closely at that middle panel. Martine, as tired of this story as the rest of us, fell neatly into the dumpster. She’ll comeback later and sneak up on Spidey while he’s watching TV.
Jamus The BartenderMay 28th, 2011 at 6:16 pm [Reply]
Spider Man: On that note, Josh, is it daytime or night time in the Spidey strip? Probably nighttime, as, unless you’re in that Twilight book, a vamp would burst into flames. I mention this because Angel once kicked a vampire out of a ten story building in daylight, and as he was falling, we went up like ten pounds of Semtex ™ . Very cool. Just thought i’d bring that up.
demoncatMay 28th, 2011 at 6:34 pm [Reply]
drew look is saying that gives me an idea of how to be rid of lisa once and for all. making her a new patient. barfy look in family circus is one of saddness for his owners are empty headed little spawn. plus he is outside being taken for a bath. not good enough for the bathroom inside
Stroker AceMay 28th, 2011 at 6:34 pm [Reply]
SM – At least Spidey is consistent. Nearly forty years ago he couldn’t save Gwen Stacy. See The Amazing Spider-Man #121.
[Old Man] MuffarooMay 28th, 2011 at 6:35 pm [Reply]
@Jamus The Bartender (#91): …and as he was falling, we went up like ten pounds of Semtex ™…
Well, I certainly hope you got better!
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMay 28th, 2011 at 6:43 pm [Reply]
@[Old Man] Muffaroo (#94): Jamus, actually a toon? That would explain SOOOOOO many things. . . . .
Rocky StoneaxeMay 28th, 2011 at 6:48 pm [Reply]
@tom kracker (#71):
THE LOCKHORNS… the teenage boy he’s mocking reminded me of George Harrison in the old Beatle cartoons from 1965.
George makes like a Surfer Dude in one of those cartoons:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjUdRrIhtmU
[Old Man] MuffarooMay 28th, 2011 at 7:06 pm [Reply]
Coincidence! I just finished reading Al Brodax’s account of the production of YELLOW SUBMARINE, and it mentions the Beatles cartoons as part of the setup. It’s an interesting and involving account, even though I kept telling myself as I read it that I was looking at the words of the man who made all those awful Popeye cartoons, and who put Snuffy Smith’s head into my brain, staring out and singing “AW! AW! AWWWW!”
All that, and I rooted for him anyway.
SoccerheadMay 28th, 2011 at 7:47 pm [Reply]
Best. Fred. Basset. Ever.
Not that the bar for that is all that high, but still.
May 28th, 2011 at 8:09 pm [Reply]
Fred Basset. Pecker inspector.
Artist formerly known as BenMay 28th, 2011 at 8:46 pm [Reply]
@Stroker Ace (#93): The irony is that Gwen Stacy died when he webbed her and her neck snapped from the impact. I mean the fall would have killed her anyway, but still, it’s different from this week when Martine died from… Well, sloppy and indifferent writing, really.
ElkMeadowMay 28th, 2011 at 8:47 pm [Reply]
@CanuckDownSouth (#72):
Since when has any MW medical professional done any thing that we would recognize as “professional”? Washing hands? Note this hospital. Liza would have been suspended for neglect at the beginning of this arc. (Actually when have any professionals in the comics acted as we would expect a RL professional to be?)
Whoa, Doonesbury does a shout-out to FOOB. Widow D., meet Farley.
ElkMeadowMay 28th, 2011 at 8:50 pm [Reply]
@John C Fremont (#79):
Retail is at the Seattle PI
[Old Man] MuffarooMay 28th, 2011 at 8:55 pm [Reply]
@Sequitur (#99): Fred Basset. Pecker inspector.
More of a Head Cheerleader.
May 28th, 2011 at 8:58 pm [Reply]
Fred Basset— How did they get that strip past the editors? It must have been presented as a tribute to Woody Woodpecker.
ElkMeadowMay 28th, 2011 at 8:59 pm [Reply]
Over at Curtis, we are reminded of why Barry is not in day care–he’d go up and smack some innocent kid, and his mom would demand that the other kid apologize for being in his way and do whatever Barry says.
John MichaelsonMay 28th, 2011 at 9:26 pm [Reply]
The Lockhorns look so despondent at the fall of morality in society, but was it not recently that Leroy was shopping out hairpieces named “Dude” and “Bro”? And the look of heartbreak on Ziggy’s face as the parrot drives home the fact that he is anything but a hotshot comic is food for the soul.
