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The boys oddly-drawn weirdoes of indeterminate gender of summer

Gil Thorp, 7/9/07

Unlike most of you naysayers, I unabashedly love Gil Thorp, and I particularly love Gil Thorp’s summer storylines. As regular readers know, while the strip is pretty demented plotwise at all times, during the school year it at least is obligated to stay within the stately rhythms of high school athletics: football in the fall, basketball in the winter, and baseball and softball in the spring. In the summer, though, without the structure of the traditional American team sports, anything can happen to the denizens of Milford. Here are some past summer storylines:

Von worked as a late night DJ, had a weird on-air romance with a 30-year-old, and saved her from a stalker.
A gymnastics team full of elementary school girls descended into racial hatred and fisticuffs.
Marty Moon lost thousands of dollars in ill-advised golf bets to a Ben Franklin lookalike grifter, and ended up passed out drunk in his car.

And that’s just off the top of my head! You can understand why I’m very excited to see where the next few months will take us. As we begin, Coach Thorp and Assistant Coach Kaz are celebrating the fact that they don’t have to be around teenagers anymore by getting ripped at the local PUB. Hopefully once they get drunk enough, Gil will work up the nerve to finally ask Kaz why in God’s name he wears pearl earrings.

Crankshaft, 7/9/07

I was a little disappointed when I saw that the ’Shaft was reading Readers Digest; I had thought he’d get his versifying from Adirondack Review or maybe the Inkwell Journal. Admittedly, it’s been a while since I’ve had piles of Readers Digests in the bathroom I frequent, but in my memory that publication focuses less on poetry and more on funny but true-to-life anecdotes from the workplace and common-sense features on the liberal lies that are destroying America. But I do really like the look of languid blankness on our hero’s face in the second panel. He captures the ennui of the modern cultural consumer, always looking for the entertainment that requires the absolute minimum of psychic energy, but vaguely aware of his dissatisfaction when he’s done.

Apartment 3-G, 7/9/07

Cousin, eh? You ever notice that all of Lu Ann’s relatives, like Ruby and Blaze and Mim, are vaguely-defined cousins and nieces? My theory is that her home is actually a sprawling polygamist compound in Wyoming foothills of the Rockies, where, after two or three generations of isolation, everyone is related to everyone else by marriage or blood in one way or another. It would explain the squishiness of the family ties, and the stupidity.

I love the imperious command in panel one. Margo’s victories over her enemies have no meaning if there is nobody present to witness them. The combat must be memorialized in the form of epic verse for the generations yet unborn.

This entry was posted on Monday, July 9, 2007 at 07:00 pm and is filed under Apartment 3-G, Crankshaft, Gil Thorp.

220 responses to “The boys oddly-drawn weirdoes of indeterminate gender of summer”

Calvin
July 9th, 2007 at 7:05 pm [Reply]

Ruby should know better than to call Margo Magee “Maggie”. “Overlord of Earth and all within it” is more like it.
Slither
July 9th, 2007 at 7:08 pm [Reply]

Assistant coach Kaz bears a creepy resemblance to a science teacher I had in high school. He looks just like her.

Am I first?

I gues snot.
Islamorada Girl
July 9th, 2007 at 7:09 pm [Reply]

Will we finally get a story about Assistant Coach Kaz, aka Heat Miser? My mother used to have a pair of button pearl earrings like that for weddings, funerals and graduations. Maybe Kaz is a country club Republican matron too!

Death to Gil Thorp!

Thank you.
Analyzer
July 9th, 2007 at 7:10 pm [Reply]

It’s not entirely clear how he *sees* the pearl earrings, though, since he has the chilling pupilless eyes of Little Orphan Annie.

Also, the second panel appears to feature a thinly disguised Clambake!!
fizzy logic
July 9th, 2007 at 7:10 pm [Reply]

Why is there a librarian working the counter at the Pub in (DT) GT?
Trotzenbonnie
July 9th, 2007 at 7:12 pm [Reply]

Those are FAUX pearl earrings, Josh and I’ll bet they’re clip-ons, too — probably from the Franklin Mint Mamie Eisenhower Collection.
Grinderman
July 9th, 2007 at 7:13 pm [Reply]

Say! Look at that spiffy new toupee Clambake is sporting in panel two!
fizzy logic
July 9th, 2007 at 7:14 pm [Reply]

I bet the costume designer for Gil Thorp only has one pair of earrings – so Coach Kaz is wearing them in panels one and three, and too-short-to-be-fully-in-the-panel-lady is wearing them in panel two. It’s a budget production.
Matt Ramone
July 9th, 2007 at 7:16 pm [Reply]

They’re probably gonna run up an insane bartab from all the money Gil made not coaching the baseball team.
Poteet
July 9th, 2007 at 7:19 pm [Reply]

Pope Josh, I’m not really a naysayer. I’m just timid. The supposed humans in (DT)GT scare the Saturn out of me, so I leave the strip to those of you who can face it day after day. All hail, (DT)GT regulars.
Calvin
July 9th, 2007 at 7:22 pm [Reply]

What does (DT)GT mean, anyway? I get the Gil Thorp part, but what’s DT stand for?
Poteet
July 9th, 2007 at 7:23 pm [Reply]

# 6 — Trotzenbonnie, I live about twelve miles from the house in which Mamie was born. You may touch me:-).
Poteet
July 9th, 2007 at 7:25 pm [Reply]

# 11 — Calvin, it’s Death To, thanks, as I recall, to Islamorada Girl.
Kate
July 9th, 2007 at 7:28 pm [Reply]

11, Calvin: (DT) stands for “Death To,” as far as I know.

Margo’s command not to call her Maggie seems almost desperate to me, like she’s clutching at the departing hem of her power. On the other hand, Ruby’s too … orange … to be the winner in a cage match. I feel like I’ve watched a lit match dropped into a kerosene can and now I’m awaiting developments.
Little A.
July 9th, 2007 at 7:29 pm [Reply]

GT: I think those two guys must be having their drinks in Trader Vic’s Polynesian Restaurant and Pub — if you look carefully at that waiter with the four-foot long arms in the background of the first panel you can see there are little umbrella swizzle sticks in each glass.
slinkimalinki
July 9th, 2007 at 7:39 pm [Reply]

that beer is exceptionally transparent.
Jamus The Bartender
July 9th, 2007 at 7:43 pm [Reply]

CURRENT CURMUDGEON OTB ODDS FOR APARTMENT 3-G

While Margo, Tommie and Luann invite some friends over for a poker game, Ruby sprays perfume all over the place, puts Chinese lanterns on every lightbulb, and talks about the churchbells being the only pure thing in this city. Then a fistfight breaks out. 60-1 Win, 40-1 Place, 20-1 Show

Luann suddenly starts collecting little glass animals which become indescribably precious to her, while Ruby takes up selling magazine subscriptions over the phone, admonishes Margo to get a better job so as to support her “family”, and tells her magazine customers that they’re “Christian Martyrs”. Ruby also waxes eloquent about her past gentlemen callers, even though it’s mostly bullshit. 20-1 Win, 10-1 Place, 5-1 Show

Luann drinks a lot, waiting for that “little click” in her head when everything goes all peaceful, and Ruby asks if she’s been having sex with Margo or Tommie, at which point Luann loses it, mentioning if she’s like “Skipper” used to be, whoever that is, and they both agree that “mendacity”is a terrible thing. 30-1 Win, 20-1 Place, 10-1 Show
Poteet
July 9th, 2007 at 7:45 pm [Reply]

What does rolling off the eyes mean, even? Not that I’m sure I really want to know.
BluelineGoddess
July 9th, 2007 at 7:45 pm [Reply]

Ruby looks a lot older than Luann, especially in that first panel. I’m thinking the polygamist compound in Wyoming bit isn’t too far from the truth.
stinky pete
July 9th, 2007 at 7:46 pm [Reply]

As best as I can tell the term “indeterminate gender” was first used to describe Gli Thrpoans by (then) Bootsybooks in this comment . Now you know.
Poteet
July 9th, 2007 at 7:47 pm [Reply]

# 17 — Jamus, I’m not sure I want to bet on your second paragraph, but I totally love it.
Darkefang
July 9th, 2007 at 7:52 pm [Reply]

A3G: Cousin Ruby may have the shortest tenure of any character yet in this strip. Margo’s about to sever her carotid artery using the “finger of death” technique that she learned during a weekend “seminar” she spent with a platoon of US military special forces.

Foob: I can listen to April’s friend Debbie Downer all day long, as long as I never have to see Liz and the Upper Lip again.

Luann:Wait a minute. It took me a couple weeks to notice this, but isn’t Brad a fireman? Firemen definitely know how to cook at least passably well. They sure aren’t as completely helpless in the kitchen as Brad made himself out to be.

RMMD: June and Heather have nothing on but robes? This has potential…
Eleusis
July 9th, 2007 at 7:57 pm [Reply]

I’m still inclined to think that Ruby is Lu Ann’s mother. So she’s a cousin? So what. We all know how Lu Ann’s family operates. It’s like that episode of the X-Files with the inbred mutants.
arto
July 9th, 2007 at 7:59 pm [Reply]

Maggie, huh?

