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Mark Trail, 5/29/11
Mark Trail is always willing to take time off from his busy bad-guy punching schedule to teach you about the ocean, and all the ways it can kill you. Riptides may not be as sexy as tsunami or terrifying gangs of flying squid, but you are more likely to encounter them on your Memorial Day beach weekend. Plus, demonstrating how you can survive a riptide gives Mark the excuse he needs to strip off his shirt and display some sexy shoulder for your ogling pleasure. Rowr!
Family Circus, 5/29/11
While semi-naked Mark Trail is probably only of prurient interest to those of you who are into dudes, I think all of us can enjoy this Family Circus, in which the Keane Kids weep inconsolably while their parents ignore them.
This entry was posted on Sunday, May 29, 2011 at 09:22 am and is filed under Family Circus, Mark Trail. | 82 responses to “” commodorejohnMay 29th, 2011 at 9:23 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.
EllieMay 29th, 2011 at 9:39 am [Reply]
Remember, don’t try to help someone if you suspect they may be drowning. If you have something that may float, you can try hucking it at them but otherwise, just yell for the lifeguard, cuz really it’s not your problem.
BryanMay 29th, 2011 at 9:42 am [Reply]
Thel is looking fine today.
HankMay 29th, 2011 at 9:44 am [Reply]
RE: Spider-man. Peter doesn’t realize that falls don’t kill vampires because, for all the TV he watches, he skips scary movies. They give him bad dreams and interfere with his all important daytime naps.
RE: FW . Two women are mourning the loss of a relationship with creepy, unattractive, and self-centered Les and men are hard to figure out?
[Old Man] MuffarooMay 29th, 2011 at 9:53 am [Reply]
Rx – “The numbers match, Ms. Holt … congratulations!” “Great! Now what happens?”
“All your friends and neighbors throw rocks at you until you’re dead, and we’ll have good crops for another season, same as always. Please come with me!”
AD – Did you know that there’s a collection of religious BC strips out now? It’s called I Did It HIS Way. I saw it at the creators.com BC page. I pass it along without editorializing, because there are times when snark just doesn’t do it.
[Old Man] MuffarooMay 29th, 2011 at 9:54 am [Reply]
Garfield – A steak place called “The Hungry Heifer.” Was “The Mad Cow” already taken?
(For a while, the Steak & Ale nearest us in Virginia had to be called “The Jolly Ox” because blue laws forbade naming an establishment for an alcoholic beverage. True story! Also Bruce Hornsby used to play there, but it was before my time.)
Dick – Still admiring the great artwork here. I saw the other day that Staton has illustrated a comic version of Ayn Rand’s most concentratedly boring fictional tract, Anthem. For money, I hope.
RustyMay 29th, 2011 at 10:00 am [Reply]
FC: The parents have just informed the kids that they are leaving in the Rapture, dooming the children to a fiery hell for a few months.
LorneMay 29th, 2011 at 10:10 am [Reply]
Isn’t today’s Family Circus a scene from “The King’s Speech”?
The parents actually look a lot like Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter, especially the detached haughty expression in Mom’s reflection.
May 29th, 2011 at 10:16 am [Reply]
When tears prove ineffective, the Keane children moved on to using other bodily fluids to ruin their parents evening out. Of course the local dry cleaner gave them their usual 10% cut of the action.
SamECircleMay 29th, 2011 at 10:21 am [Reply]
The family circus is a metaphor for how all of us are crying on the inside, and only childre…
You know what? No. No, it’s probably just a malapropism.
May 29th, 2011 at 10:21 am [Reply]
@ElkMeadow (#y102): Yeah, that’s where I read Retail. Back at the previous thread I had started a rather long-winded explanation of what I meant to say involving much self deprecating “humor” and bashing of that popular rock & roll combo Kansas, along with references to lavender camel toe pants and Crankshaft just to keep it topical (separate references, rest assured) but the long and short of it is that I’m not always very good at using the English language to make myself understood by other human beings. And since English is my only language and human is my only being, I’m kind of screwed. But hey, at least I’m not dead yet, which is more than Generalissimo Francisco Franco can say. So screw you, Franco! USA! USA!
And even though the context no longer exists, I’m still including this Steve Goodman link because I really like Steve Goodman. Miss ya, buddy!
SFx – Why would Betsy Beaver live in a house with windows so high that she can’t see out of them? And why is Stanley Stork, the only one here tall enough to look through that window, just hanging around outside Betsy’s house leaning against his car? Could he have been trying to sneak a peak at that sweet, sweet beaver? Also, that pelican in the “How To Draw” panel looks disturbingly like Glen Quagmire. Giggity, giggity, gone!
SamECircleMay 29th, 2011 at 10:23 am [Reply]
Also, what is that near yellow-shirt-child’s mouth? If it’s tears, how did they get there? If it’s something else, well…
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMay 29th, 2011 at 10:23 am [Reply]
no comment, but here’s the real story. (HEE!)
for Sequitur.
this does sum up the respective fandoms.
meanwhile, in downtown Westview.
Hello Kitty win. (one for the ladys and Dingos.)
EPIC ISOPOD WIN!!!
more cephalopod inspired win.
for True Fable.
Memorial Day otter stands at attention.
happy pupsqui
incoming hovercorgi.
how to make Fred Basset relevant.
Mark BMay 29th, 2011 at 10:31 am [Reply]
I really love the artwork in the new Dick Tracy, but the Picasso perspective in the way that Hot Rize’s mouth is drawn in today’s strip is a little weird looking in a couple of the panels. I need confirmation that Staton is doing a cubist style. Maybe she should take her clothes off and descend a staircase.
Damn, too late. She’s dead already.
bunivasalMay 29th, 2011 at 10:37 am [Reply]
Driven insane by what feels like decades of melonheaded malapropisms, the Keanes have finally begun preparations for their ritual suicide.
MarieMay 29th, 2011 at 10:39 am [Reply]
MT: Mark is flashing bare shoulder to distract us from that tumor growing out of his chin.
FC: I actually giggled at this one because it’s so true to life. Children will attempt all kinds of irritating behavior in an attempt at emotional manipulation. “Ooooh, noo, you’re going to have fun without meeeee!!!1! Watch while I throw myself on the floor and turn purple!!!!” And here the parents are not falling for it. “Too bad about the histrionics – we’ll be enjoying our adult selves without you – Booyah!”
Mark BMay 29th, 2011 at 10:41 am [Reply]
JP: I have to say that the Edward Scissorhands hairstyle is really working well for Emma, the suicidal CEO. She might bring back the 80s all by herself.
WeaselboyMay 29th, 2011 at 10:46 am [Reply]
How do you know the Keane kids are inconsolable if no one is even trying to console them?
Alan's AddictionMay 29th, 2011 at 10:54 am [Reply]
I’m amazed at the shininess of Mark’s hair in today’s “Mark Trail.” At least, I’m assuming that the weird white lines and marks are supposed to indicate a metallic sheen on Mark’s android head and not some sort of weird hair-related disease. Also, I’m partial to the thought of Mark either being a nature-lovin’ robot or wearing wigs made of metal.
I think the real reason the Keane Kids are krying in today’s “Family Circus” is because Mommy and Daddy still have some nice clothes that they (the kids) haven’t completely ruined, which is embarrassing for them.
May 29th, 2011 at 10:56 am [Reply]
I’m confused by the corsage in Family Circus. Is this some kind of senior Senior Prom. Do adults ever wear corsages when they go out? I’m unfamiliar with this tradition.
TheDivaMay 29th, 2011 at 11:13 am [Reply]
C’shaft: This Memorial Day, Crankshaft spends some time with the only people who can bear to be around him, and vice versa.
FW: What’s to figure out? He’s an asshole. You’ll be happier without him. The supposed punchline is not funny. It’s not that difficult!
MW: So, Drew’s next move will be to tell Liza that she repulses him, and give her the name of a good psychiatrist. This will end well.
SM: “Oh, well that’s okay then. Like I always say: with great power comes great excuses.”
Mark BMay 29th, 2011 at 11:22 am [Reply]
Mary Worth one year from now: Liza seems happy and well adjusted, having gotten over her distractions of a year ago. She now never forgets a patient’s medication, although there are some missing drugs from the hospital. Drew’s unexpected dissappearance is still unexplained.
tb4000May 29th, 2011 at 11:33 am [Reply]
FC: I would go out on a limb and say today’s strip is somewhat satirizing all the past decades of Bill and Thiel catering to their hellspawns, but that would be giving way too much credit.
Shermy GlamrockerMay 29th, 2011 at 11:41 am [Reply]
(Apologies to Pearl Jam)
Daddy didn’t give affection
And the boy was something that Mommy wouldn’t wear
King Billy Keane the Wicked
Ruled his world
Billy Keane spoke in class today
Billy Keane spoke in class today
May 29th, 2011 at 11:46 am [Reply]
Non Sequitur: Looks like someone doesn’t like Award ceremonies anymore than the rest of us peons..
And to continue on the subject:
Dilbert: Is there an award for most idiotic displays of ignorance for PHBs everywhere?
Finally, on a Memorial Day-related note:
Doonesbury: Once again, Zipper shows off his abysmal ignorance whilst thinking he’s making a compliment. Hopefully, someone gives him a sorely needed kick-in-the-rear, but given who’s he related to, I’m not holding my breath.
