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Speak softly and carry a big stick

Marvin, 3/14/08

Tough questions for today’s Marvin:

Do people normally let their two-year-olds toddle around the house eating entire hamburgers, and presumably leaving a trail of ketchup and half-masticated bun in their wake?
Isn’t Marvin’s interlocutor old enough that she should be talking for real, and thus be unable to conduct the thought-balloon-based telepathic conversations typical of Marvin’s infant society?
For that matter, why does she need to open her mouth in panel one to thought-balloon at Marvin?
Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?

Gil Thorp, 3/14/08

Woo-hoo, ladies! That’s how you celebrate a basketball win — with a full-on locker-room orgy, not whatever half-assed smirking is going on in Funky Winkerban. Lisa Wyche (or whoever the vaguely Tommie-faced gal at the far right of panel two is) looks particularly pleased to “celebrate” Milford’s “victory,” if you know what I mean.

Rex Morgan, M.D., 3/14/08

Ha ha, Rex just got back from his harrowing camping ordeal only to be repeatedly humiliated by his pre-kindergarten-aged daughter. Yesterday she forced him to admit that he was pretty much terrified throughout the whole thing; today she lets him know that his lies and bluster are and always have been painfully transparent. Proving that there’s no doubt about her maternity, at least, she fixes Rex with one of her mother’s patented Icy Stares Of Death™ in panel two, while June looks on approvingly.

Phantom, 3/14/08

So, we’ve got an arms dealer surrounded by heavily armed guards as he sells more weapons — presumably military grade — to some kind of green-clad paramilitary group, and our tough lady cop and waitress are going to break it up with — a handgun and a … stick … of some kind. Um. At least its a long stick. I guess “toughness” isn’t the only quality needed to join the Jungle Patrol; “suicidal insanity” also appears to be on the list.

This entry was posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 at 02:26 pm and is filed under Gil Thorp, Marvin, Phantom, Rex Morgan, M.D..

185 responses to “Speak softly and carry a big stick”

Rainbird
March 14th, 2008 at 2:29 pm [Reply]

Josh,

When I first looked I though that it was a rifle that the waitress was carrying and had just been miss-colored.

If it is a 2×4, then they really are dumber than dirt. Too bad.
Suicidally Insane Electra of the Jungle Patrol
March 14th, 2008 at 2:29 pm [Reply]

Count me in on this crazy action! I think the best bet would be for them to start beating themselves up, then blame it on the gun runners, then have them all thrown in jail so they’ll miss the big game….

Wait, I think I may be conflating plotlines here. Hopefully the waitress at least has kung-fu grip.
Abby the Wonderdog
March 14th, 2008 at 2:43 pm [Reply]

The only way to get rid the Icy Stares of Death is to tell Widdle Sawah that it is ok, the trout had Health Insurance and is now at the vets.

BARK! BARK! BARK!
Jeffsterr
March 14th, 2008 at 2:44 pm [Reply]

GT: “I don’t know for sure, but that’s how it looks to me!” How can you say that without realizing you’re wrong? I mean especially in a serial comic strip.
Vakar
March 14th, 2008 at 2:45 pm [Reply]

MW: Tobey looks a little glassy-eyed. “I soooo asked for this! Why couldn’t I just keep my mouth shut? Again with the damn platitudes! Maybe we need to get back to the party. Maybe I can get out of this trap by gnawing my head off!”
Speedy Service
March 14th, 2008 at 2:50 pm [Reply]

This is the first time I have ever felt any real urge to post a comment. All I have to say is, whoever that is on the far right in panel 2 of Gil Thorp is scaring the daylights out of me! She looks absolutely psychotic! I think she may be peering into my very soul. I may have to go weep in the corner now.
Gabe
March 14th, 2008 at 2:50 pm [Reply]

Dude, this is what Gabe does at work all day?
Kate
March 14th, 2008 at 2:51 pm [Reply]

I love the whole A3G-esque head-bobblin’ action in Milford. All’s right in my world now.
Frank E. Bolla
March 14th, 2008 at 2:52 pm [Reply]

No one with even a shred of dignity would let his or her name be associated with something as stupid today’s Marvin. I can almost hear the tinkling of empty gin bottles.
Spunde
March 14th, 2008 at 2:55 pm [Reply]

Clearly, Ex-Waitress-Lady is a Plugger.
Grover Cleveland
March 14th, 2008 at 3:00 pm [Reply]

Arms dealin’? That’s a paddlin’
Pozzo
March 14th, 2008 at 3:00 pm [Reply]

Today’s “Dennis the Menace” shows the depths to which Dennis’ menacing has sunk. Shouldn’t a full-scale Dennis birthday party involve missing teeth, broken furniture, and at least one small-scale fire? Instead, we have a group of whitebread adolescents having the most restrained fun since the von Trapp kids sang “So Long, Farewell.” I mean, for the love of God, the most rebellious behavior going is Dennis being gently hoisted by two of his well-dressed friends. Yeah, yeah, I see the dedication to the late Hank Ketcham on his birthday, but that’s no excuse. If this cartoon had been done by Hank in his prime, Margaret would be crying and Tommy (does anybody remenber Tommy?) would have a black eye. Well, at least we still have Marvin…
Gregoire
March 14th, 2008 at 3:01 pm [Reply]

MW – even Tobey is rolling her eyes, just like us!
aleksmakk
March 14th, 2008 at 3:02 pm [Reply]

I thought that panel one of GT said that Lisa was BUSTY, thus the second panel action seemed spot on.

