Look at her face — she’s just as confused as we are
Apartment 3-G, 10/22/04
Well, as predicted by me and her mother, Margo’s lucrative new job hasn’t turned out the way she’d hoped. I haven’t been commenting on Apartment 3-G here lately because, when compared to the meth-happy wackiness in Mary Worth, it’s been pretty by-the-numbers. Margo falls afoul of her evil employer, tries to bluff her way out, led to the car at gunpoint, blah blah blah. Boooorrrring — that is, until we get to today’s baffling fight over the special pillow!
OK, a shiny virtual quarter goes to anyone who can explain to me what in God’s name is going on here. Who is the other not-Lloyd chauffer? Why does Lloyd keep a pillow in the trunk of Mr. Eldon’s death sedan? Why does Lloyd offer Margo a pillow, then insist that it’s his, then appear to take it out of the hands of the not-Lloyd chauffer — even though he’s the who’s holding it in the previous panel? The only way the last panel makes even a vague sort of sense is if the position of the two blue-clad henchmen were reversed — but even then Margo’s position would be inconsistent with the previous panels. This is one mystery that even Photoshop can’t solve.
Margo earns kudos for nimbleness in the first panel: she’s wearing a micro-miniskirt and her hands are tied up behind her back, but she’s still climbing into that trunk like a pro.
Mike Donovan
October 25th, 2004 at 11:46 am
I tried to flip this comic around using photoshop, and I even had to move the pillow into the other guys hand. It only make a little more sense.
http://www.mikedonovan.com/images/3g.gif
You be the judge. I’m still confused.
G Cameron Reeves
October 25th, 2004 at 3:53 pm
I agree that if you simply switch panels one and three it makes sense, at least with regard to the pillow.
Ceea
August 2nd, 2005 at 12:33 am
Yeah, I’ve been able to get in and out of car trunks while my hands are tied behind my back like an Olympic hurdler, too.
Who hasn’t ?
BTW, Margo should be able to call to call for help. Adhesive tape soon loses it’s stickiness after contact with skin due to sweating and if she thinks to lick the inside with her tongue.
In a few seconds or less, she should be able to work the gag lose.
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sthomson
June 20th, 2007 at 10:08 am
Look, the panel order is 3-1-2. It makes a lot more sense that way. Lloyd grabs pillow from other chauffeur, they force margo into the trunk, then Lloyd gives her the pillow.