Have a nice Memorial Day..
Jim NorthMay 29th, 2011 at 11:48 am [Reply]
A3G: Yes, Tommie, all you zombies have a special bond . . .
Crank: “Well, I was doing pretty good until some asshole came along and sat right on top of me.”
FC: I’d say that getting dressed up just so you can ditch the brats for good is kind of an unnecessary step, but these are the melonheads we’re talking about. Celebration is definitely in order!
H&L: I stopped reading halfway through because I’m pretty sure “my sexual partner” is going to be in there somewhere.
JP: The lady didn’t mention word one about her ruthless ambition having anything to do with the fact that she’s a lady, and yet the judge has to go and play the sex card anyway. Because obviously a woman can’t just be ruthlessly ambitious . . . she’s gotta be fighting against the MAN because it’s the only way to be respected! Women are soft, cuddly creatures that would never, ever do anything mean or cutthroat of their own volition! MEN drove her to it!
Fuck you, Ex-Judge Parker. At least she has the decency to say that’s merely how she justified it.
greghousesgfMay 29th, 2011 at 11:52 am [Reply]
maybe they wised up and finally spanked all four of the little bastards?
Lily SincereMay 29th, 2011 at 12:02 pm [Reply]
@Bryan (#3):
Damn straight! I looked up the Keanes on Wikipedia, Real Life Thel has her own entry…she was Australian, and went to the mat with King Features to help Bil and Jeffy regain the copyrights to the strip.
Ever since I read that, I’ve tried to imagine what little dialogue Cartoon Thel has in an Australian accent…it really doesn’t help. Also, I now kind of imagine her as having a little Margo in her. Maybe the next fundraiser should have “What Would Thel Do?” bracelets. Deprive Jeffy of his pants, and then play hardball with King Features, that’s what!
Esther BlodgettMay 29th, 2011 at 12:03 pm [Reply]
Sunday Comics Awards:
Prince Valiant: Best Use of Rats (Non-Granary Division)
Non-Sequitur: Most Realistic Rendering of Characters from Life (I Assume)
Family Circus: Most Glamorous Depiction of Child Neglect
Mark Trail: Best Depiction of a Silhouetted Crab Pincer in a Title Panel (uncontested category)
FW: Best Use of Plot, Character, Dialogue, and Artwork to Simulate Being Tortured with a Red-Hot Poker in Hell for All Eternity as Punishment for Unimaginably Horrendous Sins
HaroldMay 29th, 2011 at 12:11 pm [Reply]
Looks like the Keanes are following through on their threat of what they would do if the little melonheads didn’t clean up Barfy’s messes. Most elective dog euthanizations aren’t really formal ceremonies, but they wanted to make this a memorable occasion.
Black DrazonMay 29th, 2011 at 12:15 pm [Reply]
How interesting! I just killed a character in a story with a rip tide! If only, I say as the first human being to do so, [i]Mark Trail[/i] had been there! *sniff* You tell the world, Mark!
CalicoMay 29th, 2011 at 12:36 pm [Reply]
Looks like another night of Barfy babysitting, while Mommy and Daddy Keane go to crash a White House event.
Don’t worry, PJ, the dog food dish is at floor level, so you won’t starve.
May 29th, 2011 at 12:39 pm [Reply]
That’s not Mark Trail swimming. That person’s hair has gotten wet and changed its shape. Thus, it cannot be Mark Trail.
CalicoMay 29th, 2011 at 12:41 pm [Reply]
@Calico (#32):
And yes, I just laughed out loud looking at the smarmy crying brood again.
Does that make me totally evil?
I think PJ upset him self so much he actually puked (and yes, I’ve seen kids do that, and it’s gross).
May 29th, 2011 at 1:05 pm [Reply]
I’m into dudes, but what does that have to do with Mark Trail?
HankMay 29th, 2011 at 1:11 pm [Reply]
@Tagged (#25): Once again, Zipper shows off his abysmal ignorance whilst thinking he’s making a compliment. Hopefully, someone gives him a sorely needed kick-in-the-rear, but given who’s he related to, I’m not holding my breath.
You do realize the whole point of the character is to be the comic relief stupid guy, don’t you?
Wishing Zipper and Zonker would mature is a little like wishing the same of Bart and Homer Simpson.
PoteetMay 29th, 2011 at 1:13 pm [Reply]
S-M — One of the things I like about this strip is that it always gives us such useful life lessons. I now know, for example, that if I ever fall in love with an ugly partial vampire, the thing NOT to do, in my efforts to help him, is fly off to some weird country that is supposedly Transylvania but is vegetated like Mexico and seek out the chief vampire, all by myself with no weapons or strategy, so he can regard me as a handy delivered meal and bite me and turn me into a total vampire, because then my fiance won’t be able to relate to my strong new desire to have him join me in total vampirehood and I’ll probably fall off a building and inexplicably die. Being able to suddenly and magically change my outfit into that of a vampiric slut just wouldn’t be worth it.
TaggedMay 29th, 2011 at 1:22 pm [Reply]
@Hank (#36): But it’s become more annoying every time they make an appearance. At least Duke is involved in a hilarious storyline. But then, when has he not been?
PoteetMay 29th, 2011 at 2:12 pm [Reply]
FC — Where are they going, Buckingham Palace?
KadzarMay 29th, 2011 at 2:20 pm [Reply]
Slylock Fox- Betsy Beaver looks not so much upset as disappointed in Shady. It’s like she’s thinking, “Really Shady? You’re really trying to frame someone for stealing a pie?”
dull_old_manMay 29th, 2011 at 2:29 pm [Reply]
@commodorejohn (#1):
The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health keeps a list of fatal falls at work–there are fatal falls from a flat roof of a one-story building, which is 8 feet. Heck, if you crack your head on pavement, you can slip and fall and die. Don’t underestimate the danger in a 40 or 50 foot drop. If a jumper plants his/her face on the street from that height, he/she will die.
Uncle LumpyMay 29th, 2011 at 2:36 pm [Reply]
@Poteet (#37):
Being able to suddenly and magically change my outfit into that of a vampiric slut just wouldn’t be worth it.
Well not to you, maybe.
commodorejohnMay 29th, 2011 at 2:43 pm [Reply]
@dull_old_man (#41): Oh, certainly – you can die falling from standing height. It’s just that the criteria are a lot more specific. I’m just saying, if she was really all that serious about doing herself in, she might want to pick a height from which she was significantly more likely to wind up dead than lying embarrassed in traction.
cjMay 29th, 2011 at 3:12 pm [Reply]
Trail:
Oh, I see: Mark isn’t actually an asexual autistic superhero, he just plays one on the comics page.
May 29th, 2011 at 3:26 pm [Reply]
MT: In an effort to out-futile King Canute, Trail confronts a riptide and tries to punch it out. Canute wanted to show his lackeys that his royal authority had limits, but Trail only proves that stupidity has no limits.
Feeble Failey: Much is now explained: The dog not only wears a two-piece uniform, but has opposable thumbs and normally walks upright. Nobody at Camp Swampy mentions this due to security restrictions, although their only duty is to keep the Beast in custody and unable to reproduce. The animal is clearly the result of some misbegotten experiment, but unlike Marmaduke it is safely under military control.
The Amusing Spiderman: “The Mourning Sun.” Who can blame it? If Spiderman was the first thing you saw in the morning, you’d mourn too.
Joe BlevinsMay 29th, 2011 at 3:44 pm [Reply]
Today’s very violent Zomby/Ziggy confrontation.
PsychidMay 29th, 2011 at 3:44 pm [Reply]
Dad: The children are starving, they’re dehydrating, and they absolutely feel we have absolutely no affection for them. Ready for our date, honey?
Mom: I most certainly am, dear!
bats :[May 29th, 2011 at 4:11 pm [Reply]
So many people to thank for the inspiration… Either that, or we’re just parts of a single, sick soul.
Lily SincereMay 29th, 2011 at 4:18 pm [Reply]
@Joe Blevins (#46):
Cool! I like the implication that Ziggy exists in some kind of no man’s land between living and undead, especially since zombies already are in a no man’s land between dead and undead. There is no state of being that will accept Ziggy.
May 29th, 2011 at 4:39 pm [Reply]
And just in case Mark’s warnings this year weren’t strongly-worded enough…
popamaticMay 29th, 2011 at 5:16 pm [Reply]
MW: Orange! We want still more orange. Oh yeah, good plan to talk to Liza yet again, just what you should do to someone you are trying to not see anymore. Perhaps you should just leave her alone for a while?
RMMD: And Berna next gets ushered into a room with the seven other lucky people with winning lottery tickets. Time to split the jackpot eight ways! That’s $600,000 for you, pre-tax, and if you take the lump sum intstead of annuity, it will be down to $200,000. Yay!
DairyStateDadMay 29th, 2011 at 5:40 pm [Reply]
@[Old Man] Muffaroo (#6): Holy Cow (did I really just say that?) — I recall eating at the Jolly Ox when I was in my early teens, visiting my aunt in Alexandria! It was the first time I ever encountered a salad bar…
DairyStateDadMay 29th, 2011 at 5:42 pm [Reply]
All snarking aside, I really don’t get the Family Circus. I’m absolutely convinced it was erroneously distributed without a caption or something.