Lesbian B-Ballers, A Wyche come true.
Darkefang
March 14th, 2008 at 3:02 pm [Reply]

A3G: Don’t worry, Lu Ann. By the time Alan buys “art supplies” from his beatnik buddy, he’ll not only tune in, he’ll also turn on and drop out.

Foob: Remember what Nancy Reagan says, Francine: Just Say No.

GT: I don’t think I’m exaggerating in the least when I say that panel two is the greatest artistic achievement in the history of mankind.
Holy Prepuce
March 14th, 2008 at 3:04 pm [Reply]

Can I just pick up from yesterday’s FBOFW proposal strip, which I’ve just now read, and say that Lynn Johnson has perfectly captured the manner in which an engagement between insufferably bland human beings might take place?

An idiotically minor conflict allows Anthony in his sensibly striped pajamas to demonstrate that he, like the rest of the universe except Liz, doesn’t regard Liz as a whore for allowing Warren to answer the phone during his non-booty-booty-call.

This “conflict” then propels Anthony and Liz to the denoument: a reasonable, dispassionate discussion from a polite distance apart on the couch, of how it is generally agreed that they should “share their lives.” A silent penultimate panel allows the news to sink in, after which Liz gives Anthony an enthusiastic hug.

Jesus Christ, I hope April gets laid soon.
Electro
March 14th, 2008 at 3:05 pm [Reply]

Wait, I’m confused. Is Rex’s daughter supposed to be pre-kindergarten? If so, why does she appear to be about 27 years old in panel two? And in panel 3 it looks as though Rex is trying to figure out the same thing.
BigTed
March 14th, 2008 at 3:06 pm [Reply]

I realize that “Marvin” is merely throwing out one of the buzzwords of the day, but hamburgers tend to be full of saturated fats, not trans-fats. Of course, it’s never too early to start filling a tiny child with anxiety about his cholesterol level. Hope you don’t like ice cream, kid!
Electro of Jungle Patrol
March 14th, 2008 at 3:08 pm [Reply]

@ #2 Suicidally Insane Electra of the Jungle Patrol: looks like I’ve found my mate! Too bad – I’m taken. And you have an Electra complex. But I’ll still help you fight pirate in the Jungle.
Cami
March 14th, 2008 at 3:09 pm [Reply]

Tommie-girl, 2nd panel, Gil Thorp:

“Dear Lord, She finally touched me! Now I can take advantage of her to my heart’s consent before I slit her throat and dispose of her body in the lake!”

Ah, young love.
Niall
March 14th, 2008 at 3:12 pm [Reply]

Mollificent!! Yay! But hey, internet-less apartments are still better than no apartments! :)

Oh, and on the Phantom strip: what has always irked me is the video-game-level buffoonery of guards always looking away from alleys leading to the things they’re guarding. You know, rather defeating the purpose of the whole thing…

Oh, and Arms Dealer: you were walking in Mawitaan with your face visible to everyone. Stoopeed.
maughta
March 14th, 2008 at 3:14 pm [Reply]

But…but…how will the Lady Jungle Patrolees function without the Phantom there to save them?! Don’tcha know us gals need men in shining arm…er purple spandix to protect us?
gnome de blog
March 14th, 2008 at 3:17 pm [Reply]

Does Lisa Wyche’s return mean that Andrew won’t be giving Maureen any more lessons on “playing the post?”

The “vaguely Tommie-faced gal” in panel 2 doesn’t yet realize that she’s achieved the high point of her life. From here on it’s a rapid descent into irrelevance, sour-faced priggery and bad clothes.
Howabominable (aka Lindsey ^_^)
March 14th, 2008 at 3:21 pm [Reply]

I love Sarah Morgan. She always has the upper hand and puts her parents in their place. Heck, she’s more menacing than Dennis has been in 20 years in that second panel.
Alex
March 14th, 2008 at 3:25 pm [Reply]

Rex Morgan is quirking his eyebrow so hard in panel three, I think it’s about to tear right off his face and smack into the ceiling.

That being said, I’m sort of envious. If I could look that quizzical all the time, I probably would.

Also, say what you will about the Jungle Suicide Squad, but look at the expressions on their faces. They have positive attitudes, especially since they’re about to get machine-gunned to death.
argotnaut
March 14th, 2008 at 3:30 pm [Reply]

Wow, interesting to see my story in a comic … when I was little, I was at a kids’ fishing contest and asked my dad if it hurts the fish when they get hooked. He said no, but I persisted, asking why they wriggle around like that, then. “Oh, that’s just reflex,” he said. It was the first time I ever doubted something that he said! (And I’ve been a vegetarian for 20 years now.)
Chert the Chort
March 14th, 2008 at 3:31 pm [Reply]

RMMD: “No, honey, Mr. Trout never had a hook in his lip. See, usually when they strike, they swallow their prey whole, meaning that the hook actually lodges deep in their throats, maybe even their stomachs. So catch and release is really nice and safe, see?”

Morons. If you catch it, eat it. Or better yet, don’t catch it.
Oddball Turkeypanties
March 14th, 2008 at 3:32 pm [Reply]

If I know anything about children, it’s that they will ONLY eat food with Transformers in it.
Brick Bradford
March 14th, 2008 at 3:32 pm [Reply]

GT I didn’t know lesbians vibrated. Wait, I mean….oh, never mind!
Perky Bird
March 14th, 2008 at 3:32 pm [Reply]

Phantom Silly waitress! Don’t you know that a barky stick will be better than a 2×4 for inflicting head wounds?
Poteet
March 14th, 2008 at 3:33 pm [Reply]

Foob — Ordinarily it would seem to me to be very unsound parenting to give veto power to your very young child regarding your proposed nuptials. In this case, however, I can only desperately hope that Francie will stamp her little foot and veto the procedings.