(to the tune of “Maggie May”)
Hold up Margo, I think you’ve got something to say to me
Something short and cold and absolutely soaked in irony
With Luann comatose in bed
And the Professor bobbling his head
Oh Margo you need to put them in their place
OnAndOnAnon
July 9th, 2007 at 8:00 pm [Reply]

Dick Tracy… am I going crazy, or what? I seem to remember when the German guy and his daughter first arrived in the US, the kidnappers assailed them at the airport – but instead of snatching the old man, they took the Fraulein (with an umlaut for you purists). In the next phase of this thrilling storyline, they phone the CIA (and I suppose that the phone number is on a billboard somewhere) and ask to exchange the daughter for the old man…
Now, wait a second… can anyone see the logical error in Red Aurora’s methodology?
Just asking.
commodorejohn
July 9th, 2007 at 8:01 pm [Reply]

You know, I totally didn’t even notice the sign in GT until this post. That’s awesome; it’s like the signs in the 8 and 16-bit Final Fantasy games, where you’d have an otherwise nondescript building that had a PUB sign hanging over the door. I likes.
Islamorada Girl
July 9th, 2007 at 8:02 pm [Reply]

You all just know LuAnn’s family tree goes straight up.
Frank Parsnip
July 9th, 2007 at 8:08 pm [Reply]

Interesting that the “Pub” that the coaches drink in is serviced by waitstaff with vests and sleeve garters. Kaz and Thorp, sitting there in their Siegfried & Roy haircuts could just as easily be sitting in the “Milford Manhole”.
OnAndOnAnon
July 9th, 2007 at 8:08 pm [Reply]

9CL… ever since the onset of the unicorn story, I have been left with a bad taste in my mouth by this cartoon. It’s because of the DISDAIN that these free spirit creative artists have for the working man/woman. We were treated to day after day of putting down of people in suits who work in the Financial District of Manhattan. I was once one of those, folks – we aren’t all attorneys and financial managers, most of the ‘herd’ are office workers of one ilk or another. But that Edda clearly regarded all of us as materialistic half-people who would automatically hate her because she dances for a living… Hey, Edda, first of all, it’s the common person who you judge so harshly who makes up the bulk of your audience as you pirouette under the limelights. Secondly, it’s YOU who is judging US without knowing us. Think about it.
Fantastic legs, though – almost makes up for all the above stuff.
Mooncattie
July 9th, 2007 at 8:09 pm [Reply]

#5 Fizzy Logic – she’s on one of them new Pub Treadmill things! And it’s a fairly high-end Pub to be dressing the staffers in vests and neck-ties (this one looks like the result of a long-ago Marty Moon liaison). Ah, college towns!
OnAndOnAnon
July 9th, 2007 at 8:12 pm [Reply]

why doesn’t anyone talk about Bizarro? It’s almost always funny and pithy – check out today’s take on Ancient Rome (and maybe on modern America)?

PS how do I make a link to the Bizarro cartoon for today? I was going to do it, but realized I lack the URL… can some kind soul indicate how to do it in this thread?
OnAndOnAnon
July 9th, 2007 at 8:13 pm [Reply]

stop saying “yesterthread!” If I wanted to read yesterday’s thread I would do so – it’s in the PAST, people, let it lie… get over the astonishment that you seem to feel when a thread ends and a new one begins…
sally
July 9th, 2007 at 8:14 pm [Reply]

No, that has GOT to be Luann’s mother. She’s at least 40! But probably only just. If this were Charterstone, I could believe Luann has a cousin who looks like that (who would, however, be only 18),
OnAndOnAnon
July 9th, 2007 at 8:20 pm [Reply]

…stop saying “yesterthread!”
Interesting. I put a rant and /rant tag around these comments, with the carets and all, and they went invisible… something in Josh’s website decided to accept them as actual HTML links, and rendered them in some way… so how does one write {left caret} RANT {right caret} so that it appears as typed?
Red Greenback
July 9th, 2007 at 8:25 pm [Reply]

Sorry, drunk….Mary Worth, why you buggin’?: If you use “Jaccuzi McDude”…that’s my intellectual property! Don’t make me sic Brandow on you Karen Moy!
OnAndOnAnon
July 9th, 2007 at 8:25 pm [Reply]

Dick Tracy Spoiler… the “old man” is not really that old German dude, it’s – well, you know.

Mallard Fillmore actually said something heartfelt and touching today.

Slylock Fox… “David Leopardman!” I love it! I look forward to other celebrity parodies, SF style…
Bitter Scribe
July 9th, 2007 at 8:30 pm [Reply]

I don’t follow Gil Thorp enough, so I’ll take your word for it that the individual talking with Gil is male. But you have to admit it’s kind of confusing. His/hers/its significant other having a could-go-either-way name like Kelly doesn’t help. It all reminds me of the old SNL skit where Pat, a person of indeterminable gender, had an equally androgynous SO named Chris.

Also, Trotzenbonnie, you got that handle from the old National Lampoon strip, right? God, I loved that feature. I Googled it just now and was absolutely floored to learn that she used to be married to the Dirty Duck guy.
Red Greenback
July 9th, 2007 at 8:30 pm [Reply]

Yep!
Motorposus
July 9th, 2007 at 8:34 pm [Reply]

The alien life form that writes and illustrates Gil Thorp really wants to connect with us, and has been trying hard to make its representations of humans, and stylish human hair arrangements and ear adornments, more true to life. Note, please, that Brynna no longer has antennae, and that hipster-man earrings, coiffed eyebrows, and up-fluffed hair arrangements are evident.
True Fable
July 9th, 2007 at 8:35 pm [Reply]

#32 OnandonAnon: I like saying Yesterthread. It means the thread just before the one currently being read and/or posted on. A lot of times we refer back to something in the thread before and that is the terminology we use, rather than say yesterday since more than a day or less than a day might go by before a new thread begins.

Sorry if you don’t like the lingo, but …. naw, no buts. That’s just what we use here.
reader-who-posts
July 9th, 2007 at 8:35 pm [Reply]

FW: It’s amazing how brave Lisa is – despite her impending death (DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE!!!! oh, sorry) she is still able to make incredible jokes that cause people to smirk uncontrollably.

MT: Yes, it is very unusual that so many birds would fly over the airport at once, because birds have never been known to flock together.

GT: Why the pearl earrings? Obviously, Kelly is a man, baby!

Spider-Man: Spider-Man can have a fat man and a brick sneak up on him, but an easily dodged personal question causes his spider-sense to go off?

TDIET: Today’s They’ll Do It Every Time is brought to you by Michael Moore’s “Sicko”.

MF: Apparently Johnny Hart is the only cartoonist Bruce Tinsley has ever met.
Red Greenback
July 9th, 2007 at 8:35 pm [Reply]

#11 Cal Pal—Check out True Fable’s rant extravaganza in the “discussion forum”
Prehumous
July 9th, 2007 at 8:37 pm [Reply]

I ~~hate to~~ I love to say it, but it seems like Margo won’t win the epic conflict with Mrs. er… I know it’s not “Powers”, but I don’t care to scroll down and look it up. Anyway, Margo’s going down. All the venomous sarcasm and bitter crankiness in the world is useless against someone too stupid to realize she’s being pummelled. She’s going to use up all of her ammo on Mrs. Er… Not-Powers and end up running to the comforting (yet oh-so-cold) arms of her secret cache of vodka.
Victor Von
July 9th, 2007 at 8:38 pm [Reply]

(DT) stands for ‘Death To?’ Admittedly, that makes sense, but I’d always assumed it was delirum tremens. That’s pretty much the only explanation for the events in Milford.

Speaking of, why is the bartender sporting a powdered wig? Are they back in style again?
Mac
July 9th, 2007 at 8:38 pm [Reply]

Speaking as a librarian, I could use a part-time bartending job during the summers.

I, too, love GT. I’m convinced that Neal Rubin is one of the great satirists of our time, and while the art could be better, it could be worse. Look at Spider-Man some time.
Squawk
July 9th, 2007 at 8:39 pm [Reply]

I’d figure Ed Crankshaft as more of a Saturday Evening Post kind of guy for his weekly literary fix. Then again, given the size of the Digest, maybe he picked it up thinking it was the TV Guide.
S. Jerusalem
July 9th, 2007 at 8:39 pm [Reply]

Perhaps I’m thinking too deeply about this, but who exactly is Crankshaft talking to in today’s strip? In the second panel, it comes across that the ‘Shaft is addressing us, the loyal comic readers, that the palbum in Reader’s Digest makes him cry. Has Crankshaft become the first sentient comic strip character, aware of his own trapped existance in a its two-panel Hell? Could this meta-”Crankshaft” somehow become much more interesting, or in anycase, somewhat interesting?
Lazuline
July 9th, 2007 at 8:43 pm [Reply]

# 11 OnandonAnon — < for < and > for >. Those are the HTML codes for “less than” and “greater than”.
Waquoit
July 9th, 2007 at 8:46 pm [Reply]

My all-time favorite summer Gil Thorp plot began when Gil took his plane to visit Joe Sharky in the middle of nowhere. Joe was a Milford baseball legend who was ticketed for the big leagues. Instead he was stuck in the minors going nowhere with a sinking batting average. Gil spent all summer with Joe, trying to get Joe’s confidence up but also discussing life after baseball. As Gil was getting ready to leave he noticed Joe was squinting. Gil asked Joe to read the name on the mailbox in the distance. He couldn’t. Gil took Joe to get glasses and Joe was back on his way to the bigtime.
OnAndOnAnon
July 9th, 2007 at 8:49 pm [Reply]

#40 – yeah, I figured out the obscure code…yester+thread equals thread from the day before. Thing is, this is a brand new day. Those who read your comments from yesterday were no doubt thrilled by your wit and erudition, but today’s readers just want to peruse TODAY’s thread. If I wanted to read yesterday’s musings, why, I just have to click thither and yon. But I chose to click TODAY’s thread, so that’s all I want to read about… at some point the brilliance of days past has to fade. Why not just let it happen, rather than inviting a ghoulish feast on the still warm but dead entrails of last night’s alcohol-fuelled banter?
OnAndOnAnon
July 9th, 2007 at 8:51 pm [Reply]

#48 – let me <TRY > that…
OnAndOnAnon
July 9th, 2007 at 8:52 pm [Reply]

one more <TIME> just for luck
OnAndOnAnon
July 9th, 2007 at 8:56 pm [Reply]

#48 Lazuline – so how did you manage to display “ampersand+lt+ semicolon” in your post without it being rendered??? – oh never mind, I’ll never have to do that and I think I can guess anyway…. but thanks for the help!!!!
True Fable
July 9th, 2007 at 8:58 pm [Reply]

#50 OnAndOnAnon – Then just read today’s thread, for cryin’ out loud. What is the problem, unless you are powerless to prevent yourself from clicking a thread you don’t want to read?