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMay 29th, 2011 at 5:49 pm [Reply]
well, that was a doozy of a “squall line” blowing through.
sadly, it didn’t take down the peach tree in the back yard. *crosses fingers for the next storm*
Fashion PoliceMay 29th, 2011 at 5:58 pm [Reply]
It may be Memorial Day but we have our doubts about Mrs. Keane’s white shoes with the peach dress. We are, however impressed that Mr. Keane’s appears to tie his own bow tie, and stunned by the children’s daring array of pastel pajamas.
AustriaMay 29th, 2011 at 6:06 pm [Reply]
A3G: I haven’t known for a week what’s been going on in this strip
BB&H&L: Oh boy, a day of characters I hate!! Maybe if they both ran away, met up and made their own strip, we’d finally have something worse than Crock to snark on.
FW: Anyone else ever notice that as soon as fictional people have sex, everything starts going downhill? Heck, they could make an abstinence campaign out of that. “Don’t have sex, because once you do, you’ll realize you’ve been dating a Specialest Snowflake who thinks the world revolves around them, and everything will be ruined forever.”
GF: Holy schmoly, is this a rape joke?
Luann: I know this is supposed to be funny, but geez, I really need to do this.
PBS: WALUIGI LIKES THIS.
CloudbusterMay 29th, 2011 at 6:14 pm [Reply]
MW: What kind of awful relationship do Drew and Jeff have that Drew can’t just say, “No, Dad, I’m not talking about a patient, I’m talking about this psycho stalker nurse who refuses to acknowledge that I dumped her.”
Rocky StoneaxeMay 29th, 2011 at 6:20 pm [Reply]
@[Old Man] Muffaroo (#6):
Garfield – A steak place called “The Hungry Heifer.” Was “The Mad Cow” already taken?
There’s a restaurant called “The Rib Crib” in various locations around the country, including Lakeland, Florida:
http://www.ribcrib.com/index.php
@greghousesgf (#27):
maybe they wised up and finally spanked all four of the little bastards?
“Corporal Punishment Meets the Rear Admiral”… I like it!
SequiturMay 29th, 2011 at 6:33 pm [Reply]
MT: I’m waiting for the spin off. RIP TIDE OF THE SURFER PATROL!
It could happen.
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMay 29th, 2011 at 7:02 pm [Reply]
@Sequitur (#59): if it features lady squid and waitresses I’m game.
SequiturMay 29th, 2011 at 7:13 pm [Reply]
@queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii Commando (#60): Hey, why not. I’m easy.
LiamMay 29th, 2011 at 7:15 pm [Reply]
MW-I love the pause between “to” and “this” in the fourth panel it’s almost like Drew doesn’t even consider Liza a person at this point. If that is the case then telling her off will be so much easier since he shouldn’t consider her feelings.
ElkMeadowMay 29th, 2011 at 7:22 pm [Reply]
@Uncle Lumpy (#42):
I remember when I used to look like a vampire slut, except for the teeth. Didn’t have the clothes or the books though.
Keep physically threatening your witch, Draco, and Mudhen is going to find a replacement for you.
Berna, if there was anyone in comicdom on whom an anvil is about to fall, that person is you. You didn’t learn from your parents the importance of self-education and being responsible for yourself, and now you’re going to find yourself in the same trap; Rex and June will spend the rest of your life shrugging whenever your name comes up.
Maybe Jeff could pass Liza off on the psychiatrist, whatizname, Lonnie’s son. That would really drive Jenna to drink, and Drew could save her life when she has a “walking while intoxicated” accident.
I do appreciate Crankshaft, for having a true Memorial Day strip.
Happy Memorial Day, people. And for the B.D.s and Randy Newman’s family and those of you who know who you are and what you gave and lost, thank you. And Chris in Iraq, and Benjamin, in Afghanistan, I hope all the best for you. Be safe, be well.
May 29th, 2011 at 7:24 pm [Reply]
Boots. I didn’t have the vampire slut boots; I had plenty of vampire books.
Gah, no wonder I never make the float, let alone COTW.
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMay 29th, 2011 at 7:28 pm [Reply]
ok, the following is comics related, tangentially, if you follow the logic. (sorta, kinda, maybe?)
Today’s USAWeekend insert (which comes with many a Sunday paper and also used to feature Howard Huge as a regular feature) has a cover feature and interview with Brad Pitt, where he’s musing quite a bit about his family.
which leads to this.
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMay 29th, 2011 at 7:29 pm [Reply]
@Sequitur (#61): and I’m cheap. . . .
ElkMeadowMay 29th, 2011 at 7:32 pm [Reply]
Sunday’s Cul de Sac has a cameo appearance of Les Moore, playing the devil.
http://news.yahoo.com/comics/cul-de-sac;_ylt=AlcMF55ycKZfxqsPX5nbiMTH.sgF;_ylu=X3oDMTE3cHR0cWZjBHBvcwMzMARzZWMDeW5fYWxwaGFfbGlzdARzbGsDY3VsLWRlLXNhYw–
LiamMay 29th, 2011 at 7:37 pm [Reply]
FC-Those kids are crying because the parents made it quite clear that they are not coming back. It is nice to see the parents dress up for child abandonment.
SequiturMay 29th, 2011 at 7:38 pm [Reply]
@queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii Commando (#66): The comedy stylings of Cheap and Easy!
agonyMay 29th, 2011 at 7:38 pm [Reply]
NAoQV today led to finding this http://tomheroes.com/Comic%20Ads/hostess%20ads/batgirl.htm Remember the Hostess Fruit Pies comics?
ElkMeadowMay 29th, 2011 at 7:38 pm [Reply]
@ElkMeadow (#67):
Meanwhile, Elk Lake and the rest of the Cascades Highway Lakes are still frozen, and I’m on a borrowed notebook that’s not very responsive.
ElkMeadowMay 29th, 2011 at 7:40 pm [Reply]
@ElkMeadow (#71):
Crap. I was trying to link to this Stone Souphttp://news.yahoo.com/comics/stone-soup
I think Mudhen is out to get me. Rats.
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMay 29th, 2011 at 7:49 pm [Reply]
@Sequitur (#69): “I’m Cheap, and he’s Easy!”
*in chorus*
“but we’re not Cheap and Easy!”
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMay 29th, 2011 at 7:50 pm [Reply]
(for the record, I’m easy, but I’m not cheap. . . . .)
[Old Man] MuffarooMay 29th, 2011 at 7:57 pm [Reply]
@DairyStateDad (#52): This was in Hampton. I guess the blue laws were statewide. Before my time, as I say. The group we ate with would have been having their Friday thing there when he was playing, and probably were wishing he’d turn his volume down so they could hear each other better.
bourbon babe, unbuckledMay 29th, 2011 at 8:14 pm [Reply]
@Rusty (#7): Are you saying that those two people who spawned the melonheads would be raptured? Is this some kind of bizarro-world rapture, in which only the truly irritating get sucked up, and the rest of us can enjoy the world without them? So the source of all melonheads is gone (and the spawn can wither away without them), along with Donna Lewis, and who else? Because that’s a rapture I could get behind.
@bats :[ (#50): One can’t have too many warnings about that sort of thing, I think. Especially if one has the IQ of a Rusty.
CalicoMay 29th, 2011 at 8:18 pm [Reply]
@bats :[ (#50):
Ha, be careful all you beachgoers!
May 29th, 2011 at 8:20 pm [Reply]
This is the Family Circus in it’s purest form. It’s not pretending there’s some kind of joke about how kids are just the darnedest. It’s just the Keane Kids suffering for reasons that are at best implied.
CalicoMay 29th, 2011 at 8:28 pm [Reply]
@Poteet (#39):
Four weeks too late! And they got the wrong address for the Wedding!
May 29th, 2011 at 9:03 pm [Reply]
How I love Mark Trail’s Sunday nature safety lectures. “Do you like the great outdoors? IT’S A DEADLY KILLER!”
PoteetMay 29th, 2011 at 9:18 pm [Reply]
@Uncle Lumpy (#42): You are giving me an entire new perspective on Mister Green Jeans:-).
Peanut GalleryMay 29th, 2011 at 9:41 pm [Reply]
MT – “There are several ocean-related problems that I talk about each year hoping that what you learn may help save your life. And each year, some of you boneheads drown anyway! Why do I bother?”
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Thursday, May 5, 2011
Sunday horror shows
Crock, 5/2/11
Ha ha, someone thought that underage scat porn used as an instrument of torture was a good theme for a comic strip! Sure, why not?
Crankshaft, 5/2/11
It sure makes Crankshaft’s half-assed attempts to sexually harass hapless customer service personnel seem positively quaint by comparison.
Spider-Man, 5/2/11
This whole “human vampire” business has worked itself out in even sillier fashion than I could have imagined, with Dr. Morbius’s fiancee accidentally becoming a real vampire in order to understand her beloved’s fake vampirism. The only logical hole out of many I’ll point out here: wouldn’t Dr. Morbius, wracked with guilt over his faux-vampirism, have noticed his fiancee’s vampiric tendencies? “Say, sweetie, would you like to go out for dinner? I’ve got 6 o’clock reservations!” “Let’s make it 9, so that I don’t have to leave the apartment when the sun’s still up. Also, they serve blood there, right? You know I subsist entirely on human blood now.”
Also, regarding the last panel’s NEXT box, it probably wouldn’t be so much a race against time if Peter had woken up when MJ first got into trouble, several hours ago.