And does anyone think that Warren will give up his deep lust for the Lizard so easily? Nay, forsooth, methinks the ineffably beauteous maiden hath not seen the last of the determined young flyboy.
Islamorada Girl
March 14th, 2008 at 3:34 pm [Reply]

The Lizthony proposal was like a scene out of one of Igmar Bergman’s more depressing films. The marriage will be full of silent resentment, sullen whispers and bleak despair on an endless rainy Sunday afternoon Each partner nuturing and tending their unspoken grudges, keeps an eye on the other for any signs of the slightest infraction of the unwritten rules.
threemilebay
March 14th, 2008 at 3:35 pm [Reply]

Long time reader here, but never felt the need to post.
However, after the horror that is today’s Mary Worth, I couldn’t stop myself.
Is it just me or does the young Mary look surprising like Aldo??
Are we about to find out that Aldo’s murder was really just Mary killing off her childhood demons, or did she rebuff his advances and kill him off because he was her drunken lusty brother?
And she was NOT going to have that talked about at a Charterstone pool party.
Patrick
March 14th, 2008 at 3:36 pm [Reply]

#17 beat me to the comment, but I’ve always wondered how Rex Morgan’s daughter could have such an adult face. I think she’s actually a June clone working through some kind of programmed rapid aging process as Rex watches perplexed and horrified.
Poteet
March 14th, 2008 at 3:39 pm [Reply]

# 17 Electro — Perhaps we’re being prepared for a future love match between Widdoo Sawah and Niki. Because he, the supposed thirteen-year-old (snork) also appears to be about 27.
Grover Cleveland
March 14th, 2008 at 3:46 pm [Reply]

Panel two of Rex Morgan is clearly a Winkerbean-ian 20-year jump into the future.
will
March 14th, 2008 at 3:47 pm [Reply]

RMMD: I’d like to point out that the “pre-kindergarten-aged daughter” looks about twenty-seven.
Dr. Mabuse
March 14th, 2008 at 3:47 pm [Reply]

FBOFW – #16 Holy Prepuce: “A silent penultimate panel allows the news to sink in, after which Liz gives Anthony an enthusiastic hug.”

Actually, that last frame made me think of Lena Hyena in ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’, screaming hysterically “A MAYYYYYYYNNNNNNN!!!!!” I felt that Liz was whooping and hollering because she finally knew she wouldn’t die an old maid.

And it’s pretty stupid to ask Francie “if it’s OK with you,” AFTER the proposal. What, no advance softening-up or probing to get the girl accustomed to the idea before just launching into it? What if she says no? “Oh, well, I guess we’ll have to drop the idea, then,” – not very likely. So that leaves, “Well, too bad, we’re going to do it anyway, and we don’t care what you think,” is what she’ll get from it. Really bad, insensitive parenting.
Little Guy
March 14th, 2008 at 3:49 pm [Reply]

GT: Now why can’t the 2nd panel be given the Lynn Johnston “animated” technique? Maybe a wockichow-wockichow MP3 in the mix?
aquagirl3
March 14th, 2008 at 3:50 pm [Reply]

Hey guys,
Hope I’m not repeating stuff here, but has everyone seen the lead article in the Onion today? It’s all comics, all the time!
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/some_old_man_still_churning_out
Rotten Arsenal
March 14th, 2008 at 4:03 pm [Reply]

Transformers… I… er… uh… WHAT?!!?!
I love non-sensical, non-sequitor word play, but I am baffled at today’s Marvin.
Gold-Digging Nanny
March 14th, 2008 at 4:03 pm [Reply]

Rainbird @ 1

Sadly, that doesn’t even look like a 2×4. Maybe 2×2.

For crying out loud, the least she could have done is bring a pointed stick. Then she could maybe have stood a chance against someone armed with a banana.
Gold-Digging Nanny
March 14th, 2008 at 4:11 pm [Reply]

25 Alex

You know who Rex Morgan reminds me of? John from Days of Our Lives. Always with the eyebrow. Anyone else know what I mean?

(God, it’s so humiliating to admit I once watched that show.)
Cornwhacker
March 14th, 2008 at 4:11 pm [Reply]

Sleep tight Sarah! You have to be awake by Sunday’s strip to eat breakfast out of your Wilson+Nolan : 3-16 bowl.
Megan the Wise
March 14th, 2008 at 4:14 pm [Reply]

Maybe I’ve been lurking around here too long, but is there any other way to interpret the second panel in today’s Gil Thorp? I looked at it, thought to myself, “lesbian orgy” and then read the comment where you thought the same thing. My question is, is there anyone who didn’t?
queek
March 14th, 2008 at 4:23 pm [Reply]

45: add in Margo’s “damp hand” from A3G, and the dirty thoughts make for a Bolle-ian double-shot of lesbian naughtiness today.
notapipe
March 14th, 2008 at 4:28 pm [Reply]

#33: It’s not just you, young Mary Worth looks far too similar to Aldo for it to be coincidence. Clearly, Aldo is a genetically modified clone of Mary. This explains both the magnetic attraction between Aldo and Mary, and why she hectored him off a cliff: There can be only one.
Maggie
March 14th, 2008 at 4:43 pm [Reply]

42 & 43 Gold Digging Nanny:
Or perhaps even raspberries.