Whatever.
ChristianPinko
July 9th, 2007 at 9:00 pm [Reply]

“The combat must be memorialized in the form of epic verse for the generations yet unborn.”

Can somebody who’s more familiar with The Iliad then I am do an A3G parody a la Homer? Margo must be referred to as “Finger-Quoting Margo,” of course. Maybe Ruby can be “Sugar-Saying Ruby,” or “Luann-Related Ruby.” But I’m getting stuck after that, and I haven’t read Greek verse in decades.
Gabe
July 9th, 2007 at 9:04 pm [Reply]

Luckily, no one cares what you think.

Whoo! Red’s drunk. Let’s join him!
Lou Shumaker
July 9th, 2007 at 9:07 pm [Reply]

I think ole’ Cranky can learn a lesson — and in a larger sense, can’t we all — by reading a little Pablo Neruda:

“The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.”

Nah, I’m just funnin’ with you. Crankshaft’s idea of poetry begins and ends with “There once was a man from Nantucket …”
OnAndOnAnon
July 9th, 2007 at 9:11 pm [Reply]

TrueFable -whatever, nothing to see here, please move on. I don’t need to have some kind of “war” with a stranger. You win, you are smarter than me. From now on, I’ll be happy to constantly harp back to “yesterthread”.
fizzy logic
July 9th, 2007 at 9:12 pm [Reply]

I like the term Yesterthread – it’s a lot quicker than saying “In the previous post…” For example, yesterthread, gh posted some wonderful song parodies, if you missed them, you should check them out!

I am Spartacus!
Harry Paratestes
July 9th, 2007 at 9:14 pm [Reply]

ChristianPinko wanted the Iliad, so here’s the first paragraph:

Sing, O goddess, the anger of Margo, daughter of Gabriela, that brought countless ills upon the A3-Geans. Many a brave soul did she send hurrying away in fear of finger-quotes, and many a zipper did she command lackeys to fetch, for so were the counsels of Professor Papagoros fulfilled from the day on which Ruby, the cousin of LuAnn, dumbest of blondes, and great Margo, first fell out with one another.

link: http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/iliad.1.i.html
Lou Shumaker
July 9th, 2007 at 9:15 pm [Reply]

Harry, that’s great! Epic poetry on demand.

I gotta find me some Tennyson!
Harry Paratestes
July 9th, 2007 at 9:17 pm [Reply]

#57 Lou Shumaker:
Crankshaft doesn’t read literature or think profoundly, for a simple reason: ships can’t sail where the water is too shallow.
HBGlord
July 9th, 2007 at 9:18 pm [Reply]

#58 — No strangers here! We’re one of them there “communities.”
Harry Paratestes
July 9th, 2007 at 9:19 pm [Reply]

#16 slinkimalinki
In Milford, all the hoi-polloi drink Zima exclusively.
Artist formerly known as Ben
July 9th, 2007 at 9:22 pm [Reply]

So when did Luann marry Harry Dean Stanton? When she was 13? Anyway, I think Ruby can get Margo good and riled up by humming “Maggie Mae” every time she sees her. Of course Margo will tear her head off then. Life’s a tradeoff.
Benicillin
July 9th, 2007 at 9:24 pm [Reply]

Ruby calling Margo “Maggie” is only the opening salvo in a Summer long war between two queens for control of Papagoras that will have ramifications on Apartment 3-G shattering all notions of what a daily comic strip can be. All curmudgeonists will be captivated by the scent in the air of these two engaged in a battle that promises to be delicious. The satisfactory smile on Ruby’s face at drawing Margo into battle can only be equivocated with Custer’s delight in finding the enemy at Little Big Horn.

Okay, now I am going to go climb in the fucking oven.
Benicillin
July 9th, 2007 at 9:24 pm [Reply]

(cough)
OnAndOnAnon
July 9th, 2007 at 9:30 pm [Reply]

#40,#54
Well, I give up – who needs this? I just felt that all the “yesterthreading” was an annoying addition to our little world. But I tend to back down in the face of braying opposition, particularly since no-one has supported my viewpoint. I think I made this clear in yester-yester-yester-yester-thread where my brilliant turns of phrase were basked in by all who viewed them. No, I really don’t care. Yesterthread is a wonderful expression and should always be used, preferably in every posting. Happy now?
Lynngineering
July 9th, 2007 at 9:32 pm [Reply]

A3G: regarding “indeterminate gender of summer”… Particularly with this example, it seems that over the decades Aristotle has evolved from his original, ruddy 1:1 homage to Ernest Hemingway to a facelift-perfect Merv Griffin (+ goatee) And this in a strip that appears to double as an advertisment for wigs.
Buck Ripsnort
July 9th, 2007 at 9:32 pm [Reply]

I have never sympathized w/ a cartoon character as I do w/ Perfessor Papagoras today. The panic in his eyes says it all– “Dammit, girls! Do you know how hard it is to dry-clean blood out of tweed?”
fizzy logic
July 9th, 2007 at 9:33 pm [Reply]

#67 – Benicillin – I’m starting to get worried about that persistent cough of yours. Have you consulted a doctor? Doctor Rex Morgan? Doctor Drew Corey? Doctor Jeff Corey? Doctor Juliette Burber?
Kronkina
July 9th, 2007 at 9:36 pm [Reply]

#54 True Fable & #56 Gabe & #59 fizzy logic:

Amen brothers/sisters, as the case may be. I rather like reading drunken ramblings, particularly since I posted a slew of such in post-before-yesterthread.

And I still LOVE you guys!!!!
Rusty
July 9th, 2007 at 9:42 pm [Reply]

Reader’s Digest = Pluggers Literature
Kronkina
July 9th, 2007 at 9:43 pm [Reply]

Benicillin consults Dr. Rex Morgan. Dr. Morgan tells him he has the perfect medicine for a lingering cough, but he won’t say what it is. Only that it must be sucked out of a hose. In the dark. And no peeking!

Benicillin consults Dr. Drew Corey. Dr. Corey tells him to take 2 platitudes and call Mary in the morning.

Benicillin consults Dr. Jeff Corey. The younger Dr. Corey takes his business card and puts it into his tiny shirt pocket, but will only provide a prognosis via thought bubble.

Benicillin consults Dr. Juliette Barber. Dr. I’m-Better-Than-You-Can-Even-Dream-Of-Being looks down her nose at him, then she reduces him to tears and makes him say, “I’m not worthy, DOCTOR BARBER!” one thousand times.
Kronkina
July 9th, 2007 at 9:44 pm [Reply]

#73 Rusty – You may have a submission there!
HBGlord
July 9th, 2007 at 9:50 pm [Reply]

#73, 75 — With your kind indulgence:

Pluggers literature: [illustration of some Pluggeroid manimal eating a bowl of alphabet soup]
fizzy logic
July 9th, 2007 at 9:51 pm [Reply]

#74 – Kronkina – Excellent! Except Juliette is showing lots of leg at the time. Excuse me, I mean Doctor Burber.
mon-ma-tron
July 9th, 2007 at 9:51 pm [Reply]

yesterthread…
all my comments there, just knocked ‘em dead
now Josh has put them all to bed
go back and read

the yesterthread
Rusty
July 9th, 2007 at 9:58 pm [Reply]

Ed Crankshaft is the quintessential plugger. He wears his freebie mesh cap and matching bus company windbreaker to his friend’s funeral, for god’s sake.
Uncle Lumpy
July 9th, 2007 at 10:01 pm [Reply]

#78 — mon-ma-tron!

Where ya been, sweetie? All this time with only your picture to console us — and that only 1/25 of the times we hit “F5″.
HBGlord
July 9th, 2007 at 10:04 pm [Reply]

#74 — Nicely compiled medical roster, Kronkina. I for one am going out of network.

#78 — mon-ma-tron, pithy and on point, as always. Good to hear from you, friend.
OnAndOnAnon
July 9th, 2007 at 10:05 pm [Reply]

#78 – no problem, guys – I am going into permanent lurk mode. Thanks for piling on. You won’t be bothered by any “dissident” posts again.
YesterJym
July 9th, 2007 at 10:09 pm [Reply]

=v= Don’t go away mad!
Jim Anderson
July 9th, 2007 at 10:09 pm [Reply]

Further proof that Milford is part of an alien cosmos: the apparent nonexistence of summer leagues.
Islamorada Girl
July 9th, 2007 at 10:10 pm [Reply]

Crankshaft READS? I guess those adult literacy classes worked.
Interceptor
July 9th, 2007 at 10:11 pm [Reply]

Yesterthread…
All my comments really knocked them dead,
Now they all should be reread
For I believe
In Yesterthread…

Apologies to Sir Paul
Red Greenback
July 9th, 2007 at 10:11 pm [Reply]

#67 – Benicillin – Or Dr. Ross? Maybe too much roughage in your kibble? All week! waitress!
Interceptor
July 9th, 2007 at 10:13 pm [Reply]

Oops, sorry mon-ma-tron. I didn’t read down to yours before I posted min.

Now I slink away in shame.
Islamorada Girl
July 9th, 2007 at 10:18 pm [Reply]

My, someone brought their pouty face tonight.
Holly
July 9th, 2007 at 10:19 pm [Reply]

82: I like your handle … have to remember it in case I don’t see it anymore
Benicillin
July 9th, 2007 at 10:25 pm [Reply]

$71 & #74 and others:

Thank you for your concern. Clearly, this is a psychosomatic affliction, perhaps a cough for attention, which all of you have sadly played into, or maybe a cough signalling a lack of confidence in public speaking/blogging that has become an irritating personal tic.

Finally, I would go with Morgan, obviously, as he reigns supreme above all imaginary physicians. I can imagine him standing above me, fist clenched, as if defying the gods, remarking that “I”ll stop this damned cough, this damned, cursed cough, even if it kills me!” as he attempts to slip an ether-soaked rag over my face.