Panel from Hi and Lois, 5/2/11
Was baby Trixie from Hi and Lois not on your list of characters who filled you with dread? Well, that’s changed forever now, I’ll say.
This entry was posted on Monday, May 2, 2011 at 12:16 am and is filed under Crankshaft, Crock, Hi and Lois, Spider-Man. | 59 responses to “” ApemanMay 2nd, 2011 at 12:30 am [Reply]
How did the guy who draws Crock ever get that job? I drew better comics for my high school newspaper and my art consisted of “ants” which were three black circles drawn on top of each other with lines on top for the antennae, two in the middle circle for arms and two on the bottom for legs. And I couldn’t even draw faces inside the circles. And yet what I drew is still infinitely better than anything I’ve ever seen in Crock!
ElkMeadowMay 2nd, 2011 at 12:32 am [Reply]
Whoa, Liza is right in Dr. Drew’s space. What meds have she been taking from the supply room?
Dexter is still up in the second floor. I think strip wise maybe 15 hours have gone by, somehow. Here, in our world, I think it’s been three months.
Oh, wow, don’t jump! Your weapons took out the big O.b.L.!
PoteetMay 2nd, 2011 at 12:33 am [Reply]
I’m glad I’m not a superhero, because there’s no way I could get any sleep while encased in spandex.
AviatrixMay 2nd, 2011 at 12:34 am [Reply]
You think YOU were confused by FW. The way I saw it, Montoni went downstairs and opened the door to a closet in which an amorphous creature holding an arrow was hanging from a closet rail, and also a small copy of the creature was lunging out, surrounded by light. It makes a lot more sense for it to be a video game.
ApemanMay 2nd, 2011 at 12:38 am [Reply]
High and Lowest: It looks like Trixie is ready to move on from the bottle to BRAINSSSSSS! Nice, chewy BRAINSSSSSS!
AviatrixMay 2nd, 2011 at 12:42 am [Reply]
@SamECircle (Y12): We laugh sometimes as a defence against confusion.
Artist formerly known as BenMay 2nd, 2011 at 12:44 am [Reply]
Tawdry? Underwear? That’s tango and uniform! You’re a disgrace to whatever underwear uniform you used to wear, Crankshaft. Now drop and give me twenty!
PoteetMay 2nd, 2011 at 12:48 am [Reply]
Even in Bram Stoker’s DRACULA, which portrayed the Count as a very non-hunky fiend, being bitten by a vampire was somewhat erotic. But Martine makes it look about as much fun as getting audited. Eroticism is not allowed in S-M, period.
PoteetMay 2nd, 2011 at 12:50 am [Reply]
@Aviatrix (#4): That’s about the way I saw it, except I thought the creature portrayed on the closet was a hideously-deformed cat. The truth was a relief.
BigTedMay 2nd, 2011 at 12:50 am [Reply]
Apparently the main difference is that “human vampires” look like Lon Chaney, but the real ones just get hotter. No wonder the “crypts of Transylvania” are such a big tourist attraction among juicy Americans that the original vamps still hang out there.
AviatrixMay 2nd, 2011 at 12:50 am [Reply]
@bartcow (Y17): I didn’t read all the comments before posting mine because I thought there was no chance of oversnark for such a nonsensical interpretation. But you saw the same thing, yet managed to make some sense of it. There should be some kind of award for that.
Artist formerly known as BenMay 2nd, 2011 at 12:51 am [Reply]
@Poteet (#8): I’m guessing Dracula finished too soon for her.
AndyLMay 2nd, 2011 at 12:54 am [Reply]
Look how much empty space was left in the signature box on Spiderman. It’s like the artist keeps hoping against hope, that maybe this week, Stan Lee will acknowledge all the peons working under him who actually craft the strip. Nope. Too bad. Try again next Sunday.
BigTedMay 2nd, 2011 at 12:55 am [Reply]
Is Trixie on ecstasy? What a day to be without her pacifier!
This GuyMay 2nd, 2011 at 12:55 am [Reply]
I’m sure I’m not the only one who thought of a great epitaph for a mansion-dwelling terrorist: “Christ, what an asshole.”
AndyLMay 2nd, 2011 at 1:06 am [Reply]
Ah, nothing indicates the great outdoors more than a squirrel in the foreground caught in the act of climbing down from a vertical tree-trunk onto a horizontal branch. … apparently. … because that’s how they always indicate it.
Push TrotMay 2nd, 2011 at 1:10 am [Reply]
It’s early morning here, but before going to work I just want to say congratulations, you got the bastard.
I’ll never forget that fateful day almost ten years ago, and I don’t think anyone in our generation will. Now at least there’s a sense of closure, and although it won’t bring anyone back, it will make it a little less hard to bear for those who still suffer.
Ten years ago I lighted a candle in front of the American embassy. I think I’ll drive by and do the same today.
Comcis FanMay 2nd, 2011 at 1:11 am [Reply]
FW: Come on. Darin is cramping Les’ style? Considering Les’ style consists of old-man polyester jackets, a physique that doesn’t even lift power-walking weights, and tentatively smooching his supposed lady friend, doesn’t seem there’s much of a threat there. On the other hand, maybe the idea is that Darin will serve as yet another romance-dousing reminder of Lisa. That’s probably it.
sakMay 2nd, 2011 at 1:13 am [Reply]
This is the adorable. Peter Parker is wearing spiderman pajamas to bed.
Alan's AddictionMay 2nd, 2011 at 1:21 am [Reply]
I hereby give today’s “Crock” strip the coveted “Best Euphemism of All Time” Award. Specifically, inserting the phrase, “suffering from disease, fatigue, and starvation” for the more commonly used phrase, “Still drunk from the night before.” Also, it’s worth noting that most of us have desperately tried (with varying levels of success) to remove/destroy any embarrassing photos/movies/evidence that we were ever disgusting or immature in our youth. It’s highly disturbing that Crock not only has hung on to his personal, wretched mementos of a (hopefully) bygone era; but that he seems to prize them.
I used to wonder about the comics page’s quaint aversion to all things remotely sexual or scatological. Now, thanks to seeing Crankshaft mention the word “underwear” and the unspeakable Lovecraftian horrors it brought to my mind, I know that the taboo is less about social conformity, and more about protecting the readership from clawing clawing off their own faces in terror.
Today’s “Spider-Man” is a treasure trove of snarky potential. First of all, Mary Jane should be VERY familiar with being drugged and unconscious, or, as Peter refers to it, “the honey moon.” *Rimshot* Also, I’m disappointed that the close-ups of Mrs. Human Vampire are entirely above the neck, because that outfit she’s wearing is easily the smartest and most interesting thing in the entire strip. I’m being serious, that bodice-thingy has a higher IQ than anyone who wanders around Transylvania looking for Dracula just so they can be bitten and turned into a vampire. Finally, I’m pleased to see that Peter Parker sleeps in Spider-Man flannel feety pajamas, just as any respectable man-child would.
I like to think that Trixie is suffering from severe heroin withdrawal and is taking her mind off of her physical cravings by chewing on her play pen.
May 2nd, 2011 at 1:52 am [Reply]
I like how Morbius’s sad face registers the dawning realization that his girlfriend almost certainly banged Dracula.
Fashion PoliceMay 2nd, 2011 at 2:17 am [Reply]
We are not certain where the action in the Sunday Phantom is taking place, but the cigar-smoking gentleman in the the leftmost panel of the second row appears to have wandered in from some American trade association convention. He also appears to have wandered in from 1973. Although given President Luaga’s taste for accessorizing in purple and teal it just may be possible that pink ruffled tuxedo shirts are quite middle-of-the-road in Mawitaan society circles.
dude's gotMay 2nd, 2011 at 3:32 am [Reply]
@Poteet (#3):
Spiderman has the original pair of underoos, doesn’t he?
Bill ThompsonMay 2nd, 2011 at 4:37 am [Reply]
Spiderman is shocked to find that his wife has gone missing? She might be easier to find if they slept in the same bed. Ditch the single bed, Spidey, and stop sleeping in your underwear. For that matter, you’re a freelance photographer, right? Develop a client list that extends beyond J. Jonah Jameson. Maybe some other newspaper would like to scoop him with exclusive pictures of the latest monster to threaten the city. Either that or admit you enjoy being his photobitch.
Bill ThompsonMay 2nd, 2011 at 4:43 am [Reply]
Crankshat’s problem isn’t that he’s confused by the spelled-out military alphabet. It isn’t that he was in the military when it was T was Tare instead of Tango and U was Union instead of Uniform. The real problem is that when he was in the military, he was a centurion and the Roman alphabet didn’t have the letter U. It still trips him up.
KarMannMay 2nd, 2011 at 6:09 am [Reply]
Well, quite the timing for Doonesbury today!
KarMannMay 2nd, 2011 at 6:18 am [Reply]
Looks like Bob Weber Sr. decided to borrow a bit of art from Bob Weber Jr. in today’s Moose & Molly. [*] So, how many symmetries can you find?
FireflyMay 2nd, 2011 at 6:27 am [Reply]
Is it normal for female vampires to wear stripper-worthy outfits?
gleebMay 2nd, 2011 at 6:41 am [Reply]
‘bean: Creepy Les sure is having a hard time juggling so many sexual relationships.
