How sharper than a serpent’s tooth
Mary Worth, 11/4/04
OK, now that we’re almost done with this crystal meth story line on Mary Worth, let’s review the things that we’ve learned:
- Drugs are bad
- People never change
- You shouldn’t give anyone a second chance, even if they’re your own child, because they’ll just break your heart
- Once someone has failed you twice, you really ought to just write them off
- Don’t buy drugs out of an open brown paper bag, as they’ve probably gone bad
- Meth can go bad
- Blue sansabelt pants, a Members Only jacket, and a Eurotrash ponytail do not make for a cool ensemble
- When a mother becomes extremely upset about her son’s misdeeds, her face develops black splotches and she starts talking like Bronte heroine
By the way, Iris, I’m sure that Tommy learned plenty during his time in the joint. Sadly, it was less about the chemical composition of pharmaceuticals and more about making shivs.
Dub Not Dubya
November 5th, 2004 at 6:52 am
The splotches are downright disturbing. Is she having a really bad mascara day? Or are there secret messages in them? I tried turning it 90 degrees, and it sort of looks like a face wearing sunglasses, but I don’t know…
Tom T.
November 5th, 2004 at 8:48 am
The cartoonist has spent this entire week having the mother simply re-tell the story that we saw last week. This refusal to advance the plot is worthy of Spider-Man.
Jym
November 5th, 2004 at 8:48 pm
=v= Did Tommy’s mom go to a prison that tought her how to sell non-lethal meth?
Bill Peschel
November 9th, 2004 at 2:23 am
Don’t laugh. The artist probably watched a year’s worth of Bob Ross art shows on PBS to learn this shadowing technique.
Laura
March 6th, 2005 at 9:11 pm
First of all, let me tell you how delighted I was to find a group of people who love to hate Mary Worth! I find myself unable to avert my gaze from this strip; in fact I am powerfully compelled to pore over the amateurish artwork and fatuous storylines every day. Keep the acid commentary coming!!
With regard to the second panel in the featured strip, I assumed that the “artist” must have tipped the inkwell over onto her face.
Faith
August 29th, 2005 at 12:43 pm
I love the artwork on the wall. It reminds me of the Split Enz’ album cover for “True Colors”.
Jared
August 4th, 2006 at 2:15 pm
You know, it almost sounds like the mother is chastizing Tommy for not knowing proper meth-making methods.
“Did he learn nothing during his incarceration? You gotta stir, then boil! Can’t sell any drugs if you can’t keep your customers alive.”
King Folderol
October 30th, 2006 at 2:58 pm
It might be a little late to get it together, but I am so going to be Crystal-Meth Tommy for Halloween! Gotta go cook up a batch…
Aldo lives!
October 23rd, 2009 at 10:16 pm
Dude, stay away from that Bronte heroin. That stuff is *lethal*.