Thanks again for all of your concern.
Benicillin
July 9th, 2007 at 10:25 pm [Reply]

(Vomits)

(Looks to see if anyone is watching)
fizzy logic
July 9th, 2007 at 10:30 pm [Reply]

#92 – Benicillin – *whistling, looking at manicure*

*Waves at Kronkina across the room*
Jennifer
July 9th, 2007 at 10:30 pm [Reply]

re: The Comment-O-Drama

…THAT was just… f’weird. It was like a whole Mary Worthian arc boiled down to less than 100 comments.

Talk about choosing a strange mountain to die on, though I did like the part where he said “uh-oh” just before he went over the cliff.
Jennifer
July 9th, 2007 at 10:31 pm [Reply]

92
*koff*dramaqueen*koff*
Josh
July 9th, 2007 at 10:31 pm [Reply]

People, don’t be dicks or bullies. And by “people” I mean True Fable and Gabe. People ought to be welcome to speak their minds here. They can’t make you stop saying “yesterthread” so there’s no point in being a jerk about it.

And OnAndOnAndOn: You can’t just suggest ppl change the way they’ve been doing things and get pissed when everyone doesn’t just agree with you right away.

We now return to your regular snarking … at the comics, not each other. Play nice.

Josh
Kronkina
July 9th, 2007 at 10:32 pm [Reply]

*waves back at fizzy logic*

Does anyone else hear that buzzing noise?
Allie Cat
July 9th, 2007 at 10:32 pm [Reply]

#85 – Islamorada – I assume you’re being ironic? There’s been a whole storyline devoted to the fact that Crankshaft in fact couldn’t read until he was well into adulthood.

One flashback some years back showed that he used to “read” to his daughters by holding a book and making up a story.

So, yeah…
Red Greenback
July 9th, 2007 at 10:34 pm [Reply]

Just throwin’ this out to see if it sticks: “Baobab Streisand”
fizzy logic
July 9th, 2007 at 10:44 pm [Reply]

Must be the heat – we made Josh referee two dustups today. Sorry Josh! Plus he’s working for Wonkette. Who said blogging was easy money? Hope Amber is feeling better so at least she’s not clapping imperiously at you any more.
Benicillin
July 9th, 2007 at 10:45 pm [Reply]

(cough)

(sees no one paying attention, sulks)

“Yesterthread yesterthread YESTERTHREAD!!!”

(pleased)
Trotzenbonnie
July 9th, 2007 at 10:46 pm [Reply]

Kumbaya!

#37 – Bitter Scribe
That is correct. Shary Flenniken was my first real female cartoonist hero–since Hanna-Barbera turned out to be two guys instead of a woman and Dale Messick was, in fact, a woman and not a man. Or something like that.

#12 – Poteet
I bow to your proximity to Pink Mamie!
Rust-belt Rube
July 9th, 2007 at 10:48 pm [Reply]

Hey, the Plain Dealer dropped B.C.! One more reason to move to Cleveland!
Poteet
July 9th, 2007 at 10:50 pm [Reply]

# 88 — Interceptor, no need to slink away — you could just muse aloud that brilliant minds think alike:-).
Red Greenback
July 9th, 2007 at 10:53 pm [Reply]

Benicillin— Have some Monkey Bread™ and suspend in zero g’s until CHENNUX’s triumphant return! Hotcha!!!
Trotzenbonnie
July 9th, 2007 at 10:59 pm [Reply]

#99 – Red
Baobab Streisand–didn’t she sing that top 10 hit “Deciduous” – instead of ‘Evergreen’, get it? Wah – waaaah :>b
Poteet
July 9th, 2007 at 10:59 pm [Reply]

# 102 — Trotzenbonnie, if you ever visit the Mamie Doud Eisenhower birthplace, you can see exhibits of her life and family history and also her 1962 Plymouth Valiant and her 1949 Chrysler Windsor. I’d recommend coming in September during Pufferbilly Days:-).
stinky pete
July 9th, 2007 at 11:01 pm [Reply]

All this kerfuffle about yesterthread puts me in mind of a song parody called Yesterthread that I wrote many yesterthreads ago. Of course, Josh will soon post another post and this note about yesterthread will also become part of a yesterthread. Sigh.

(PS – when someone is so obviously trying to get your goat about something, didn’t your mama teach you to just ignore them?)

And now – more Monkey Bread, mule!
Red Greenback
July 9th, 2007 at 11:02 pm [Reply]

Youch!!!
mon-ma-tron
July 9th, 2007 at 11:06 pm [Reply]

Unc’a Lump + HGBL: We bought a house. It’s our new all-purpose excuse for bagging out on stuff. Drinks with friends? “Sorry, can’t. Gotta work on the house.” Finish that book project? “Nope, house.” Freelance data-entry gig? “House.” We’re out of milk. “HOUSE!” Have you seen my hat? “HOUSE, dammit!!”

On+OnAnon: wasn’t snarking, honest! All that repetition of the word spontaneously made the Beatles song pop into my head, and…

Interceptor: see, I don’t have any original thoughts either, I just type faster, I guess. :)

Benicillin: does this look infected to you?
Jamus The Bartender
July 9th, 2007 at 11:09 pm [Reply]

FOOB: Okay, while all this has been going on, today’s FOOB lit up. Eva says April is spoiled, and looks down her shirt to prove it. I like today’s FOOB. A lot.
Jamus The Bartender
July 9th, 2007 at 11:16 pm [Reply]

9CL: That crazy fat guy from space with the glasses and the ability to bullshit for two panels is back….damn, damn, damn.

Luann: The sexual tension is building to a crescendo here….i’m thinking Brad will get Toni in bed by week’s end. It’ll be clumsy and goofy, like when Joe Don Baker bedded Linda Evans in the movie Mitchell, but it’ll be good.

Rose Is Rose: Rose and Pasquale are a little too excited about going to the library. Spoiled cousin Clem is trying to keep their feet on the ground, but that’s impossible and Rose and her boy are all goofed up on amphetamines.
Kronkina
July 9th, 2007 at 11:18 pm [Reply]

#111 Jamus – The 7/10 Foob is up? Where?
Red Greenback
July 9th, 2007 at 11:19 pm [Reply]

Jamus T B,…And I like bootblacking VERY MUCH!!!
Lynngineering
July 9th, 2007 at 11:25 pm [Reply]

#108 Stinky Pete “(PS – when someone is so obviously trying to get your goat about something, didn’t your mama teach you to just ignore them?)”

Second that.
Kronkina
July 9th, 2007 at 11:26 pm [Reply]

A3G *oh please oh please oh please…not texas, don’t be from texas, anywhere but texas…geez, we got a bad enough rap right now, any southern state but texas, please if there’s a god, ruby is not from texas*

MARGO-ING BOXCAR! SATURN!
Squid Countess
July 9th, 2007 at 11:27 pm [Reply]

Kronika – Thank you for bringing Alien Loves Predator into my life! I spent all Sunday afternoon drinking iced tea and reading the A Loves P archives.

Great comic link:

http://darkgate.net/comic/configure.php

I got this from some CC’er long ago, and it’s a great one, because it not only connects you with pretty much every print comic you can think of, but lots of web comics, too. For those of you in a band or who wish you were in a band, there’s a comic at that site called Fit and the Conniptions that you might like. Anyway, Alien Loves Predator is there, too. What a cool comic. (By the way, Poteet, I think I know what urinal hockey is, but seeing as how I’ve never used a urinal nor played hockey, I don’t like to say.)

gh- Mmmmwah! I knew you were all right. Missed you terribly, though. It’s been way too long since you’ve explained Gil Thorp like you do. Today I’m wondering, why has Drawer Number 1 included Benjamin Franklin at a printing press and some indentured clerk carrying books on a tray? What the heck did #1’s memo say?

Red Greenback – Re: WTF does the 7/9/07 Marmaduke mean (asked in yesterthread) – Well, Marmaduke’s apparently not feeling well, so he went to the vet, and because he’s big like a ~~horse~~ ~~elephant~~ Coke machine, the vet thought it would be funny to put an “Out of Order” sign on him. Ha?

Josh re: GT – Thank you for talking about Coach Kaz’s earrings in your previous post. The ear question cannot be asked too many times. What.The.Hell. It’s not like the alien drawers of GT can’t draw normal earlobes – we know they can. They actually have to go to extra effort to make it look like he’s wearing earrings. I’m confused.
Lynngineering
July 9th, 2007 at 11:29 pm [Reply]

FBOFW: Eva, if you’re looking for “best before” dates stamped somewhere, you’re looking on the wrong side there….

(on the other hand, this being Michael’s fantasy, he won’t really check out lil Sis)
Kronkina
July 9th, 2007 at 11:31 pm [Reply]

RMMD Those…eyes…so close…oh my goodness. I mean, WOW. I’m speechless, as evidenced by this lame comment.
Andrea D and The Grandstanding Oddballs
July 9th, 2007 at 11:33 pm [Reply]

FOOB: http://fe55.news.sp1.yahoo.com/comics/forbetterorforworse
Trotzenbonnie
July 9th, 2007 at 11:37 pm [Reply]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/comics/king.htm?name=Mark_Trail

Holy Crap!
Kronkina
July 9th, 2007 at 11:37 pm [Reply]

Me # 119 Crap! I mean Mark Trail, not the good doctor.
Brown-eyed Girl
July 9th, 2007 at 11:49 pm [Reply]

121 & 122 Trotzenbonnie and Kronkina

HOLY CRAP IS NOT SUFFICIENT WARNING!

I’m gonna have nightmares for a week.
Brown-eyed Girl
July 9th, 2007 at 11:54 pm [Reply]

Sorry to just burst back into posting, but Holy Crap! (Mark Trail).