Phantom: Guran takes unexpected pleasure in a woman’s collapse.
Slylock: Sure, it’s an empty suitcase. But that’s just because it’s a prop. These two have to meet here for their trysts because the rest of the prairie dog colony persecute their love. Slylock the Oppressor strikes again.
Rocky StoneaxeMay 2nd, 2011 at 7:00 am [Reply]
@Rocky Stoneaxe (#yy138):
More Weird Sound Effects (Sunday Edition):
reFOOB — BONK!
Non Sequitur — FOOMP
Rose is Rose — CHING CHING… KISS
Baby Blues — SKRRCCH! BAZOING! BONK
May 2nd, 2011 at 7:11 am [Reply]
Happy Monday! Congrats to the CotW, the floaters, and the floatillion! Next week, a revamped Peanuts has Snoopy as the Famous Special Ops Sniper ready to take out Osama bin Ladin.
As promised, bringing up the rear is the Duck Boat with the Evil Empire observation by Shrug, accompanied by ElkMeadow and the Sherlock Holmes and Occam on-target prediction in Curtis.
animusMay 2nd, 2011 at 7:13 am [Reply]
Is it normal for female vampires to wear stripper-worthy outfits?
Yes. I’ve seen it in a lot of films.
Little GuyMay 2nd, 2011 at 7:14 am [Reply]
Actually, this is the dead-on call by ElkMeadow.
SpundeMay 2nd, 2011 at 7:26 am [Reply]
Judge Parker: Even Judge Parker must be stunned at the level of smugness it takes to, while standing on a rooftop preparing to jump, begin your name with “Dr.”
PatrickMay 2nd, 2011 at 7:27 am [Reply]
That’s a heck of a lot of set-up panels in Crankshaft for such a lame joke. Gotta give it to the artist, though. Every angle of Crankshaft’s head has been lovingly rendered.
Peanut GalleryMay 2nd, 2011 at 7:33 am [Reply]
@Artist formerly known as Ben (#7): In that case, he should have said “niner”.
Krazy KatMay 2nd, 2011 at 7:45 am [Reply]
Good thing Peter was wearing his Spiderman PJs!
Peanut GalleryMay 2nd, 2011 at 8:03 am [Reply]
@Little Guy (#31): Expect variations on this gag to be showing up everywhere immediately. But don’t expect comments to appear in the comic strips until a couple of months from now!
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMay 2nd, 2011 at 8:13 am [Reply]
IP: yeah, chimps get like that when they get older.
JS: *obvious “Young and the Restless” comment here.*
Bizarro: NICE!!!
JUMBLE: wouldn’t you like to ride in my beautiful, my beautiful balloon.
Mutts: o dear, another week of Shelter Stories. *puts on heart armor*
PBS: I feel your pain, Pig.
RwO: tiny lettering WIN! (you do realize that is Les and Cayla after the next timejump.)
6Cx: updated pee mail joke, how current.
Zits: mmmmm, snickerdoodles. . . .:-)~~~
SB: *dies laughing*
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMay 2nd, 2011 at 8:21 am [Reply]
@Firefly (#28):
yes.
(nsfw)
KarMannMay 2nd, 2011 at 8:32 am [Reply]
@queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii Commando (#39): Your SB is Speed Bump, not Strange Brew, right? If so, hell yeah, me too. :)
mvgMay 2nd, 2011 at 8:36 am [Reply]
Peanuts: When did Charlie Brown move to Westview?
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMay 2nd, 2011 at 8:46 am [Reply]
epic happy pup.
they see me rollin.
bellehbellehbelleh! (as demonstrated here.)
rhapsosqui in blue.
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMay 2nd, 2011 at 8:47 am [Reply]
@KarMann (#41): yes, Speed Bump it is. :-)
frothyMay 2nd, 2011 at 9:41 am [Reply]
“Ha ha, someone thought that underage scat porn used as an instrument of torture was a good theme for a comic strip! Sure, why not?”
It’s not being used as an instrument of torture at all. It’s being used as a source of entertainment for the men, to boost their morale. Those guys are the soldiers, not the prisoners. Crock’s idea is that the men would like to see these so that they can point and laugh at them, not be tortured by them.
RhekaridMay 2nd, 2011 at 11:52 am [Reply]
So, blankets are Spider-Man’s kryptonite? “Too heavy and warm! Can’t…move! Desire to save lives, fading! Must help MJ….hey, is that a potato chip between the cushions? *crunch*”
ElkMeadowMay 2nd, 2011 at 12:23 pm [Reply]
@Poteet (#y8):
Even in Bram Stoker’s DRACULA…. being bitten by a vampire was somewhat erotic.
Somewhat erotic? SOMEWHAT?! What edition did you read? The Illustrated Children’s Classics?
Poor ThompsonMay 2nd, 2011 at 12:37 pm [Reply]
I’m not sure what to think about the fact that in the Marvel universe having a medical condition automatically leads to one becoming a super hero or villian. I have Tourette’s Syndrome, so I’m trying to come up with a good name for myself in case I ever move there. Unfortunately, “The Tick” is already taken.
That Library NutMay 2nd, 2011 at 1:15 pm [Reply]
Trixie will eventually have that exact same face and say that exact same thing when she is infected with the zombie virus. “Chip certainly tastes…CHEWY!”
Black DrazonMay 2nd, 2011 at 1:19 pm [Reply]
Oh, good. Crock is Marvin in the future, leading the foreign legion to war in the desert without outdated equipment and no food. Everything makes way more sense now, to be honest.
Is Mary Jane in trouble again? After the mainstream SM was made a single man again, did they make sure they only hired people at Marvel that think “marriage” is a synonym for “constantly kidnapped ad nauseum”? Don’t get me wrong, they deserve work too, and couldn’t have found a happier home.
RoktoberMay 2nd, 2011 at 2:22 pm [Reply]
“From you Morbius! I learned about vampirism from watching you!”
Parents who indulge in vamprism have children who indulge in vampirism. Talk to your kids about being an unholy creature of the night before its too late.
Hamburger CheesedoodleMay 2nd, 2011 at 2:23 pm [Reply]
Spider Man: http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/2088/yeahnothanks.jpg
Mysterious shirtless lawyerMay 2nd, 2011 at 2:38 pm [Reply]
“Also, regarding the last panel’s NEXT box, it probably wouldn’t be so much a race against time if Peter had woken up when MJ first got into trouble, several hours ago.”
Yeah, but then we wouldn’t get to see MJ drugged and unconscious, with her skirt half-way up her thighs. For someone who lives in Baltimore, that must be pretty close to heaven.
Victor VonMay 2nd, 2011 at 3:06 pm [Reply]
“I live again… as a vampire… therefore, this sexy Halloween costume was my only choice. Available from Target.com, $49.95.”
calibanMay 2nd, 2011 at 3:16 pm [Reply]
How come I Can’t See You In My Mirror? Great rock ‘n’ roll.
Johnny QMay 2nd, 2011 at 5:59 pm [Reply]
Spiderman waking up late reminds me of the ’50s TV show THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN, where the Man of Steel always arrived to save the day not one second earlier than he had to.
LiamMay 2nd, 2011 at 10:16 pm [Reply]
Hi and Lois-Run, Trixie’s got a taste for human blood.
OwenMay 3rd, 2011 at 6:13 am [Reply]
@#13
I was personally thinking that the Spider-Man credit box was a template designed to include credit for Stan Lee and whichever artist happened to be saddled with the job on any given Sunday – but that the current artist flat out refused to have their name associated with this abomination.
GregMay 3rd, 2011 at 2:44 pm [Reply]
She’s a vampire now, but I’m glad to see she has the good taste to wear a pearl necklace. Very classy.
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Walker-Browne Sunday
Beetle Bailey, 4/10/11
Good lord, can you believe that Beetle Bailey of all strips deployed the hip, cutting-edge slang phrase “bust a move”? Note that the creators put this bit of street lingo into the mouth of the strip’s sole black character, as they obviously felt it would be unrealistic otherwise.
Hagar the Horrible, 4/10/11
Hooray for continuity! This strip references the fact that Hagar, as established by occasional references over the years, is illiterate. It also references the fact that he’s a drunkard who hates and fears his wife.
This entry was posted on Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 09:36 am and is filed under Beetle Bailey, Hagar the Horrible. | 84 responses to “” Mardou FoxApril 10th, 2011 at 9:40 am [Reply]
That puddle that General Halftrack slipped in is nowhere near the punch bowl. Is Les Moore at this dance, too?
Baka GaijinApril 10th, 2011 at 9:45 am [Reply]
@queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii Commando (#Y180) on Luann: The law of conservation of comic suckitude is an empirical law of physics. It states that the total amount of crappiness on a comics page remains constant over time (i.e. is conserved over time). Hence Blondie and Dick Tracy moving into the entertaining category this week means something else has to move into the lousy category or, in the case of Luann, further into the quagmire of yuck, to maintain comic entertainment homeostasis.
Baka GaijinApril 10th, 2011 at 9:54 am [Reply]
@queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii Commando (#Y182): Oh, God, my worst nightmare! In a hospital forecourt being accosted by an EVILSCARYCLOWN where the nurses are standing around doing nothing! Nothing! NOTHING! AND IT’S TOUCHING ME! AAAAHH! The guy in the checked coat ain’t doing me no good, either, unless that toddler’s getting ready make like Marvin.