CharlyMay 28th, 2011 at 9:54 pm [Reply]
Dr. Drew is a dead ringer for Nicholas Cage in panel 2, and displays all his emotive power and rhetorical prowess.
Artist formerly known as BenMay 28th, 2011 at 9:56 pm [Reply]
@Alfred E. Neuman (#104): I think “pecker” as a phallonym is pretty much an Americanism, so it might not have raised any flags with the British editors. Over here, who knows if anyone had any second (or first) thoughts?
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMay 28th, 2011 at 10:14 pm [Reply]
@Artist formerly known as Ben (#108): it was, however, a nifty movie starring Edward Furlong and Christina Ricci.
Artist formerly known as BenMay 28th, 2011 at 10:28 pm [Reply]
@queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii Commando (#109): Ah yes, directed by Josh’s Charm City neighbor John Waters.
GrafSpeeMay 28th, 2011 at 11:10 pm [Reply]
I look at Comic Kingdom strips at multiple sites and I get the multiple-date button on all of them. You don’t mention which browser you’re using but it sounds like you’re using Firefox with NoScript and you don’t have the required accesses set on.
One way to get around figuring this out is to bring up the comic in a separate window (move the mouse over the comic and use the right mouse menu and select Open Link in New Window). Once the comic shows up in the new window, just change the date of the comic to the new date you’re looking for and hit enter. The comic you want should then show up.
GrafSpeeMay 28th, 2011 at 11:12 pm [Reply]
My previous comment was supposed to be a reply to #70 Thursday Next.
Rocky StoneaxeMay 28th, 2011 at 11:22 pm [Reply]
@Artist formerly known as Ben (#108):
The Brits certainly have a way of making everything sound dirty:
http://reversepilgrims.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/vegetarian-toad-in-the-hole2.jpg
(it’s not Spotted Dick, but still…)
Just some guyMay 28th, 2011 at 11:43 pm [Reply]
Aha, so the Lockhorns are Pluggers!
I’m just trying to figure out what kind of anthropomorphic animals they are.
May 28th, 2011 at 11:53 pm [Reply]
@Artist formerly known as Ben (#108) said: “I think “pecker” as a phallonym is pretty much an Americanism, so it might not have raised any flags with the British editors.”
You’re right. A Google search revealed that in British slang, “pecker” means “spirits”, “courage”, or “pluck”. I guess Fred Basset is an empathetic animal, and didn’t want to say “pluck” to a bird.
BTW, “phallonym” is a fine word for penis slang. And it also describes what Liza is doing to Drew in MW: She’s phallonym everywhere.
Comcis FanMay 28th, 2011 at 11:56 pm [Reply]
I’d like to see Leroy Lockhorn burst into “Pants on the Ground.”
Bill ThompsonMay 29th, 2011 at 12:20 am [Reply]
The Amusing Spiderman: Of course Spiderchump feels like he failed. He always fails. He’s collected the entire set of fail. Next up: Spidey tries to persuade Morbius not to kill himself by watching the sunrise. In a way he’ll succeed. To escape the gabfest sooner, Morbius will drive a stake through his own heart.
FC: I don’t need a caption to tell me that this is a PSA for ZPG. But that’s true of almost every FC.
Crock: Grossie could give the Keanes and the Mitchells parenting lessons. And the Winslows, considering that her kid has a less obnoxious pet than Marmaduke.
bats :[May 29th, 2011 at 12:48 am [Reply]
I’m just imagining Big Daddy Bil and Thel softly talking pig-Latin to one another, confirming that they have the passports, plane tickets and big wads o’ cash tucked away. Goodbye, Sky Harbor — hello, Geneva!
bats :[May 29th, 2011 at 12:51 am [Reply]
Maaaaaaaaaaaark…not rip tides AGAIN! Can’t we talk about jellyfish or hypodermic needles or some other beachside danger?
bats :[May 29th, 2011 at 12:55 am [Reply]
OTOH, Mark is repeating the dangers of rip tides for our benefit…and in that last panel, it looks like the tide is in for a serious punchin’! Go, Mark!
Maggie the CatMay 29th, 2011 at 1:02 am [Reply]
Sunday’s A3G- Yeah, Tommie and Iris are bonded by their horrible helmet heads-in-common.
Sunday’s MW- Did somebody say “outside help”???? Mary will be knocking on the door in mere moments.
Maggie the CatMay 29th, 2011 at 1:03 am [Reply]
Thank heavens for Mark Trail! Now I know rip currents are a deadly bitch to fuck with.