I’m late to the parade, but speedy recovery to Amber, and congratulations to the COTW winners. Squid Countess, you really hit it out of the ball-park with your baloney lips comment (cliche in honor of GT). And thanks to Josh, for the thankless task of upgrading the system over the weekend. The new preview feature is COOL.
Poteet
July 9th, 2007 at 11:56 pm [Reply]

MT — AAAAAAIIIIIIIEEEEE!
Benicillin
July 9th, 2007 at 11:56 pm [Reply]

Yeah, I’m with Brown-Eyed Girl — an appropriate warning would have been: “FUCKING CHRIST DON’T CLICK ON THIS LINK UNLESS YOU WANT TO GET WHIPLASH FLINCHING BACK FROM THE MONITOR!”
Jack Parsons
July 9th, 2007 at 11:58 pm [Reply]

Monday’s MT: “I’m ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille!”
Benicillin
July 9th, 2007 at 11:58 pm [Reply]

(COUGH) …
Jack Parsons
July 10th, 2007 at 12:06 am [Reply]

A Plugger thinks a “glory hole” is a great place for bass fishing.
Brown-eyed Girl
July 10th, 2007 at 12:10 am [Reply]

128. Benecillin. Are you still in the oven? While you’re in there, would you mind taking this knife and scraping off some of the baked crud on the bottom? Thanks, sweetie.
Christopher
July 10th, 2007 at 12:11 am [Reply]

Tommorow-FOOB :

Man, April is never allowed to be right, is she?

She’s like the Shinji Ikari of newspaper comics.

I pretty much agree with Jamus about this one.

I want to add that it especially annoys me because they aren’t moving because of a new job, they’re moving because her older brother doesn’t have the wherewithal to actually run his own life.

April was probably really glad that she finally had the house to herself, and she wasn’t going to be bossed around by her siblings, and then they come back, and achieve the greatest heights of bossiness possible by kicking her out of her own house.

Yeah, yeah, it’s not the end of the world, but it is still pretty darn irritating, and you’d think at least HER FRIENDS could manage to at least muster a “Yeah, that’s a real pain.” before they start laying the guilt trip on her.
Brown-eyed Girl
July 10th, 2007 at 12:15 am [Reply]

130. Benicillin. Many appologies for misspelling your name.
Trotzenbonnie
July 10th, 2007 at 12:17 am [Reply]

#128 – Benicillin
Hope that cough is not bird flu.
My apologies to you and Brown-Eyed-Girl.
But I was in shock.
I think I still am.
Excuse me while I take another peek just to be sure….
Poteet
July 10th, 2007 at 12:28 am [Reply]

Now that I’ve recovered a little from that terrifying MT, I would like to observe, per the 7/10 SLYLOCK FOX, that only in SF would a nefarious cat be so incredibly sexier than a female pirate. Cassandra, please come back ASAP — yo-ho-ho.
Brown-eyed Girl
July 10th, 2007 at 12:29 am [Reply]

Tuesday’s comic theme is horrifying second panels. Check it out.

GT I’m not sure which is scarier: Ken’s earrings, the dark-haired transvestite’s eyelashes, or the zombie in the background staggering toward them.
A3G Ruby breakes the fourth wall to blame us all for not taking care of LuAnn. Suddenly, I am less sure of a Margo victory here.
JP Yikes.
and of course:
MT Holy Crap!
alamo
July 10th, 2007 at 12:30 am [Reply]

foobville — wow!! moon shots on the lord’s day and now girls looking down other girls’ blouses. hot action in the making.

who-da thunk — lynn johnson canadian porn illustrator. liven ‘er up lynn! liven ‘er up!
Brown-eyed Girl
July 10th, 2007 at 12:32 am [Reply]

135. ARRGH! Ruby BREAKS the fourth wall. (She’s gonna hurt me for that mistake. Just look at her mean, mean eyes.)
King Folderol
July 10th, 2007 at 12:37 am [Reply]

GT (DT) – I’m stupefied to find that Kaz’s entire calendar involves one concert this coming Saturday. Unless that concert leads to group sex, lots of blow, and a week long drinking jag that leads to Kaz lying naked in a muddy field somewhere, I think that Gil Thorp’s going to need another storyline.

Crankshaft – Often, I feel that Crankshaft is nothing more than an asshole who deserves no sympathy. This comic is different. He sounds like nothing more than a robot who has been stripped of a soul, and I feel empathy for him, if only in a postmodern and distant kind of way.

A3G – Not so much polygamy, but more like nuclear mutant freaks. Check out those crazy, puffy lips in Panel One. Sure, it could be collagen, but I suspect it’s a product of living too close to nuclear testing grounds. Let’s see if the story bears my theory out!
Echo
July 10th, 2007 at 12:42 am [Reply]

Foob — Yay, now Eva’s self-righteous too. I hope there’s an undetectable carbon monoxide leak in the church where Lynn marries her Asshole, so every character dies. Even Julia; she’s dumb enough to be friends with Asshole, after all.

MT — So reporters are going to go batshit over a few birds, but sat happy while this witch DRAINED THE WETLANDS. I’m still not over that. Also, holy crap.

A3G — Cousin Ruby is growing younger. In the last panel Monday, she even seems to be a contemporary of Margo, Lu Ann and Tommie. I hope Lu Ann really will die and Ruby will replace her, but that would be far too interesting.

Get Fuzzy — I save for last. Aah, that’s better.
Poteet
July 10th, 2007 at 12:45 am [Reply]

# 135 — Brown-eyed Girl, you caused me to check out the new (DT)GT, which I hardly ever do. And now that I have, apart from the deep horror of the faces, I wanna know if the narrative riff with all the K’s and C’s in the first panel was done on purpose. Say that sentence really fast three times and you’ll see what I mean. And now, having taken in as much comic horror as I can stand for one night, I bid you all a fond adieu.
Steve S
July 10th, 2007 at 12:45 am [Reply]

If Crankshaft thinks that poetry is boring, he should try reading the poetry in The New Yorker. Of course, since Crankshaft is small town folk, the only New Yorker he knows is the kind he tries to hit with his bus.
Joe Bftsplk
July 10th, 2007 at 12:46 am [Reply]

Mark Trail - GAAAHHH!!! Wo! Now that’s a new one. I think Elrod is fed up with us carping about his occasionally ambiguously-directed word ballooons, and in a fit of pique has filled the entire frame with the speaker’s face as a way of saying, “OK, you curmudgeon bastards, is THIS clear enough for you? Not much doubt about where THIS balloon is coming from, is there? Is THIS how I should do it? HUH??”

But I don’t think he understands the level of our dedication… Hey, look, everybody! Sam’s nose is talking! Ha ha!

(Mr. Elrod, if you’re reading this, know that we love ya.)
Mibbitmaker
July 10th, 2007 at 12:48 am [Reply]

#112: Mitchell!

#116: Aw, c’mon! We like Ruby, right?? Who cares if she’s a cousin? I like my cousins! She told the God’s honest truth in panel 3! How can one not love that? I enjoyed Aldo and Clambake with the rest of y’all, Sugar, why can’t we follow my lead here? Lan’ Sakes!

Okay, the occasional Barbara Walters thing is creepy, but still…
Benicillin
July 10th, 2007 at 12:56 am [Reply]

bROWN-eYED gIRL…Not your night for spelling, is it…don’t fret, the oven’s clean and I laughed at the background zombie you found for all of us. You see that? You made a man laugh. Maybe even others laughed at that special zombie that right now is bringing people back together in light of the “yesterthread” scandal and the Josh-scorned bullying that followed. You did this, no one else. You found that magical zombie, not Dingo, or Chennux, or that freaky Red Greenback, no, not even the COTW winner Squid lady. You just got to start to believe in yourself, BEG. We’re all proud of you.
Mibbitmaker
July 10th, 2007 at 1:05 am [Reply]

7/10 split:

MT: You know, when they’re watching a movie on MST3K, and a certain type of image appears and Crow, Servo and Joel/Mike go in unison, “YAAUGHH!!!”? That’s panel 2! Also inspires a 1985 Letterman “Hyp-mo-tahzed!!”

But there’s the last panel, where both Mark and eyes girl are indeed hypnotized by the floating Jack Elrod ball floating eerily between them, their speech shakily chant-like. Entirely mesmerizing, which is a word rarely spoken about Mark Trail.
TedSez
July 10th, 2007 at 1:10 am [Reply]

I don’t read “Gil Thorp” very often, so I don’t recognize the character whose face is weirdly cut off under the nose at the bottom of the frame. But I’m guessing his or her name is “Kilroy.”
The Spectacular Spider-Brick
July 10th, 2007 at 1:22 am [Reply]

A3G: Tell it, sister! Hallelujah!

Archie: Apparently, it’s a great day to wear huge, ugly, heavy corrective shoes! Who knew Betty had polio as a child? Veronica’s problem, on the other hand, seems to stem from a severe case of scoliosis that has also caused her head to shift about six inches toward her left shoulder.

BB: Ha ha! Our military is corrupt from top to bottom!

DT: If Gretchen saw Dick take out two armed thugs in a matter of seconds and wield a gas-cane the Baron didn’t own, and still thinks he’s her grandfather, she must be one of the dimmest hostages in history. We’re talking Lu Ann levels of dimness. Just go ahead and gas her, Dick. A carbon-monoxide coma could only improve her cognition.

FC: Don’t worry about it, Billy. I’d lay good money you’re destined for an easier-to-spell career path. Can you spell “Wal-Mart clerk”? How about “garbage man”? “Coke mule”? “Ten-dollar gay trick”?

H&J: Another strip where the joke depends on someone saying something they’d never actually say just so they can be misinterpreted. This is the lowest form of humor that can be put in printed form. Only prop comics, ventriloquists and clowns are lower on the comedy scale.

JP: Hey, look! It’s a brown-skinned, patois-babbling, overweight, unattractive ethnic stereotype! Would it be presumptuous of me to assume that she’s not one of the winery’s co-owners?

MT: Others have said “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!” far more eloquently than I could, so I’ll just point out that Sam’s recent eye surgery apparently involved the removal of her irises. And that for some reason I think Panel 2 should come with the background music used by Dramatic Chipmunk.

MG&G: Apparently one of the powers of the “Generation X-Men” is time travel, since one would have to go back to the ’80s for this joke to be timely.

MC: Must… resist… obvious joke… about how deep Maureen is.