I’ll bet one of those nurses is named “Liza.”
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoApril 10th, 2011 at 10:09 am [Reply]
darn it.
my squee was postjumped. (True Fable, in particular, needs to look in yesterthread, but there’s some mighty kewt links there for all.)
Baka GaijinApril 10th, 2011 at 10:20 am [Reply]
@queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii Commando (#4): No there aren’t any kewt links! It’s an evilscaryclown WITH A BEDRIDDEN CHILD who can’t possibly get away! No squee there. OK, if it were Rusty Trail, maybe it would be a fair fight.
TheTJApril 10th, 2011 at 10:23 am [Reply]
Man, Hagar without his helmet just looks wrong. I wonder if there’s any relation between him and that fuzzy guy from BC?
TheDivaApril 10th, 2011 at 10:26 am [Reply]
C’shaft: Stupid punny punchline, stupid punny name, AND a depressing reality of modern life! Batiuk gets the hat trick!
DT: Speaking of punny names, if you’re going to use one like “Dhatkham,” could you at least try to make the character in question look Indian? I mean say what you will about Locher, he did make Miss Sue Doku look like someone who could possibly, in the right light and if you squint a little, pass for Japanese.
FW: Hey, remember Coach John “Jack” Stropp? The one who died of cancer? Yeah, he’s still dead. And his sole legacy is a long string of crimes against the English language. It’s like seeing a preview of Crankshaft’s funeral.
(And lest you think Bull’s reminisces are supposed to have any humor or happiness to them, note that Coach Stropp bears the same joyless, weary, waiting-for-Masky-McDeath-to-take-me expression that has become the standard for all Funkytown residents.)
JP: “Then he found out I was living a horrible lie, and we broke up. But hey, doesn’t mean it won’t work for you!”
Marvin: ….Promise? (I shouldn’t get my hopes up. I’m pretty sure Marvin’s parents took one look at the little hellspawn and immediately devoted their lives to making sure the same thing doesn’t happen again.)
MW: Restraining orders, Drew. They’re not just for battered women anymore.
SM: Hey Peter, do you really think you should be mentioning “web-swinging” within earshot of the cabbie who is very creepily eavesdropping on your conversation? You’d better pray he thinks it’s code for an auto-erotic asphyxiation fetish.
MattFApril 10th, 2011 at 10:35 am [Reply]
Re: Hagar. Is the joke that it took Hagar two days to climb the hill to the tavern? Or that he got there two days earlier and then blacked out? Well, whatever. Ha Ha.
Peanut GalleryApril 10th, 2011 at 10:51 am [Reply]
MT – The final panel features a camel and a cigarette lighter. Subtle.
But I love the way the deer is staring at the peppers, apparently wondering if they will be useful for treating its stomach problems.
Écureuil ÉcumantApril 10th, 2011 at 10:51 am [Reply]
@TheTJ (#6): I think the relation is likelier between him and Curtis. Given how Browne depicts the Viking era, it’s hardly a stretch to envision Hagar pillaging Ethiopia.
CloudbusterApril 10th, 2011 at 10:54 am [Reply]
A researcher says that the 4/10/2011 Luann was the most boring comic strip ever, because nothing happened.
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoApril 10th, 2011 at 10:57 am [Reply]
@Baka Gaijin (#5): Baka Gaijin, kewtness just for you.
tb4000April 10th, 2011 at 11:00 am [Reply]
BB: Mrs. Gen. Halftrack is completely unfazed by her husband’s mangled lower extremities, so long as the old bait and tackle are still in order. And with that visual, I slowly gouge mine eyes out.
John C FremontApril 10th, 2011 at 11:16 am [Reply]
S-M – Tom Joad drives a cab? In New York? Well, he did tell his ma he’d be everywhere.
(I think the sight of Peter Parker in his cab is what finally made him mean mad.)
pugfugglyApril 10th, 2011 at 11:21 am [Reply]
MW: Drew’s schedule has cleared up a lot this week since Liza flaked out on her rounds and ‘forgot’ to give all those patients their shots. Actually, it’s two birds with one stone, as that cute pathologist with her eye on Drew will be busy all week now in the morgue…
FW Funerals in Westview start with the traditional enumeration of the deceased’s failures, so everyone can understand how heart-breaking and pointless life is. Today, all of coach Stropp’s former players get up to tell, in detail, every game they lost under his watch…
And btw “It’s not over until they take their pant legs off, one at a time”? Is coach expecting the team to get literally raped, and is giving them advice as to when to just give in and get it over with???
S. StoutApril 10th, 2011 at 11:25 am [Reply]
The General’s wife is cutting-edge herself, having worn her high heel slippers to the spring formal.
AaaaaaaaviatrixApril 10th, 2011 at 11:30 am [Reply]
I got so curious about Mark’s airplane that I wrote a whole blog entry about it.
[Old Man] MuffarooApril 10th, 2011 at 11:33 am [Reply]
Dick – Smek IV! Like a dream I had once, this strip takes place in “Blecchworld,” where everything is some kind of MAD parody object.
Annie – Well. It’s somehow reassuring to see, in a time when many Sunday comics show up on Dean Booth’s Time Tunnel as ‘not found,’ that the plucky red-headed orphan is still held captive by the Butcher of the Balkans, and “Daddy” Warbucks is still looking out that window. Here’s looking for you, kid.
[Old Man] MuffarooApril 10th, 2011 at 11:35 am [Reply]
Luann – “Danger! Deadly Turmoil! Terror! Slander! Sleaze!”
And that’s just the comics page.
Fred – Angela, get off the phone now and help Fred hang himself.
Slylock – Today the U.S. Postal Service announced a new “Slylock Fox” commemorative First Class domestic stamp, consisting of a Sunday strip provided by the Houston Chronicle, enlarged slightly so as to meet the USPS’s minimum size.
[Old Man] MuffarooApril 10th, 2011 at 11:36 am [Reply]
Hi – Ditto’s blush reveals an involuntary reflex to the pleasant voice of a girl, and the discovery that he’s more of a one-tool player.
Family – All the kids are running through the spot where Les was standing.
@bats :[ (#y145): I really hadn’t thought that the RMMD plot would go into kidnapping/ransom territory…how do you folks figure stuff like this out?
Kidnapping? I figured they were going to run off with his ‘97 Subaru and figure they’d gotten as much as they were going to get.
April 10th, 2011 at 11:40 am [Reply]
RMMD: This is a really sad story, considering Dex’s mental capacity.
ElkMeadowApril 10th, 2011 at 11:40 am [Reply]
@Professor Fate (#y185):
MW: Dinner tonight? How long is her damn shift anyway? 20 minutes? Most nurses I know work very very long hours. 12 hours shifts in some cases. Mabye she’s just some mental case that wanders about the hospital pretending to be a nurse.
Maybe she wandered over from the Rex Morgan universe.
Fester MorgensternApril 10th, 2011 at 11:40 am [Reply]
I have a question for the people who have been reading the comics much longer than I have. Has Hagar ever done continuing storylines, at any point in its history? I would probably like it if it did.
ElkMeadowApril 10th, 2011 at 11:41 am [Reply]
@Aaaaaaaaviatrix (#21):
It is. Cue would be nicer to him. Maybe.
AaaaaaaviatrixApril 10th, 2011 at 12:00 pm [Reply]
@Dr. Weird (#158): “Connect the dots” puzzles started around 1900, and the resulting metaphor is pretty natural. I can’t imagine anyone old enough to remember Datsuns to have first encountered it in connection with the 2001 terrorist attacks, but then before I went to Ohio I couldn’t imagine pronouncing “dot” the same as the first syllable of Datsun. But they do! They’re both [dæ?].
Écureuil ÉcumantApril 10th, 2011 at 12:02 pm [Reply]
@Aaaaaaaaviatrix (#17): Seems to me the Stinson or the Piper are equally credible starting points, given the way it shapeshifted once Elrod got his mitts on it. I do recall the original cowling looking more refined, like the Stinson, in the same way that Locher’s tiger was actually recognizable as a tiger in its first couple iterations.
Joe BlevinsApril 10th, 2011 at 12:03 pm [Reply]
Zombie Ziggy reminds us all that GOLF spelled backwards is FLOG.
AaaaaaaviatrixApril 10th, 2011 at 12:09 pm [Reply]
@Aaaaaaaviatrix (#25): That last character was meant to be a flap, not a question mark. I should have just used a t.
Jim NorthApril 10th, 2011 at 12:13 pm [Reply]
DT: Holy crap, today’s Crimestopper’s Textbook is brilliant. I never thought of that.
Even more brilliant in today’s Dick Tracy is that Lizz’s shirt seems to be sliding ever further down her shoulders. All of a sudden I’m thinking that’s a trend well worth another round or two of Locher-like recapping.
9CL: KITTY! Heheh . . . my cat (who unfortunately still lives with my parents because my apartment doesn’t allow pets) is a teeny tiny little thing, so I named her Runt. But even though she’s the tiniest of full-grown cats, she still somehow manages to out-shed every single other cat in the yard combined. Just one stroke of her back and you’ve got a handful of fur. Ten minutes of petting and you’ve got enough to make a whole other cat. We all figure she must not have anything else inside her body except more fur ready to come out like tissues being pulled from a box.