MarsMay 29th, 2011 at 1:32 am [Reply]
@Stroker Ace (#93): How is forty years between failed rescues consistent? And it’s not even comparable. Gwen died because the recoil snapped her neck (oddly, this is the only time that’s ever happened and Spidey has saved hundreds of people since the same way. Guess he learned something).
DaveyKMay 29th, 2011 at 1:34 am [Reply]
MJ’s look of mock amazement in panel 3 just about sums up my feelings.
Spider-man spent most of the encounter unconscious, waking up to find that the situation had largely resolved itself without his intervention.
He then bungles tying up the one loose thread left to him because his equipment is malfunctioning as a result of the fact that he spends 22 hours a day watching TV when he should be maintaining his web shooters.
I’m shocked, shocked I tell you.
bunivasalMay 29th, 2011 at 1:40 am [Reply]
The Lockhorns generally uses scale to suggest attractiveness, whereby more sexually appealing people are represented by being head and shoulders taller than the hideously crumpled, hateful couple themselves. Generally this translates into bobblehead bimbo giantesses, but I think this is the first time we’ve ever seen a man represented under the convention.
So, are we meant to understand that tall people are those that are objectively attractive, or does it only apply to people Leroy finds attractive? If so, I think I remembering unseeable unmentionables might explain the look of suicidal depression on his face.
PoteetMay 29th, 2011 at 2:20 am [Reply]
5/29 A3G — Just follow the panel-by-panel changes in that orangey THING on Iris’s head and then tell me it’s not some kind of hideous alien life form. Go on, I dare you.
Alfred E. NeumanMay 29th, 2011 at 2:23 am [Reply]
@Bill Thompson (#117) said: “Next up: Spidey tries to persuade Morbius not to kill himself by watching the sunrise. In a way he’ll succeed. To escape the gabfest sooner, Morbius will drive a stake through his own heart.”
As I recall, Morbius is just a partial vampire. If he watched the sunrise, he likely would suffer only some badly singed hair. So a stake though the heart it is!
Not Greg EvansMay 29th, 2011 at 3:44 am [Reply]
The Sunday (link only good Sunday 5/29) and Wednesday Rex Morgan MD strips were apparently guest drawn by Yue Minjun
Thanos6May 29th, 2011 at 4:03 am [Reply]
@Alfred E. Neuman (#127) Morbius isn’t a mystical vampire; he turned “vampire-esque” as a result of an experiment going wrong. Martine, though, is pure magical, children-of-the-night kind of vampire. The sun does weaken Morbius, but can’t kill him.
AcmeMay 29th, 2011 at 4:37 am [Reply]
@Poteet (#126): Everything in A3G is a hideous alien life form. It’s the only logical explanation.
The ZZZ-ing Spiderman is so inept that villains will throw themselves from the roof just to get the plot resolved.
Bill ThompsonMay 29th, 2011 at 5:01 am [Reply]
@Thanos6 (#129): It’s hard to tell what’s going on with the vampires in the Spiderverse. True or human? Live or undead? Able to fly or not? Like Martine, the writers keep straddling the fence.
Jocelyn KnockersburyMay 29th, 2011 at 5:30 am [Reply]
It’s true, the little tiny barely-discernible corpse of an undead vampire-like being in the dumpster under Morbius is the best thing to happen in Spider-Man in years.
gleebMay 29th, 2011 at 8:02 am [Reply]
Zig: That guy’s wearing pants, so I think it’s like one of those real estate things where you make improvements to an abandoned property and it becomes yours.
Cul: Satan wears a necktie with a short-sleeved shirt. I like it.
Sequitur: You should do your wanking in private, Wiley.
Slylock: The stepladder, sure, but probably also because it wasn’t frog pie, which is the only kind Stanley likes.
‘bean: No way Cheatin’ Coach Bushka is allowed to commit suicide without permission.
’shaft: In the comparatively light-hearted Crankshaft, our protagonist goes to the cemetery and rubs it in that he’s still alive, while one-time contemporaries aren’t.
wossnameMay 29th, 2011 at 8:19 am [Reply]
MT – After all these years, now we know what happened to Rusty’s face. He got caught in a rip current.
JP – Hey, Sam-in-the-penultimate-panel – Alan has to get word to you about what? I think you’ll know it if she jumps.
Phantom – Ah, I see what the-ghost-who-delegates is planning – let Chatu and Nomad duke it out while he sits back and watches. A strategy worthy of Peter Parker.
FC – This is much better than your average FC, and I think it’s because of the lack of an unnecessary cutesy caption.
RMMD – Crap! I was so hoping she was going to say “Umm, there’s been some mistake – the numbers don’t match.” Crap.