And I, unfortunately, also know exactly what you mean. Coincidence, or is Rex Morgan actually John Black? Maybe John Black possessed by the devil making him be a doctor/pederast? (although I suppose that’s really equally bizarre compared with the actual storyline).
Benjamin Baxter
March 14th, 2008 at 4:45 pm [Reply]

The title should be, “Speak oddly and carry a boomstick.”

In any case, Marvin isn’t eating a whole hamburger. He’s eating a White Castle hamburger, which makes me wonder about his Harold and Kumar-like tendencies.

http://awaitingtenure.wordpress.com/
Hostrauser
March 14th, 2008 at 4:47 pm [Reply]

Rex Morgan’s expression in panel three is the stuff dreams are made of. It’s as if he’s already determined that the little ingrate must die, and he’s only mulling over places to dump the body.
Suicidally Insane Electra of the Jungle Patrol
March 14th, 2008 at 4:51 pm [Reply]

19: Electro OTJP:
Alas, I am taken as well, though not by my father or anyone related to me. I solved my problem by becoming a complex Electra instead. But let not our doomed romance become a hindrance to the futile but noble efforts of the Jungle Patrol!
gnome de blog
March 14th, 2008 at 4:53 pm [Reply]

It probably doesn’t hurt the fish to get eaten by bigger fish, turtles, raccoons or bears, either.
Pepperoni Détournées (formerly Herro!)
March 14th, 2008 at 4:57 pm [Reply]

I have to direct your attention to the bit of genius on the “Coffee Talk” page: Erin.

“Liz, we’ve known each other since we were teenagers. We only got together because our friends pushed the envelope. I discovered how to manipulate you early on. Finally, I got tired of it because you were so easy to use, so I went my way and latched on to someone who’s better looking than you. But I went overboard with her, I pushed too hard, so she left me with everything I wanted, except a doormat. And, Liz, you’ve used and dumped one good man after another for no reason. Now we’re together, and I’ve worked my way so far into your life that my daughter spent Christmas with your family, and didn’t even talk to any of her grandparents on the phone, let alone spend time with them. You’re the best doormat I’ve ever found, Liz, and I’ll never again meet anyone as malleable and brainless as you. Will you take on a lifetime of manipulation, sighs, self-pity, a daughter who doesn’t like you, an ex-wife who saw through you from the very beginning, a man who is dishonest with his feelings and can’t talk about what’s bothering him, additional children to cause even more rivalry between you and my daughter, emotional blackmail, a complete and total lack of excitement and romance, and the end of any and all hopes and dreams you ever had of living a fulfilling, satisfying life?”
“YEEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!”

I HAVE to think this woman of brilliance is a fellow ‘mudge. If so, I’d like to nominate this for COTW, even though it was not a comment on this page. If not, I’d still like to nominate it. ‘Mudge or not, Erin nailed it.
trey le parc
March 14th, 2008 at 5:00 pm [Reply]

I’ve lurked for awhile, but today’s GT compels me to comment:

When I first read the second panel, an instant classic in comic history and which will be blown up and hung on my living room wall, Lichtenstein-style, I couldn’t help but notice the feral ecstasy on the blond’s face, and then my eyes drifted downward and I mistook the creases in the other gal’s jersey for “motion lines” and since I couldn’t see Blondie’s other hand I just assumed it was lodged in the other gal’s shorts and now I’m conflicted because these imaginary characters are MINORS!

And hawt.
Death to the FOOBS!
March 14th, 2008 at 5:01 pm [Reply]

That look in yesterdays next to penultimate FOOB panel; I just couldn’t place it, til I realized…it’s a spot-on caricature of Lynn Johnston herself, just look at the eyes. It’s her! And she’s young! And…and…she’s BEAUTIFUL! And the second dullest man on earth (after Papa John) is asking her to kinda get married and share stuff.

Nauseating.
Mr. Nice Guy
March 14th, 2008 at 5:14 pm [Reply]

Phantom: “Some beat cop got a good look at my face and, just my rotten luck, I’m a cartoonish caricature of villainy.”
Chance
March 14th, 2008 at 5:23 pm [Reply]

56: HAW! You nailed it.
Speed of Sound Man
March 14th, 2008 at 5:27 pm [Reply]

Methinks the creator of Marvin is unfamiliar with the concept of humor because he’s never heard laughter. A tragedy that, if true, gives me the only shred of respect I can muster up for this feature. But it’s probably false, leaving me to dream.
Kurdt
March 14th, 2008 at 5:31 pm [Reply]

Marvin: That joke is so bad it’s almost an anti-joke. You could be with a bunch of friends, all of you drunk and laughing your heads off while someone tells the funniest jokes in the world, and if you told that joke the room would suddenly be dead silent and everyone would get sad looks on their faces. Then they would all sadly shuffle out the door and commit mass suicide in the woods.

I hope you’re happy Mr. Marvin Cartoonist, I hope you’re happy.
Speed of Sound Man
March 14th, 2008 at 5:33 pm [Reply]

#40: Thank you for the Onion link! It’s publications like these that use up so much humor in the universe and leave me completely unfunny.
bats, junior bridesmaid :[
March 14th, 2008 at 5:36 pm [Reply]

43. GDN: Damn! It IS John! (Even more like John these days, who’s being “sinister” now, having been killed, then resurrected by Stefano. Or something like that. (I watch about once every three weeks, so details are sketchy.))