AaaaaaviatrixApril 10th, 2011 at 12:15 pm [Reply]
I am doubly grateful to the Dick Tracy creators today. Once for a Crimestoppers tip I may actually use and twice for aiding my trauma recovery by not showing The Pouch reaching inside his eponymous anatomy.
Scott BotApril 10th, 2011 at 12:18 pm [Reply]
Argh, I have to be careful, I almost wound up inadvertently reading Hagar the Horrible. It’s tough keeping a vow of No Hagar when you frequent this forum.
AaaaaaviatrixApril 10th, 2011 at 12:21 pm [Reply]
If little Sophie mucks out those horses every evening after cheerleading practice, usually unassisted, she’s not quite the spoiled little rich kids we’ve been making her out to be. That’s dirty, physical work. Or maybe she just goes out there to shoot up, with the chores thing being a ruse.
commodorejohnApril 10th, 2011 at 12:32 pm [Reply]
A3G – So now he’s just going straight in for a feel while she says “let me guess!” A damn-near suicidal move, but crazily enough, it seems to be working!
Bizarro – Most of these “Sunday punnies” things don’t really amuse me as much as Bizarro’s usual strangeness, but the “griller” panel got a solid chuckle.
Crankshaft – So here it is: a Crankshaft featuring nothing but a couple of shit puns about a terror attack. If there were only cancer involved somewhere, it’d be basically the ultimate Batiuk strip.
DT – Ohhhhh, Liz is stylin’.
FG – Attack of the Kirby dots!
FW – Just in case you had entertained some brief hope that “randomly killing off a barely-remembered character to remind you that Cancer is out there, waiting to get you” was a one-time thing.
JP – What’s with all the chiaroscuro? I’m half-expecting Abbey to produce a cat to stroke sinisterly.
MW – Wait, what? Liza got through a whole strip without an alarming stalkery thought-bubble? What parallel universe did I wake up in this morning?
Phantom – Wait, so all of a sudden the Sundays are running concurrently with the dailies? Huh.
Pluggers – Pluggers will just slap terms on any damn thing if it crosses their brain. Pluggers have absolutely no filtering mechanisms.
PV – You might think the ravens are there for sinister effect, but actually they’re just asking directions to that nice piece of carrion in the middle of the wood.
Ripley’s – So I looked up the Thai Elephant Orchestra – they’ve got a pretty neat thing going.
SF – I. LOVE. THIS. STRIP.
Shoe – So, uh, yeah, Shoe just had Cosmo admitting that he can’t get it up and pisses himself. I think I need to go ice-pick that image out of my brain, back in a jiffy.
SM – So yeah, even the strip itself is trying to remind Peter to actually do some superheroing once in a while. I think that says it all.
kkarenbApril 10th, 2011 at 12:36 pm [Reply]
Rocky Stoneaxe (@Y171) – I see a slight difference between Baby Blues and FC – the father in BB is more or less ignoring the little monsters while they trash the grocery store, while I’m sure that Bill and Thel would think their little imps were adorable if their kids did the same thing. (The Keane kids would be making funny little malaprops.) As for BB, the father is doing the shopping; the mother is not there, so why didn’t he leave the kids with her? Why do any parents drag their kids to the grocery store if they can’t behave? /rant over/
Crankshaft – “Pat Downs?” A bad pun about an averted terrorist incident? Not funny.
MT – I like how he made sure he had a couple of animals looking at the peppers.
FOOBed againApril 10th, 2011 at 12:38 pm [Reply]
@Aaaaaaviatrix (#32): I was wondering about that too. I guess they don’t want her completely spoiled, so she has chores she has to do.
mollificentApril 10th, 2011 at 12:42 pm [Reply]
@commodorejohn (#33): Somehow I thought of you while reading today’s Sally Forth. I just knew you’d like it. I have a couple of other friends who would also giggle maniacally. :)
commodorejohnApril 10th, 2011 at 12:45 pm [Reply]
@mollificent (#36): “Just remember, honey, you’re still young. You don’t have to tackle the bigger questions like Kirk vs. Picard until you’re older, no matter what anybody says.”
AaaaaaviatrixApril 10th, 2011 at 12:47 pm [Reply]
Mark Trail preparing to shoot his Sunday strip:
Pink shirt – BUTTONED
Ways we can eat it – LISTED
Aggressive behaviour – REFERENCED
Nearby animals – THREE MINUMUM
Baffling inaccuracy – CLAIMED
Strange irrelevancy – INSERTED
“Am I crouching awkwardly enough? Okay, roll film!”
NoahSnarkApril 10th, 2011 at 12:50 pm [Reply]
In an attempt to recycle jokes and punch up the humor value, the Walker’s plan on seeding the dance floor at Camp Swampy with land mines.
Baka GaijinApril 10th, 2011 at 12:52 pm [Reply]
@queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii Commando (#12): I can only assume that cute little puppy just ripped a clown to shreds of bloodied multicolored fabric. Way to go, puppy dog!
@Aaaaaaaaviatrix (#17): Um, yeah, you spent way more time on figuring out what plane that is than the artist did drawing it. Magnitudes more. Good on ya!
@Jim North (#29): I’ve met dogs with fur like that, too. Makes you wonder what evolutionary advantage it provides.
bats :[April 10th, 2011 at 12:59 pm [Reply]
@Mardou Fox (#1): dang, if Les is at the party, and his urine is that color, I think he needs to make an appointment with Rex Morgan, M.D.
@[Old Man] Muffaroo (#20): I drive a 1987 Subaru…trade up for a ‘97 model? You bet! :D
@Jim North (#29): dammit. BMcE knows just how far to push us, to that hairy (ahem) edge when we’re about to swear off 9CL forever…and then there’s a kitty!!
Chip WhittleApril 10th, 2011 at 1:12 pm [Reply]
Beetle Bailey intrigues me because of how angry Mrs. Halftrack is at her husband’s slipping and falling, possibly “busting” something. It wouldn’t stand out if she were all Lockhornian about her husband getting drunk and humiliating himself, but he really obviously slipped in a puddle of something and couldn’t regain control, and she’s angry with him over this. What’s behind that, other than the default “legacy cartoonists can’t imagine spouses who don’t hate each other” motif?
Jim NorthApril 10th, 2011 at 1:13 pm [Reply]
@bats :[ (#41): It’s almost disturbingly Kaufman-esque in a way.
wossnameApril 10th, 2011 at 1:19 pm [Reply]
MT – WTF is that thing over the Elrodball? At first I thought it was a headless torso, with the Elrodball on its abdomen, waving. (See what I mean?) Eventually I realized it was a camel straddling the Elrodball, although I can’t imagine why a camel would want to do such a thing.
Doones/RMMD – OK, we have a benchmark for how to set a ransom amount: Red Rascal is worth $90. I’d say RR and Dex get about equal scores on the annoyingness, stupidity, and obnoxiousness portions of the test. However, Berna wants Dex back, I guess, more than the Redferns want RR back. So let’s say $110 for Dexter.
Congrats to MaryAnnTheRest and all the funny folks on all the floats! And belated birthday greetings to Esther Blodgett. I’m just catching up, having spent a delightful Saturday having breakfast with bourbon babe and True Fable, and then going to the zoo and eventually out for a great dinner with bb,u. She is on her way home now, assuming Delta is doing what it’s supposed to.
Frank Lee MeidereApril 10th, 2011 at 1:35 pm [Reply]
Luann: I like how the modern family is all tense with lots of worrying news on the TV, while in 1954 they’re all relaxed and wholesome. I guess the “duck and cover” exercises spurred by the feeling of imminent nuclear holocaust at the time only took pace at schools.
AaaaaaviatrixApril 10th, 2011 at 1:56 pm [Reply]
@Frank Lee Meidere (#45): That Luann strip has an interesting They’ll Do It ever Time vibe. If that, and not the ranting I hear here, was all I knew of the strip, I’d be tempted to subscribe.
Jim NorthApril 10th, 2011 at 2:02 pm [Reply]
@Frank Lee Meidere (#45): They had every reason to be relaxed, what with McCarthy out there getting rid of those goldurn Commies and making America safe!
AmateurApril 10th, 2011 at 2:09 pm [Reply]
MW: So that’s how you get a man. I should be taking notes. *sigh*
Of course, this is Mary Worth world. Do this in real life and you’d get Maced.
TheDivaApril 10th, 2011 at 2:15 pm [Reply]
@Jim North (#47): And don’t forget, they can shop and eat out and the like without fear of running into those pesky colored people.
The KluteApril 10th, 2011 at 3:16 pm [Reply]
Man, Beetle Bailey sure knows the human condition. I know when I see an old man flail about and then wind up in a twisted pile on the floor, unable to get up, I too think “DANCING MACHINE!”, not “OH GOD SOMEBODY CALL AN AMBULANCE!”
Red GreenbackApril 10th, 2011 at 3:18 pm [Reply]
Pat Downs… Get it?
MarsApril 10th, 2011 at 3:31 pm [Reply]
People still say “bust a move.” It’s not hip anymore, but it isn’t retired either.
PoteetApril 10th, 2011 at 3:59 pm [Reply]
PLUGGERS — I saw a fair number of Burma Shave signs in days of yore, and part of the fun was that the ending “Burma Shave” sign came AFTER the verse, not as part of it. Maybe there were exceptions. I don’t remember seeing any.