Phantom: What makes you think rich white people have ever heard your superstitious darkie babbling? Go back to baseball, Clambake!

RMMD: June, if you want Heather to go back to bed, then why did you give her a huge mug of black coffee? She’ll never be able to sleep with…. ohhhhhh. Drink up, Heather!
Mibbitmaker
July 10th, 2007 at 1:33 am [Reply]

Other new ones:

9CL: Y’know, usually when Thorax appears doing this bit, I just loathe and despise him, especially when his muses on religion. He’s the Pat Robertson of atheism. But this time… the guy’s got a point.

PC: Et tu, Prickly City?

RMMD: Didn’t we see this exact chain of events a couple months ago?? Oh, right, this is completely different: This time, it’s at Heather’s house! Same deja vu, different abode.

Hmmm…. I have to check Mark Trail one more time, ’cause I wonder……. yep! Looking close up, seems Sam’s eyes healed perfectly from the…….bird……st…………….r…….i…..i….…….. I…..AH BIN HYP-MO-TAHZED!!…HYP-MO-TAHZED!….HE’P ME, P’EASE!……… (bblrbblbbbrlb!!) Whoa! That was close! (…did anyone hear Paul Shaffer keyboards just now? I swear….)
CrabbyGenes
July 10th, 2007 at 1:33 am [Reply]

#131 Brown-Eyed Girl. I agree completely with you and Jamus, and other Mudgies who have voiced these opinions in the past. And this strip has pointed out to me, in retrospect, how grateful I am for my own mom and dad. Long after I had moved out of the house I grew up in, my parents sold it to my younger sister and her family, and moved into a ranch so as to avoid having to go up and down stairs in their old age. The first time we went back to the U.S. to visit them in their new house, my daughters were 11 and 7 years old. After giving us a house tour, and showing us the spacious, well-decorated basement that would be for my family’s use any time we were back from Japan, my mom said, “So, what do you think? Do you like it? Do you think you can come to think of this place as our home and yours?”

As if I had any right to say! I was 41 at the time, and long gone from their immediate lives. Yet my parents treated me with much more love, respect, and consideration that John and Elly did their 16-year-old daughter, who needed it much more than I did! I still marvel at this storyline and at what huge asshats those two are.
Anonymous
July 10th, 2007 at 1:48 am [Reply]

I couldn’t resist peeking ahead to Tuesday’s comics, alas:

Dick Tracy: Okay, I’m going to start counting how many days Dick spends explaining how this cunning plan worked. I’m betting on at least two weeks’ worth of strips.

Mark Trail: Somewhere behind the scenes, a surgeon is handing fifty bucks to Jack Elrod. “Make my work look good,” he says. “Make sure everyone can see that her eyes are as good as new. BETTER than new!”

Rex Morgan: Nurse June’s ordering Heather to come back to bed? Oh man, this could be the best week of Rex Morgan EVER.

Zits: The teenager is downloading internet porn, the mother is reading alone in bed, and the pater familias is out in the darkness smokin’ more weed than Tommy Chong.
Trilobite
July 10th, 2007 at 1:54 am [Reply]

The comments in #150 seem so familiar….oh wait, they’re mine! I’m just a doofus who didn’t check the Name and E-mail address boxes before posting!

Sheesh. Tuesday’s Mark Trail must have scared me worse than I thought. I think Sam’s realized that since Mark’s started giving boring lectures on trees, she might have a shot of catching his attention if she replaced her eyes with Venus flytraps.
Brown-eyed Girl
July 10th, 2007 at 1:56 am [Reply]

149 CrabbyGenes. Comment 131 was posted by Christopher. I agree with him, and you, and Jamus about April. Yes, she has a lot to be grateful for. But she’s also entitled to feel something about the disruptions in her life, particularly losing her home. It was bad enough that her family ignored her feelings, but now her friends are telling her to stuff it, too. As someone said, she needs new friends.
Brown-eyed Girl
July 10th, 2007 at 2:00 am [Reply]

141. Benicillin. You are too kind, I’m sure. Thank you for cleaning the oven. It didn’t occur to me until much later that you might have been busy in there…I hope I didn’t interrupt anything important. (I misspelled every word in this post that contained more than 3 letters. Did I catch all my mistakes? Spell check is for sillies).
CrabbyGenes
July 10th, 2007 at 2:02 am [Reply]

#152 Brown-Eyed Girl. You’re right! Good grief. Sorry! (Glad you agree with me, though!)

to #131 Christopher. You still out there? RE-DIRECTED COMMENT! See my #149! Sorry to you too!
Mibbitmaker
July 10th, 2007 at 2:03 am [Reply]

FOOB: Yep! They went right ahead and SAID it! “You’re so totally spoiled rotten!” Lynn finally punished her not-daughter for DEIGNING to be on our side in all the furshlugginer foobery! — Although, to be fair, it does say “Best before turning 16″ down there.

FW: Yeah, yeah, okay, godawful hell or die quicker, fine, whatever; now willyouHURRY UP AND GET THE DAMN DARIN THING OVER ALREADY????? SHEESH!!

(by the way, how does “testify before Congress” fit in with that schedule, Lisa? As it is, I’d be changing that to “walk with Les” if I were you, given your choice)
Joe Bftsplk
July 10th, 2007 at 2:17 am [Reply]

Had to come back after seeing A3G. Ah, she’s from Texas. Probably a Longhorns fan, hence all the orange (not quite the right shade but probably as close to the real color as the coloring-monkeys can get). The company I work for sent me to the Austin area for two weeks last year to help open a new store there, and I think a couple hundred of LuAnn’s cousins came through my checkout line, women with honey-smooth southern voices all calling me hun and shug and suchlike and making me feel all melty inside, and I fell in love with every one of them. Margo will be in for a surprise if she thinks that this blonde Sally Field character is going to just crumple before her in the manner of her usual victims. Look at the bewildered shock on her face there. “But… She’s pointing her finger at me! I don’t understand this at all! Can she do that??”

Bizarro – Probably the same week that “Closed For The Season” opened at the drive-in theatre.

Archie – The Unit doesn’t understand how much it has to modify a joke in order to make it a truly different joke than one which it used only a couple of days ago.
CrabbyGenes
July 10th, 2007 at 2:40 am [Reply]

I have to admit that every time Josh posts the current Gil Thorp and comments on it first, so that it’s the first thing I see whenever I click on Comics Curmudgeon, I start counting the hours until a new thread goes up and I don’t have to look at those horrible faces right up front anymore.;-)

I’m just thankful that he seldom posts Funky Winkerbean, which I have made the effort to quit reading!
Red Greenback
July 10th, 2007 at 2:47 am [Reply]

Wha???
AppleGirl
July 10th, 2007 at 2:53 am [Reply]

24 – arto – Great song parody!

MT – You all were right about the horrifying 2nd panel. Especially 142, Joe Bftsplk. ‘The nose is talking’ really was the first thing I thought of when I saw it.

A3G – RUBYPALOOZA 2007!
AppleGirl
July 10th, 2007 at 2:55 am [Reply]

158 – You okay there, Red?

Ooooh, I just used the new Preview feature. TWICE. Josh, it’s so cool!
Red Greenback
July 10th, 2007 at 3:04 am [Reply]

No problem! Everythings Normal, Illinois.
Christopher
July 10th, 2007 at 3:07 am [Reply]

Man, as much as I’m already super-excited about Ruby Vs. Margo: Rumble in the Bronx, I can’t get over how disappointed I am that she’s one of Lu-Ann’s ill-defined “cousins” and not her mom.

We get to see Margo’s crazy mom! I Want to see Lu-Ann’s mom and Tommie’s mom and Aristotle’s mom.

But for the love of god don’t bring Gina’s mom into things. One smirking, prematurely balding harpy is really all I can take.

Also, I feel bad about how much I don’t like Funky Winkerbean. Some poor artist is working hard to do a story that really means something, a story that connects with us on the deepest levels, and all I can think is just, “Come on, kill her off already so we can get back to the teen drinking.”

Although I just remembered what a boxcar saturn DOORMAT this supposed LAWYER was to the doctor whose malpractice has caused her death.

Now I don’t feel so bad anymore.
LTBF
July 10th, 2007 at 3:11 am [Reply]

They bought a house with only one bathroom?
Red Greenback
July 10th, 2007 at 4:01 am [Reply]

Did someone say lawyer??? http://www.bcm-law.com/Bio/MichaelBrandow.asp
Red Greenback
July 10th, 2007 at 4:11 am [Reply]

Gli Troph(e) Is that “Clambake” riding a skateboard?
The Avocado Avenger
July 10th, 2007 at 4:31 am [Reply]

MT Second Panel – Aaaaugh get it off get it off get it off!!! What the freakin’ hell IS that thing? It doesn’t feel pain! It can’t be reasoned with!

Pluggers – It’s just one horrifying look at abject poverty after another, isn’t it? I spent many years in the 1990s driving around in a ‘68 Chevy Nova that had no reverse gear any more. It still got broken into. Newsflash for The Chief Plugger: it wasn’t funny. The only way the “haw haw your car is a piece of shit” storyline could be funny is if a Plugger made the conscious choice to drive a broken-down ‘84 Toyota Crappile, and even then it would be like laughing at the mentally infirm.

A3G – Seeing Margo’s face contort in spasms of rage never gets old.

(DT)GT – It’s nice to see a lesbian couple represented in comic strips. Bob (short for Bobbi, right?) can’t pull off those earrings, though. Josh was totally right about that.

#112 Janus – Where Mitchell comes from, beer is an entree.

#50 OnAndOnAnon – See, I think you’ve got a point, and you’re funny, and you didn’t deserve some of the comments you got. When I tried to say something though, it came out really rude, so I just bit my tongue and moved on because I’ve stepped on enough toes already. Of course, now it just looks like I’m parrotting Josh (dirty!) but, hey, I’m comfortable with that.