Speaking of sinister, why can Squiggly C exercise a little of her dastardly mom’s charms?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9545446@N07/2333214347/
Mike
March 14th, 2008 at 5:37 pm [Reply]

One of the ads at the top of this post right now (togetherchristian.com) has taught me a valuable lesson:

I didn’t know that Christians had pointy nipples like that.
Harold, Garfield Single minus Christian
March 14th, 2008 at 5:42 pm [Reply]

That arms dealer / Swiss Diplomat sure is clever. He’s changed his hair color once again. Perhaps he is completely bald and has a fake beard, too?
El Santo
March 14th, 2008 at 5:59 pm [Reply]

#54 – Don’t worry, Trey! There’s no way the black haired lady and the Lisa Wyche girl could ever be mistaken as underaged. Or anyone else in that picture, for that matter.
Canaduck
March 14th, 2008 at 6:00 pm [Reply]

Considering that most victims of “catch and release” suffer plenty and then die, mini-Morgan is remarkably on the ball. I think I have a new favorite character in RMMD.

And by “new favorite” I mean “the first character I wasn’t totally indifferent to”.
Kate
March 14th, 2008 at 6:05 pm [Reply]

As others have noted, WTF is up with the Christian Singles ad? Christians have sex, but she looks like she’s fresh from it, and also like she has breast implants. And … um … not that the readers of this blog are Satanists, but I never thought of this as a fertile breeding ground for Christians. Wait. I think her boobs are distracting me. *fan fan*
Rusty
March 14th, 2008 at 6:10 pm [Reply]

Marvin: Not only would I not allow my toddler children to walk around the house with a hamburger; 2 of the three would not try a hamburger until they were at least 6 years old. I’m convinced that we are born vegetarians and learn to eat meat later.
boojum
March 14th, 2008 at 6:10 pm [Reply]

62. Mike –

Well. . . it’s mostly the girl Christians. And even then, there are quantifiable differences. But — yes. Indeed they do.

What is, I am grieved to say, considerably more rare is to find one who will stand there for hours, hands delicately placed far back at the top of her butt with her elbows pointing due east, then leaning slo-o-owly back. . . .

But gosh darnit, she promised you a free profile. And it’s a sin to tell a lie.
Marian the Librarian
March 14th, 2008 at 6:10 pm [Reply]

I didn’t have time to post yesterday about the foobprosal, but wondered if anyone else was reminded of Monty Python’s Le Fromage Grand sketch.

Exterior large rubbish dump. Hand-held camera tracks to girl in simple white dress with red hair fourteen foot long, who is sitting on a chair holding a cabbage in her hands.
Buck Ripsnort
March 14th, 2008 at 6:35 pm [Reply]

62-Mike: They all do, just turn down the heat.
gnome de blog
March 14th, 2008 at 6:40 pm [Reply]

Cornwhacker (#44) sez: Sleep tight Sarah! You have to be awake by Sunday’s strip to eat breakfast out of your Wilson+Nolan : 3-16 bowl.

Oh. That bowl. I thought it had something to do with John 3:16 and Wilson+Nolan were getting all wiggy on us.

You’re kidding, right? It’s been a whole year since Abbey the Wonderdog apprehended Elvis? No wonder Nikki looks so much older.
Kaitlin
March 14th, 2008 at 6:40 pm [Reply]

The model for the second panel in Gil Thorp is blatently an 8 year mashing Barbies together. Like, copyright-infringement-suit blatent.
commodorejohn
March 14th, 2008 at 6:41 pm [Reply]

You know, it’s just occurred to me that this is pretty much the end of this Rex Morgan storyline – I wonder what sort of improbable, innuendo-laden story we’ll move on to now?
Buck Ripsnort
March 14th, 2008 at 6:42 pm [Reply]

Actually, FW today reminds me of my early years, watching TV in the 70’s. I watched Facts of Life for two seasons, hoping Blair & Jo (the bitch and the butch) would get into either a catfight, a lesbian fling, or preferably both. Then I’d watch Battle of the Network Stars hoping for an oil-wrestling match. Needless to say, it’s the crushing feeling of disappointment I feel today that I recognize. Batiuk– see the vibrating lesbians in GT? THAT’S how you’re supposed to do it!
Jamus The Bartender
March 14th, 2008 at 6:46 pm [Reply]

FOOB: That’s actually a fair question, Therese. Anytime the Patterson’s embark on a major change, usually someone loses a room. Last time it was April, who had to move a WHOLE TWO BLOCKS AWAY. Damn. And the Katrina victims thought they had it bad.
Anyway, Therese, mind your French Ps and Qs. Or else it’s the basement for you. Wait, you’re already there…in a cage…
Islamorada Girl
March 14th, 2008 at 6:48 pm [Reply]

Yes, those are one of the lesser known miracles of Christ.
bunx
March 14th, 2008 at 6:51 pm [Reply]

“…And this is Marty Moon signing…er—she’s grabbing her ass! SHE’S GRABBING HER ASS!”
dyslexic dog
March 14th, 2008 at 6:54 pm [Reply]

There exists a transcript of a five-year-old online chat with Marvin’s creator. I regret that I had not been reading the strip at that time, as a Harrisburg, PA reader asks, “How do you consistently come up with fresh and funny ideas?” Tom concludes his answer with, “There are days when I think there’s not another diaper joke in me!”

In response to another questioner wondering if “it is possible for a comic to outlive it’s [sic] usefulness,” Tom admits to indecision about whether to make Ginny a best-selling novelist.