Dr PalindromeApril 10th, 2011 at 4:01 pm [Reply]
General Halftrack is just overcompensating for not making the cut for the comic strip dance party: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG1VIvldVJc
… great, that song is gonna be stuck in my head all day.
RhekaridApril 10th, 2011 at 4:31 pm [Reply]
Meanwhile, General Halftrack’s men applaud wildly to his face at the fact that he will never walk again.
Makya McBeeApril 10th, 2011 at 4:33 pm [Reply]
General Halftrack is not hip. If anything, he’s dislocated one. But my favorite part is the guy in the background who, arms in the air, shouts out to the heavens in pure jubilation at the prospect of his senile boss having multiple broken bones and internal bleeding.
PoteetApril 10th, 2011 at 4:40 pm [Reply]
MT — Hey, wait a minute. There’s food information everywhere. This strip is supposed to be about wildlife. Just this once about peppers, okay, but this better not become a regular thing.
MW — So did Liza ever bother to start her shift, or are her patients moaning and passing out one by one while she tries to set herself up with one of the most undesireable men on the face of the earth?
AaaaaaviatrixApril 10th, 2011 at 4:45 pm [Reply]
@Poteet (#57):Oddly, when the Crimestopers tips got relevant, I had this weird expectation that Mark Trail Sundays would too.
Mardou FoxApril 10th, 2011 at 4:51 pm [Reply]
@bats :[ (#41): It’s pretty cool to think of people from the Funkyverse trying to get help for their cancer (and other problems) from Rex Morgan, M.D. He so wouldn’t care! He would really be the perfect doctor for Funkyville. He would never be able to cure anyone… and he wouldn’t give a flying f* about it, either.
AustriaApril 10th, 2011 at 4:52 pm [Reply]
BB: Aww, isn’t that cute! Walker and Browne still think that the music at dances is provided by live bands. And that people still, y’know, dance.
BC: Okay, this is pretty clever. I like it.
reFOOB: OH THOSE SELFISH MEN WHATCHA GONNA DO
no seriously shut up
FW: Honestly, when I die, I hope people will recall my jokes at my funeral. I’m serious. I could be all “doom cancer Masky McDeath bwaaah” right now, but everyone else has already done that.
MW: “Now get back to your shift.”
MG&G: Heaven help me, I laughed out loud. Curse pop culture.
Mutts: Did anyone happen to catch last Sunday’s strip? Did they do a Jane Goodall thing then? Because I know her birthday was April 3rd. If not, well, better late then never, I guess.
PBS: Hey, look. Me got footstool.
SF: YESSSSSSSSS
Walker of DogApril 10th, 2011 at 5:25 pm [Reply]
@Poteet (#53): Pluggers can’t get anything right. And they’re damned proud of it, too.
MT: Pepper spray, riot control, camels… Mark, if you have something to say about Hosni Mubarak, just say it.
FW: We’re not going to get an up-close shot of the corpse? First we missed out on the embalming, and now this.
Belated congratulations to all the riders of floats, especially Hibbleton, S Stout, and Red Greenback.
[Old Man] MuffarooApril 10th, 2011 at 5:27 pm [Reply]
@Aaaaaaaviatrix (#25): As I recall, Reader’s Digest had the joke (back in the 70s) that the Japanese turned to the Germans to name their auto company, and said they needed a name in three days. “Ach!” said the Germans, “Datsun?”
@bats :[ (#41): I drive a 1987 Subaru…trade up for a ‘97 model? You bet!
I should have said ‘97 Saturn Wagon. I had one of those until last year; bought it new.
9: Thing is, I don’t even like the cat.
Rana the Pedantic Wet BlanketApril 10th, 2011 at 5:50 pm [Reply]
@Baka Gaijin (#40): I think intensive shedding serves a defensive function, rather like a lizard shedding its tail to escape.
My cat’s a slick shorthair, so she doesn’t shed too much around the house, but a trip to the vet is guaranteed to produce drifts of fur – on me, on the vet, in her carrier, all over the examining table, floating through the air…
MyUsernamesMudApril 10th, 2011 at 6:02 pm [Reply]
It’s kind of weird seeing Killer play the sober, sensible friend to Beetle’s staggering, nihilistic drunk.
AlisonApril 10th, 2011 at 6:04 pm [Reply]
The General’s wife sure looks mad at him for slipping and mangling himself, damn.
AmateurApril 10th, 2011 at 6:13 pm [Reply]
MT: Cayenne peppers are good for the stomach. This deer will demonstrate by eating some and then pooping from here to the interstate.
bats :[April 10th, 2011 at 6:17 pm [Reply]
@Dr Palindrome (#54): I’d forgotten this one…great to see it again.
Écureuil ÉcumantApril 10th, 2011 at 6:31 pm [Reply]
BB:
By the looks of it, Gen. Halftrack busted a move-
ment.
April 10th, 2011 at 6:42 pm [Reply]
@Amateur (#66): You know, that’s really such an excellent explanation for the way they look when they jump.
SequiturApril 10th, 2011 at 6:43 pm [Reply]
MT: Mark’s gonna be in trouble with his wife. He left out the Cherry Pepper.
Hmmm. Cherry Pepper would be a good name for an exotic dancer.
Écureuil ÉcumantApril 10th, 2011 at 6:45 pm [Reply]
@Sequitur (#70): And her mack daddy’d be Pops Cherry?
Jim NorthApril 10th, 2011 at 6:55 pm [Reply]
@Écureuil Écumant (#71): And their security analyst will be Pat Downs.
Esther BlodgettApril 10th, 2011 at 7:03 pm [Reply]
@Aaaaaaaaviatrix (#17): I know nothing about planes, but loved your entry! And good luck on the interview!
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoApril 10th, 2011 at 7:13 pm [Reply]
@Sequitur (#70): just don’t call Cherry by her last name.
AnonymousApril 10th, 2011 at 7:48 pm [Reply]
Not featured:
BLONDIE – Mr. Dithers likes Blondie’s Jalapeno-Pastrami sandwich?
FAMILY CIRCUS – Never walk towards a puddle after getting off a school bus.
CLASSIC PEANUTS – Soap carvings were well done in 1964? Even Linus’ ship soap sculpture was turned into a canoe after Lucy washed her hands with it.
Red GreenbackApril 10th, 2011 at 7:50 pm [Reply]
Hey Mudges, I was traveling for a few days last week w/no internets (dropped my laptop and the LCD went all Batiuk on me) Anyboohoo, in catching up, I just saw I was on the float (Thank you Josh and thank you Walker of Dog @61 for the nice compliment)
And belated happy birthday wishes, Esther Blodgett!
April 10th, 2011 at 7:57 pm [Reply]
Beetle Bailey-Human legs don’t bend that way or in that many pieces.
Mary Worth-Here is another question for you and your answer will not be no, “Will you marry me?”
Peanuts-I wonder how big Linus’ soap boat was and how many times and how long Lucy was washing her hands.
Baka GaijinApril 10th, 2011 at 7:58 pm [Reply]
@Amateur (#66): Good one! COTW-worthy.
@Red Greenback (#76): Welcome back and Mary Worth would be so proud that you beat your Internet addiction.
LiamApril 10th, 2011 at 7:59 pm [Reply]
Blondie-Mr. Dithers is rather considerate wanting to fire an employee at home and embarrass him in front of his family rather than doing it at work.
Red GreenbackApril 10th, 2011 at 8:10 pm [Reply]
@Baka Gaijin (#78): So would Helen (hic) Clark.
seismic-2April 10th, 2011 at 8:44 pm [Reply]
BB:Show of hands: What had you rather see happen in that pool of spilled liquid on the dance floor, General Halftrack busting a move, or Miss Buxley moving a bust?
JP: Ah, so that’s who’s been filling Abbey’s cavities all these years. We knew it wasn’t Sam, of course.
RMMD: The art in the final panel disturbs me greatly. It’s not so much that Rex is apparently having phone sex with Berna, it’s that the unseen photo in the frame on his desk suggests that he may actually be looking at her picture while he does it. EEEEWWWWWW!!!!!
Rocky StoneaxeApril 10th, 2011 at 8:55 pm [Reply]
@Rocky Stoneaxe (#y174, 175):
Still More Weird Sound Effects (Sunday Edition!):
Rose is Rose — CLICK
Jump Start — TAP x 6
Non Sequitur — BLINK
Dog Eat Doug — WIGGLE x 6
Alley Oop — MUNCH! x 3… ZAP!
The Knight Life — LAP x 4… POOF
Soup to Nutz — WAP! BAM! BONK!
Liberty Meadows — WHAP WHAP WHAP
Dogs of C-Kennel —
http://www.gocomics.com/dogsofckennel
Garfield —
http://www.gocomics.com/garfield
Wizard of Id —
http://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid
tb4000April 10th, 2011 at 8:55 pm [Reply]
Luann: Yes, 1954 sure was a soothing time to be alive, if you were middle class and white.
commodorejohnApril 10th, 2011 at 9:00 pm [Reply]
Jesus, I can’t believe I missed today’s Luann. Oh wait, I can totally believe that, obviously my brain must have been trying to protect me. Seriously, this notion of the ’50s as a perfect era of idyllic True America-ness is such laughable horseshit that Back To The Future was satirizing it… *checks watch* 25 years ago. Greg Evans, what the hell. Just what the hell.
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