#145 Mibbit – I just saw an MST3K (”San Francisco International”) where they did that exact freaked-out reaction to someone. It was a triple, even. Pleasant looking guy, pleasant looking guy, AUGH SCARY ANGRY MAN. Comedy gold.
The Avocado Avenger
July 10th, 2007 at 4:39 am [Reply]

Oh, and I know no one reads “Tank”, but dammit, it is funny today.

Equally funny is “Get Fuzzy”, which I think will strike a chord with the Kibologists among us.
goaty
July 10th, 2007 at 5:45 am [Reply]

Apt3G — I don’t think I’ve ever seen any living human being over the age of say 2 years wear not one but TWO bows in her hair. But, ya know what? Who cares…. she’s FABulous! I’m dying to know if she keeps the double bow look day to day and changes the colors with her clothes. (ofc, I know that just to get to another “day” in A3G may take weeks, so I’ll be patient.)
Scherzo
July 10th, 2007 at 5:50 am [Reply]

Oh, I’ve been thinking about McEldowney (via Thorax) taking digs at organized religion today. But I have a question that my fellow ‘mudges might be able to help with. Which religion teaches that there won’t be animals and pets in the afterlife? It’s not a matter of doctrine in Chritianity —
dreadedcandiru2
July 10th, 2007 at 6:20 am [Reply]

FOOB: What is that bugs me most about this mess? Is it the high-handed, preachy way Eva deals with her alleged friend? Nope. I’ve grown accustomed to April getting a verbal smackdown every time she opens her mouth. I don’t LIKE it, but I’ve come to expect it. What irritates the holy living Hell outta me is that Lynn makes Eva talk street ’cause she’s black! Just like Lyn thinks they have rhythm in their blood, she probably also believes they can’t help but say colorful things like shizzle, fizzle! But she’s not racist….

FW: Lisa wants to embrace LIFE instead of vomiting…super.

9CL: Fortune cookie wisdom from a fruitcake? Anyone spot any unicorns?

Crankshaft: We get it Tom/Ed! Yuppies are jerks!
Garrison
July 10th, 2007 at 6:51 am [Reply]

The Crankshaft comic reminded me of a throwaway joke in an episode of “All in the Family” in which Edith mentions that she never reads the articles in Reader’s Digest, but just the little one or two line poems or words of wisdom that they use to fill up the leftover space at the end of the condenced articles.
Motorposus
July 10th, 2007 at 7:02 am [Reply]

Curtis – If the man is standing there with a puppet on his hand, that makes him a puppeteer, not a ‘puppeteer’. Otherwise, ‘puppeteer’ might mean ‘molester of limp, misshapen children’.
Motorposus
July 10th, 2007 at 7:10 am [Reply]

#108 Stinky Pete – I missed your “Yesterthread” parody all those yesterthreads ago. It brought a tear to my eye.
TurtleBoy
July 10th, 2007 at 7:16 am [Reply]

MT: Wow! Uh…um…I’m speechless.

MW: Seeing as Joe Giella is completely incapable of rendering youth effectively, Karen Moy is taking a day or two to tell us explicitly, “I’m a frickin’ college student, get it?!? I’m supposed to be about twenty!”

TDIET: They’ll Do It Sometimes, But Only After a Series of Highly Contrived Independently Unlikely Events Ensues strikes again!
Jemmy
July 10th, 2007 at 7:20 am [Reply]

Wait. Where did Tommie come from. She wasn’t there in yesterday’s strip. She doesn’t seem at all surprised to see Ruby, though. It must be her sixth sense, the one that says “There’s drama! I must go so that I can be on the periphery and make constipated faces!” I love that sixth sense.
AAckTTpth
July 10th, 2007 at 7:30 am [Reply]

Move over Gerald!

Like hell Eva is looking for a “best before” date – she’s scouting the complexity level of the bra clasp.

Tomorrow on a Very Special FOOB…
man behind the curtain
July 10th, 2007 at 7:33 am [Reply]

Today’s obviuos theme:

FBOW — Foreplay

RMMD — First we eat then back to bed. No sex on an empty stomach.

LuAnn — TJ, every guy’s fantasy wife. Toni should be very jealous, and very suspicious.
man behind the curtain
July 10th, 2007 at 7:33 am [Reply]

Today’s obvious theme:

FBOW — Foreplay

RMMD — First we eat then back to bed. No sex on an empty stomach.

LuAnn — TJ, every guy’s fantasy wife. Toni should be very jealous, and very suspicious.
AAckTTpth
July 10th, 2007 at 7:36 am [Reply]

169 – I’m not so sure Eva is talking “street” — maybe “tree-lined boulevard in the suburbs”.
stinky pete
July 10th, 2007 at 7:39 am [Reply]

S4th: The band, Elwood! The band!

Crankshaft: Is it at least an oaky Merlot?

DtM: Ha! kids say the darnedest things. But you’re supposed to menace, not audition for Art Linkletter (of Moose Jaw, Canada!).

MT: Holy crap.

TDIET. This actually happened to me. Twice. Last fall. (Memo to self: I hear straw makes an excellent mulch…)
True Fable
July 10th, 2007 at 7:42 am [Reply]

I made a total of two posts. I wasn’t trying to be a dick or a bully. That’s all I’m going to say about that.
Squawk
July 10th, 2007 at 7:43 am [Reply]

PBS: Heh, an REO Speedwagon reference. How 1981.
Tweeks_Coffee
July 10th, 2007 at 7:45 am [Reply]

7/10

A3G: Heads are about to roll, most likely Ruby’s.

DtM: Menace factor, rising.

DT: Even the horrifying image of Tracy peeling off that face isn’t enough to liven this story up.

GA: “Tonight on, Gasoline Alley: OZ Edition”

(DT)GT: Boy, while they’re in glamorous Central City they may want to stop by Local U and catch a Boat Wrestling event. Also; is this Gail Martin person supposed to be someone I recognize? A Google search was no help, either.

MT: Holy crap! Collision imminent, brace for impact!

MG&G: I giggled

Pluggers: That plugger’s gonna be mighty disappointed when his window gets busted out anyway.
Calico
July 10th, 2007 at 7:53 am [Reply]

#118, #139 – FOOBentarry – Ohhhh yeaaaaah!

It’s not just “Asshole”, it’s “Her Asshole.” Now she’ll have two, or maybe three, after they have first real lover’s quarrel and she rips him a new one.

Which brings me to a waking thought from this AM – along with my usually super-deep waking visions of ending world hunger,disease, and conflict, I thought –
“Who’s watching Cinnamon’s kid??!?”
It ain’t April, who is engaged in a pity party.
It isn’t Dee, who is trying to lasso her own two sweetie pies (snicker, titter, etc.) so she can throw them into bath, then bed;
It isn’t Elly, who’s busy huffing about curtains and carpets and all of her unread tomes;
Could it be Tracy, the queen of Ontarian Petroleum Transport, or maybe evil Cortney, the rap sheet princess?
Bwahahahah!!
stinky pete
July 10th, 2007 at 7:58 am [Reply]

By the way, Calvin and Hobbes is currently running the story line where Hobbes was stolen by a big dog. One of the best.
Dennis Jimenez
July 10th, 2007 at 8:00 am [Reply]

RMMD – June Morgan, LD (Lesbian Dominatrix) – my absolute favorite strip.

Archie – The ACLG3000 (or whatever it is) was so close – this strip would be funny if Arch and Jug were masturbating to porn.

FC – Don’t worry Billy – fluffer is easy to spell.
AtomicDog
July 10th, 2007 at 8:01 am [Reply]

Luann: Okay, now Toni’s playing “Gotcha.” Brad, It’s time to put her arm behind her back and frogmarch her out of the house.
Calico
July 10th, 2007 at 8:02 am [Reply]

I adore C&H – true genius.

3G – So it’s Ruby Tuesday – good one, Sugar, in the last panel-you are correct and not afraid to say it loud and proud.
Maybe if we’re lucky we’ll have a subplot of Ruby and Prof. getting it on, much to Gina’s chagrin.

MT – cue Bachman/Cummings – “These Eyes…”
TurtleBoy
July 10th, 2007 at 8:07 am [Reply]

#185 Dennis Jimenez, re FC: And “bum” is even easier.
Tats
July 10th, 2007 at 8:08 am [Reply]

A3-G: As Ruby issues the smackdown on the girls of 3-G, we’re left to wonder where the hell Tommie came from; did she just form like Voltron from the new water feature that’s apparently been installed in panel three?

FOOB: “Eva, what are you doing?” “Throwing up down the back of your shirt.”

MW: Maybe the age thing doesn’t bother you because you’re actually menopausal. I swear, when Wilbur discovers his daughter is actually 45, he’s going to be really upset with her for hiding it from him.

TDIET: Thanks to H. Hill of Arlen, TX!
Girl Randolf
July 10th, 2007 at 8:13 am [Reply]

FOOB-

I have to say I hate the Michael buys their house plot. If only because Elly and John don’t have enough money to spread around to make up for practically giving Mike a house. Buy your own house, asshole.

If they had money for all of the kids and Michael was getting it in form of a house, it wouldn’t matter so much. But you know Liz and April are going to get squat.

April will have to pay for vet school by herself because her self-righteous parents will want her to stand on her own two feet, which means living under a crushload of debt just to fulfill a dream.

Liz will have a quote/unquote simple wedding complete with her mother’s dress and the cheapest of cheap crap. Anthony’s family and friends will stiff them because it is his second wedding. And someone (probably martyr St. Liz herself) will stupidly suggest Anthony already has most of the stuff anyone needs, so they really don’t need anything but their love to start up a home. And Liz will live in Theresa’s house; mix batter in Theresa’s modern style mixer, brew coffee in a fancy and complicated contraption and eat off Theresa’s china pattern for the rest of her life.

John and Elly will continue to give Mike the shirts off their backs, while they spend the rest of their pennies on John’s trains.

Meredith will continue to morph into Jon Bennet and Robin will continue to morph into Christopher Robin or Little Lord Fauntleroy. Francoise will be told she’s loved, but will be mostly treated like April. April will be forgotten almost entirely, except for the time Farley died.