Oh, and his number one hero is Charles Schulz.
Huntch
March 14th, 2008 at 6:55 pm [Reply]

#40 Such perception the Onion has: “. . . this plucky octogenarian continues his tireless work, bringing laughter and joy to millions of readers long since dead of old age.” and boredom. Something I always suspected about Marmaduke readers. (Except for those of us waiting for Marmaduke to jump someone.)
Les
March 14th, 2008 at 7:02 pm [Reply]

#32 for COTW
Les
March 14th, 2008 at 7:09 pm [Reply]

Clearly, the reason that Liz has just given veto power to the daughter is because that thing going on with her eyes yesterday was a sudden realization of what her life has become. She’s trying to be reasonable and accept her fate, but if somebody gives her an out, she’s going to leap up and take it. It’s not like she wants to marry whats-his-name, it’s just that there doesn’t seem to be anything better on the table.

#78: I can think of several diaper jokes so far unexplored by Marvin. However, they all involve Sen Vitter and might be somewhat inappropriate for the comics page.
Jamus The Bartender
March 14th, 2008 at 7:10 pm [Reply]

Mary Worth:
” Who’s to say why things happen the way they do?
We grow in character because we struggle, we learn and overcome.
Looking through pink curtains, looking through pink curtains, looking through pink curtains.
Coming from a broken home, looking at empty shelves…
Charterstone.
Shit.
I’m still only in Charterstone.
I wanted a crisis to meddle in, and for my sins, they gave me one. Sent it up to me like room service.
Looking through pink curtains, looking through pink curtains, looking through pink curtains.
Liz Patterson doesn’t know how lucky she is. Having a nice, strong, meddling family like that.
Elly, John, Mike the scribbler, Farley (RIP), and Meg Griffin….wait, that’s not right, lemme start again..
Looking through pink curtains, looking through pink curtains, looking through pink curtains.
We did not make Captain Kangaroo man drive off the cliff.
No, we did not.
He made that choice himself.
HE DID!
We all agreed.
So let it go, already.
Looking through pink curtains, looking through pink curtains….
Pink curtains flowing.
–Jamus The Bartender
Mad Dog Rackham
March 14th, 2008 at 7:14 pm [Reply]

Phantom: Clearly blonde waitress lady is going to give the stick to the menacing guard and have him club himself.

You think years of reading Gil Thorp taught her nothing?
en_dash
March 14th, 2008 at 7:21 pm [Reply]

The famed “eskimo” kiss familiar to young children is here transformed as the “Wyche” kiss, in which syphilis is directly transmitted ear-to-ear.
commodorejohn
March 14th, 2008 at 7:33 pm [Reply]

#78 dyslexic dog – He might not have so many diaper jokes left in him, but if monstrosities like today’s strip (way to jam two unfunny and no-longer-topical references into one strip, man) are the alternative, I’d honestly rather he stick with poop humor.
ElGenerale
March 14th, 2008 at 7:40 pm [Reply]

Apparently the people of Milford celebrate by throwing mannequins into each other in an abominable caricature of human interaction to appease the dark gods who cursed the town with crippling insanity many, many years ago.

Also, I am constantly amazed by how much sexual innuendo finds its way into Rex Morgan. I mean, Mr. Trout? What the fuck?

On the plus side, it makes today’s strip much more interesting.
Mad Dog Rackham
March 14th, 2008 at 7:55 pm [Reply]

RMMD: Maybe now we’ll get to see June do the infamous trout dance.

Russ Meyer, we miss you!
Bobdog
March 14th, 2008 at 8:01 pm [Reply]

Josh, you are a roll.
Frank E. Bolla
March 14th, 2008 at 8:03 pm [Reply]

#40: God bless The Onion: they’re the reason I know about this site!
Dagger
March 14th, 2008 at 8:14 pm [Reply]

FOOB: Wow, there’s certainly nothing creepy about Elizabeth’s question to Francie. I imagine it won’t be long before she’s standing dead-eyed in the hallway, mindlessly repeating, “Come stay with me, Elizabeth. Forever and ever and ever…”
Dingo
March 14th, 2008 at 8:36 pm [Reply]

It was the shank of the evening and little Francoise was awakened by an ear-shattering scream. She clutched her Celine Dion doll and edged off the bed. The sound didn’t happen again so it couldn’t be the high-pitched squeals of her father during orgasm. Francie had learned about that by mistake one night when she crept to the edge of the living room while he watched a Clay Aiken concert.

A light still shined in the living room. The petite half-Quebecois moppet made her way down the hall and spotted her father, Anthony, and his concubine, Elizabeth, sitting a proper two-and-a-half-feet from each other on the couch.

“Papa, it is late. What is she doing here?”

Anthony turned to her daughter. “Come here, little one. We have news for you. Elizabeth and I were just talking and we believe it would suit us well for her to move in with us. Would you like that?”

“Give her the pen in the basement and it’s a deal.” Francie said. “I’m not giving up my room for another of your skanks.”

Anthony pointed his gnarled matronly finger at her. “Now, now. Francie, Elizabeth will stay up here with us until I can dig her a pit in the backyard like Mother #2 and Mother #3.”

Francoise breathed a sigh in relief. Mother #2 had gone peacefully but #3 kicked against the box for at least an hour before the dirt covered her screams.

“Will the two of you be bringing me a little brother or sister?”

Elizabeth squealed again and snorted. She sat Francie on her lap. “Little one, do you know how mommies and daddies make babies?”

“I know that I involved three martinis and a jar of cocktail olives.” she replied.