Sly – Because Shady Shrew is always guilty (except when Reeky Rat is). But my question is: What kind of a pie would Betsy Beaver make? Maple? Oak?
Doones – Well played, sir.
OKStanMay 29th, 2011 at 8:34 am [Reply]
S-M: “I only had time to save the easily defeatable, non-threatening member of my incompetent Rogue’s Gallery of villians, and not the actual…you know…REAL blood-thirsty vampire!”
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMay 29th, 2011 at 8:50 am [Reply]
FT: I really don’t want to conflate Padma and Paige in my mental space, thankyouverymuch. Other than that, nice strip.
HotC: a bit of self-referential.
IP: good lord, that’s a conglomeration of stuff! Sadly, Cap’n couldn’t use a GL ring worth beans, he has the Will of a mayfly. (although, come to think of it, being too stupid to know fear worked for Gnort. . . . )
Lio: yay!
Luann: right foreground, panel 2, sandal or sextoy?
NAoQV: a lot of youngsters are going “huh? I don’ get it.” but I’m LMAO.
NS: ok, so we have Pastis, Frank Cho, and who else depicted here?
OtH: I see why he’s so popular at parties. . . . [*]
PBS: I’d buy that book.
rMC: happens that way to a lot of us, Norm.
Bizarro: I would totally shop there if this were true!
Blondie: I was about two strips further on when the subtext hit me. Like a ton of bricks.
MT: hey, didn’t we get a bikini-babe last time we learned about rip currents?!?
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMay 29th, 2011 at 8:55 am [Reply]
another belated thought. Between Blondie and The Ghost-who-has-buff-enemies, there’s more beefcake than usual on the funny pages. Hopefully the ladies will enjoy the bounty.
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMay 29th, 2011 at 9:17 am [Reply]
Another belated thought: as many artists mentioned the Reubans as they did Memorial Day. Which is pretty freakin’ sad. (Crank (credit due) and Doons, and I don’t think we can count Lio. Were there any others that showed up outside of my usual strips?)
bourbon babe, unbuckledMay 29th, 2011 at 9:18 am [Reply]
MT: So next week, do we get to hear about the other “ocean-related problem”? You know, the one in which someone drops a car on you during a rising tide?
MW: It’s no use, Drew: No woman can resist a man who dresses like Mark Trail.
commodorejohnMay 29th, 2011 at 9:22 am [Reply]
A3G – “Don’t worry, Tommie. You and I have a special bond. You know, since I’m actually you from the future.” [*]
Crankshaft – Ah, Memorial Day in the Funkiverse! Maybe tomorrow everybody can go visit Wally’s grave – you know, since they’re all basically acting like he’s dead anyway.
DT – So, y’know…maybe it would have been better to just talk to the cops? Oh wait, “the cops” in this instance include Dick Tracy. Never mind, this was pretty much inevitable.
FW – oh jesus STOP IT ALREADY
HTH – I was going to get all snarky, but I looked it up and it turns out that shoelaces are a whole hell of a lot older than I would have thought. (Actually, I’m not sure I would have, but I have a knee-jerk reaction to “modern thing in pre-modern setting, ha ha” jokes where I instinctively assume that it’s anachronistic.) Not that I think the people at the Walker-Browne Industrial Complex knew.
JP – You know, I’m no expert, but that doesn’t look like a very long fall – forty, fifty feet? Of course, that kind of a drop isn’t going to be good for you, but if you were looking to off yourself you might want to go for a significantly taller building.
Phantom – I’m sure there’s important plotsy stuff afoot, but for the life of me I can’t tear my attention from the adorable and inexplicable ridiculous little hut-table-thing in Chatu’s enclosure. Just…huh?
PV – What is this, a magical Spy vs. Spy?
RMMD – Berna seems to be collapsing into a singularity of mock-grin.
SM – “Somehow I still feel I failed?” Well no shit, Sherlock.
Ukulele IkeMay 29th, 2011 at 9:36 am [Reply]
@commodorejohn (#140): The Wambesi took pity on Chatu, and decided he could keep a couple of hamsters for company.
9 Chickweed and Get Fuzzy both amused me today.
Dr. DuckMay 29th, 2011 at 7:25 pm [Reply]
Well now, that’s the first Family Circus I’ve gotten a genuine chuckle out of in forever. Dogs are generally renowned for loving their owners unconditionally, yet this loyal old family pet finds itself pretty much forced to finally give up on Billy as a totally hopeless little piece of shit, and is thinking about looking for work elsewhere.
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