And all will be for the better – if you think King Lear deserves a World’s Greatest Dad trophy
Tabby
July 10th, 2007 at 8:14 am [Reply]

#168 I was in the 5th grade, and the teacher at the Lutheran school insisted there would be no ANIMALS in heaven, and that I should LIKE this. I began to question religion on that day, and I still don’t see how it could be heaven without like, cats and horses and such
Ribinin
July 10th, 2007 at 8:18 am [Reply]

H&L: The kids want to go the that family restaurant, you know the one near the local university. They serve food kids like a lot.

“Preview” works well, in an impersonal sort of way.
Doctor Strenglove
July 10th, 2007 at 8:18 am [Reply]

Funky Winkerbean: I’m envisioning the conclusion of the storyline, with Darin very slowly making his way to the hospital over the course of several weeks, going up the elevator floor by floor, and arriving at Lisa’s deathbed for a reunion with his Biological mother seconds too late, with Les sobbing, head in hands over Lisa’s rapidly cooling corpse. How poignant would that be!!! Maybe the whole crew of Montoni’s could be in the room ready for a Pizza-Wake, as well.
Really, I had hoped that Funky’s author would start a pledge drive for Breast Cancer Research: “to save Lisa, you must all donate at least 100,000 dollars! Send money now or she will die horribly in agony!” At least that way there would be some point to this unalloyed misery.

FBOFW: Look, I know I’m the only person who feels this way, but I LIKE the Liz/Anthony storyline. It has given me hope and brought excitement to my daily grind over the past 8 years since the foreshadowing on that New Year’s Eve long ago when Liz and Anthony took that midnight stroll and had thought balloons of bittersweet unspoken desire for each other. I know, it’s pathetic.

Crankshaft: Josh, your comments (about our culture seeking the expenditure of minimum psychic energy for maximum amount of entertainment) are brilliant and also ironic. Damn, you’re good.
Islamorada Girl
July 10th, 2007 at 8:20 am [Reply]

MT: The goggles! They do nothing!
dreadedcandiru2
July 10th, 2007 at 8:22 am [Reply]

#190. Jim will continue to be neglected by most of his family, who believe he all has the self-awareness and intellect of a tub of wallpaper paste. April will visit from time to time, assuming she can get time away from raising Michael’s children for him.
Calico
July 10th, 2007 at 8:27 am [Reply]

#190 – Great, great snark.
“…so they really don’t need anything but their love to start up a home.”

Because of this excellent comment, I will now have to keep a little wastebasket near my desk all day, so I can spit up like a baby periodically.
Jamus The Bartender
July 10th, 2007 at 8:29 am [Reply]

A3G: On that last panel, after Ruby is done admonishing Tommie, Margo….and us, it seems, like we could do anything but helplessly stand by and watch Luann’s hallucinogenic DTs….Margo’s got this look that says, “Um, sorry we couldn’t help Luann in time and keep her from talking to eighteenth-century beardy guy, but, um….i’ve got a LIFE.”
Actually, I gotta side with Margo on this one. What in hell is the READER supposed to do here, Ruby? Call Nine One One? “911 emergency response”, “Yeah, this is Jamus, um, Luann’s going into shock, she’s seeing things, she can’t breathe”, “Okay sir, calm down, we’ll send an ambulance over right away, what’s your address”, “Oh, it’s not here, its in today’s newspaper, in Apartment three gee…”,
“………what?”
Anonymous
July 10th, 2007 at 8:30 am [Reply]

FBoFW – Don’t worry Gerald – It’s best eaten before Dec. 2006 – but it doesn’t mean you absolutely can’t stomach that Canadian pie. I say go for it.
Calico
July 10th, 2007 at 8:36 am [Reply]

The end of FOOB:

http://www.wptz.com/news/13651220/detail.html?treets=pla&tid=2654601612813&tml=pla_9am&tmi=pla_9am_1_08000207102007&ts=H
Artist formerly known as Ben
July 10th, 2007 at 8:43 am [Reply]

7/10

MT: LOOK INTO THE EYES OF SAM HILL!!!!! LOOK INTO THEM, SLAVE!!!!

H&J: Mom’s using racially-loaded words to describe the dishes? Hell, that’s embarassing to say the very least.

A3G: But, but, Margo went to the building with a random key and everything. So it turned out to be the wrong key. You can’t say she didn’t try.

Phantom: “Achilles? From the Iliad? Read a book!”

Lockhorns: Depending on what Leroy drank, he may be launching something himself when he gets home.

TBMEL: Edison’s father has learned to tune him out. Wise, very wise.

Garfield: Is Garfield funny today, or is my brain scrambled?

‘Shaft: “Well, it’s been nice talking to you dad. Gotta go.”

SFx: Yes, I too was once marauded on the beach by coed teams of pirates. These buccaneers really made my life miserable. Then I learned the Charles Atlas secret of Dynamic Tension. Now my once-scrawny 98 pound frame is 200 pounds of solid muscle.
The machete helps too.
Rooser the Bruiser
July 10th, 2007 at 8:48 am [Reply]

Gee, thanks for pointing out Kaz’s pearl earrings. Now that I’ve seen them, I can’t UN-see them. Next logical step: he’s wearing a lace teddy under that button-down shirt, and at any moment he could disrobe and burst into a rendition of “Sweet Transvestite.”
Kip W
July 10th, 2007 at 8:56 am [Reply]

#146 [Ted Says] – Your handle reminds me of my AIM handle, “Kip Said” — my friends (both of them) were astounded that I got my own name as a handle, because the word ’said’ is such a humble little functional thing, it didn’t even register. The unusual first name helped too.

Anyway, just to politely correct (with a split infinitive to show that nobody’s perfect), the face peering over the horizon was named “Chad,” and was (according to my old man) drawn, at least early on, by Australians in WW2. “Kilroy Was Here” was originally a text tag.

Wikipedia says something similar, that “Chad” was what the character was called in the UK prior to 1940, and he has since been merged with “Kilroy.” So I guess my correction is now a quaint anachronism, like buggy whips and dial telephones. Never mind. Nobody’s reading this anyway, right?
Matt Ramone
July 10th, 2007 at 9:00 am [Reply]

#150, the first thing I thought when I saw Walt was “yeah, that’s definitely a joint.”
Buck Ripsnort
July 10th, 2007 at 9:01 am [Reply]

A3G– The Perfessor was so terrified of the impending catfight he transmogrified into Tommie. Academic chameleon powers, Activate!

MT– While you’re all snarking, I hope you realize that the EXTREME CLOSEUP just knocked out Sam’s new eyes. Hope you’re happy.
Buck Ripsnort
July 10th, 2007 at 9:02 am [Reply]

A3G– The Perfessor was so terrified of the impending catfight he transmogrified into Tommie. Academic chameleon powers, Activate!

MT– While you’re all snarking, I hope you realize that the EXTREME CLOSEUP just knocked out Sam’s new eyes. Hope you’re happy.
Buck Ripsnort
July 10th, 2007 at 9:06 am [Reply]

A3G: The Perfessor is so terrified of the impending catfight that he transmogrifies into Tommie. Faculty chameleon powers, Activate!

MT– While you’re all busy snarking, I hope you know that extreme closeup camera just poked out Sam’s new eyes. I hope you’re happy.
Tabby
July 10th, 2007 at 9:07 am [Reply]

is that where they got “hanging chad”?
Buck Ripsnort
July 10th, 2007 at 9:09 am [Reply]

Dammit, I thought my crap connection ate my first comment. Sorry.
Anonymous
July 10th, 2007 at 9:14 am [Reply]

Before the 2000 election, I thought Swinging Chad was a gay BOAC flight steward.
Jordan
July 10th, 2007 at 9:27 am [Reply]

Don’t hate on Inkwell Journal! Not only is it as good a read as, well, as any other university-sponsored poetry journal, it is also a movie star: Dustin Hoffman’s UIC professor character in Stranger than Fiction proudly displays it on his office coffee table.
Alana
July 10th, 2007 at 11:30 am [Reply]

Meanwhile in Judge Parker, It seems that the Boat Wrestling season has finally ended, as Raju is apparently forced to return to mooching off Sophie via some wacky, Mrs Doubtfire-esque scheme.
techinin
July 10th, 2007 at 11:56 am [Reply]

True Story:

This morning, I had to make up a chart for a new admission with the first name Vera.

What last name do I put on the chart?

Shields (as in Vera Panty Shields)

I can’t share this with any coworkers, the old lady behind me who adores Granthony (”he’s taking care of his daughter!!”) does not understand the concept of Foobloathing.

Thank God for the Curminions.
queek
July 10th, 2007 at 12:05 pm [Reply]

201& 202: back-to-back Rocky references.

*jumps to the right*
Claudia LL
July 10th, 2007 at 4:18 pm [Reply]

Ah, but they are in fact pearl earrings? Cos that’s what I see, but then again it could be puffy earlobes or really poor art.
And, wow, so LuAnn could be a…mormon…?
Stephen
July 10th, 2007 at 5:43 pm [Reply]

“Readers Digest” is just the right size for throwing at those damn kids on his lawn.
alamo
July 10th, 2007 at 6:10 pm [Reply]

mt — sacre merde!
meltina
July 10th, 2007 at 7:29 pm [Reply]

Apologies if someone else already brought this up, but is it me, or did LuAnn’s “cousin” get much younger from panel 1 to panel 3?
Slither
July 10th, 2007 at 8:33 pm [Reply]

#200 Calico: Oh wow — just think of it– a hailstorm of 1500 lb. (that’s 680.4 kg. for you Canadiens) wrecking balls falling on Millborough, destroying everything in their path! Better yet, make it a meteor shower, with all the meteorites being white-hot from their entry into Earth’s atmosphere. Lynn — please draw that up for us — then retire.
Jennifer
July 10th, 2007 at 8:35 pm [Reply]

200 Calico

See? This is what happens when you try to demolish a library. The gods punish you with a wrecking ball.

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