Elizabeth stroked Francie’s hair. “Well, babies happen when a daddy shows a mommy how much of a man he is. He blows up parts of his body like a puffer fish. You know a puffer fish, don’t you?”

Francie pursed her lips together and filled her cheeks with air.

“That’s right,” Elizabeth said, “just like that. Daddy is like a puffer fish that needs to sneeze. Parts of him blow up and up and up and then your daddy exhales all of that air and snot. And that snot contains you!”

Francie stared at this Ontarian gorilla in her midst. “Momma said babies happen when daddy puts his cock in her vagina and fucks her ’til he cums. Then she has nine months of me in her belly, a month of parties, and two years of hearing a baby in the next room cry and a baby in her bed.”

Elizabeth sat staring into the night. Finally, she turned to Anthony and said, “Where’s my coat?”
Mariko
March 14th, 2008 at 8:49 pm [Reply]

Putting such a horrible creature as Marvin next to a box that says “oys”: incredibly anti-Semitic.
cheech wizard
March 14th, 2008 at 8:53 pm [Reply]

GT – panel 2: A great triumph for Milford, considering the whole team has Parkinson’s.
Poteet
March 14th, 2008 at 8:56 pm [Reply]

# 31 — That’s “proceedings.” Yeesh. *bangs head on wall*
cheech wizard
March 14th, 2008 at 8:56 pm [Reply]

Panel 3: Rex is trying to stiffle a laugh, because Mr. Trout liked it very, very much…
Tragic Magic
March 14th, 2008 at 9:21 pm [Reply]

De-lurking to point out Francie’s horribly distended skull in panel 2. The poor girl’s brain seems to be trying to escape the overwhelming banality on the sofa, or at least cause enough brain damage that she’ll be mercifully spared from consciousness by the time the Whitebread Wedding of the Century takes place.
Also, #91 Dingo wins.
Cavour
March 14th, 2008 at 9:38 pm [Reply]

FW: “Oh, gee, I don’t know Bull. Maybe the ‘jock gene’ skips a generation. Har har har. The good news is your ‘adopted’ daughter still has a shot at playing college ball. For one game. If the Make A Wish people step in before chemo renders her to weak to pump fake.”
SecretMargo
March 14th, 2008 at 9:53 pm [Reply]

#91: You’re so great, Dingo. This might be my favourite of your efforts.

Re: the post — “Tommie-faced” is soon to replace allusions to coaching softball as shorthand for “dyketastic,” isn’t it?
Fred P.
March 14th, 2008 at 10:09 pm [Reply]

Ok, so Marvin won’t eat transformers. Bummer. But that doesn’t rule out a whole host of other electrical devices which he’s liable to snack upon. Hopefully they’ll still be plugged in when he does.

And what exactly is happening on Andrew’s block? Is somebody parallel parking? I don’t know for SURE, but that’s what it looks like to me.

Also Josh, I think there might be another “e” in “Winkerban”, unless you’re implying that the whole strip should be banned, in which case I’d be hard pressed to disagree.
Gabacho
March 14th, 2008 at 10:16 pm [Reply]

Gil Thorp, MW, Foob – yeah, yeah, cheerful lesbians, ugly kid, when bad things happen to bad people and so forth

Why are no ‘mudges commenting on the totally awesome, naked tied up to a bed dude at Brenda Starr?

More information about Brenda Starr and bound up threesomes can be found on the internet at

http://www.comicspage.com/brendastarr/brendastarr.html
Atomic Bird
March 14th, 2008 at 10:33 pm [Reply]

GT panel 2: All I can think is, “The fembots are malfunctioning!” Time for someone to open the panels in the backs of their heads for a tune-up.
AhClem
March 14th, 2008 at 10:53 pm [Reply]

#53 Pepperoni Détournées -
As good as that letter is, my favorite one has to be from Sam in Memphis. Concise and to the point:

“Gee — Anthony, Liz, and Francie all under one roof. Shouldn’t there be a man in the house?”
Carly
March 14th, 2008 at 11:25 pm [Reply]

Jungle Patrol motto: speak softly and carry a long stick.

Marvin – isn’t she too young to be worrying about petty stuff like fat anyway? At that age, my thought process was “HAMBURGER, YUM,” not “that’ll get me fat.”
Daijinryuu
March 14th, 2008 at 11:28 pm [Reply]

Can the Morgans get through a single traumatic event without talking about how they’ve taken their lives for granted? I mean, the last time they came to this stirring realization was two months ago, tops. “June, I forgot to pick up the dry cleaning on the way home — I’ll never take our family for granted again!”
Gabacho
March 14th, 2008 at 11:31 pm [Reply]

Mary Worth – so when Mary says “self-worth” is she referring to masturbation?
Sabre Rouge
March 14th, 2008 at 11:34 pm [Reply]

Phantom: The two women are going to be alright. After all, the weapons are most likely “pirated.”
Rainbird
March 14th, 2008 at 11:36 pm [Reply]

Megan the Wise 45

Nope, it’s a lesbian orgy. Once you start reading this site, you can’t go back to thinking of any other way. Sort of like trout fishing in Rex Morgan.
JP (not Judge Parker)
March 14th, 2008 at 11:42 pm [Reply]

I’ve seen that expression on Rex’s face before. It’s the same one my parents had when my brother and I at different points in our childhood refused to eat meat. Translation: “What the fuck am I going to cook now?” I’m guessing June is in favor of it because she’s tired of Rex going on infinitely long “fishing trips.”

