Comments on: Midweek potpourri

By: you are a idiot

you are a idiot — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:07:37 +0000

you all stink like crap

By: dum deee dum

dum deee dum — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:30:25 +0000

wow i love this, grandpas fantasy thing. hilllllllaaarrryuuuusssssssssssss

By: Dilbertâ€™s bastard son

Dilbertâ€™s bastard son — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 23:37:33 +0000

What? No criticism toward Family Circus? This is the lamest strip in the history of comics. It can’t be considered a comic, since there’s no humor. They should have a “stoic section” in the paper for this vanilla pudding strip.

Typical Family circus line: “Barfy just earned his name, daddy. You should see what he just did to the rug!”

By: Len

Len — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 11:52:05 +0000

Here’s the long delayed Wednesday installment of Pibgorn…

http://www.comics.com/comics/pibgorn/archive/pibgorn-20060607.html

A naked androgynous dark-haired figure, dripping pixie dust, in front of the words of Oberon’s spell. I thought Titania would have looked sexier, naked. It IS Titania, right? No one else has those red ears! (Too much red meat, Faerie Queen! Eat more veggies.)

Friday’s installment shows Lysander and Hermia checking into a hotel, but Hermie will not share her bed with Lysander. Huge amounts of space are devoted to the Shakespearean dialog. This is the crux of my problem with this strip. I was taught as a writer to “show, don’t tell.” And comics are especially emphasizing the effects of “showing” action. But the Bard writes to tell; and sometimes the overly descriptive text is redundant.

Psst! Hermia! There’s a green-clad Faerie reclining in your hotel window! I wouldn’t go to sleep, if I were you!

Oh well, dear. Have a good evening…

By: King Folderol

King Folderol — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 10:20:09 +0000

Something I forgot to mention in my comment above (#49) is that appears that Loretta is just pretending to type. No keyboard is visible. Either that or she has freakishly huge hands.

The newest thing in server-land is “My name is [your name here] and I’ll be taking care of you.”

No you won’t. You won’t be bringing me my medicine, taking my car for service, paying my bills, or wiping my ass. You’ll just be bringing me my food. So enough of that “I’ll be taking care of you crap.” I do understand, Anne Nonymous (#75) that this is usually some management inspired b.s.

I agree with Library Cat (#77). My rule of thumb if always never to complain until every morsel of food and beverage has been delivered to my table.