I thought suicidal waitress was carrying a baseball bat. She had to downgrade to a simpler weapon after completely fumbling with her gun in the hotel room last week.
alamo
March 14th, 2008 at 11:47 pm [Reply]

gt — those high school girls look more like a bunch of aging moms than teeny boppers. what gives with this new artist anyway? never been impressed with a3g either. sorry.
Razmytaz
March 14th, 2008 at 11:54 pm [Reply]

Gabacho: re: Brenda Starr

Great Googly-mooglies! Riding Crops! (Unpadded) hand cuffs! Grace Jones as the Girl In Control! Josh, even if its not in the Chron, you should include this in your pot of possibilities to draw from (as Uncle Lumpy teased).

But… how can this be, uh, snarked? This isn’t trout fishing, or foobishness, or the great brownie tease, or even magna-biddy.

This is outright Bondage and Domination. Interesting, but … is it funny? (Though I don’t get leaving the tie on… unless it’s leather.)
Poteet
March 15th, 2008 at 12:18 am [Reply]

Foob — I feel nauseated. Just like always.
Trilobite
March 15th, 2008 at 12:38 am [Reply]

Saturday’s comics, hot off the internet!:

Beetle Bailey: Huh. The Halftracks are a lot kinkier than I thought they were.

Mark Trail: No way! NO WAY! Wasn’t there already a story about hillbillies in the Lost Forest who kidnap housepets in order to collect a reward or a ransom? Do you mean to tell me that two sets of larcenous yokels came up with this get-rich-quick scheme independently?

Maybe someone “found” Jack Elrod’s dog, and this is his way of telling the perpetrators that he isn’t buying their little scam. Nothing like an awkwardly-illustrated right cross to the jawbone to achieve vicarious satisfaction.

Mary Worth: If Sunday’s comic is a full-color 12-panel account of how young Mary climbs into bed and gives her self-Worth a good long feel, I predict a nationwide epidemic of people shrieking and gouging their own eyes out.
True Fable
March 15th, 2008 at 12:49 am [Reply]

#91 Dingo – You are a prince among men, sir! That was priceless.
Mr. O'Malley
March 15th, 2008 at 12:57 am [Reply]

110. Good comics don’t get mentioned here all that much. Rhymes with Orange, for example. Every day it’s pretty good, so what do you say about it?

I read Brenda Starr on and off, depending on the story line. This one seems to have possibilities.

Then some comics are so bad that I don’t even bother to read them. As do most other people, although tastes vary. I’ve decided that Dick Tracy is just a waste of time, but I’m giving Popeye another chance right now. When was the last time anyone mentioned Tiger? (Just checked it out. Still not worth mentioning.)

The ones that get discussed the most are the ones that teeter on the brink or display wildly unpredictable behavior.

Whoa, awesome bondage in Brenda Starr!

Chinese dog-woman in Pluggers! Isn’t that a bit, uh, foreign? Since when did Pluggers start eating food that might contain garlic?
bats, junior bridesmaid :[
March 15th, 2008 at 1:08 am [Reply]

100. Gabacho: you had me at “naked tied up to a bed dude”…I’ve bookmarked Brenda.

TGISaturday funnies!

MT: bad guy alert! (and it’s so sinister…covert facial hair!)

MW: for as tough as little Mary had it, her digs were still pretty cushy…clean sheets, real curtains, what looks like her own bedroom. Lizardbreath would be so envious!

RMMD: all these emo panels! Where were you when Niki was around, dammit?!
Oh, well, we do what we can…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9545446@N07/2333830247/

FOOB: Just like always…there won’t be any sex, or passion, or chemistry, just Asshathony and Lizardbreath, together forever…
True Fable
March 15th, 2008 at 1:59 am [Reply]

A3G I thought Alan just sent his Breakfast Special home.
Cathy (Must Die!) I suppose this Dragged-On After New Year’s Exercise Aaackage is still better than her usual Pre-Tax Day Craptacular. Frankly I’m surprised Cathy hasn’t explored her inability to resist getting sloppy drunk on St. Patrick’s Day.
C’haft Good Lord, man – your own mother. What a jerk son.
DttM Lookin’ good, Alice. Use that broom to swat the kid back over to the Wilson. It’s like streetball, only softer.
FC Ewoks have trash cans?
FBoFW And now we continue with I Was An Adult Trapped Inside a Three-Year Old’s Body, already in progress, as Angstony can’t resist getting in yet another dig on his ex-wife.
Scenes from Suburban Hell Romance on the cheap means stay off the table while the kids are still up and awake.
JP These kindly old folks are the devil’s own spawn!!
Luann Toni knows now that Brad is a Safe date – too stupid to put the moves on her.
MT Wait… they are going to give an active puppy to a child who isn’t well enough to travel? So in other words, they are going to give the puppy to the mother. Meanwhile – Puppy poachin’ for profit!
MW “I used to go to sleep without dinner when the servants had the evening off, and the pillows were not fluffed to the height to which I was accustomed! There were no little mints on my pillow! I was hungry for food, for love! Hungry for blood and for the head of the rival capo!”
MC Oh look, Fable’s daughter on a visit home! No? Well, it sure looks familiar.
Phantom A little assault and battery never hurt anyway. Except, of course, the poor schmuck who got his head thunkk’d.
RMMD Oh, Rex is just mad because he never got a chance to be the Big to Niki’s Little last weekend.
Arglebargle
March 15th, 2008 at 1:59 am [Reply]

RMMD:
“Mommy, where’s my eggs?”
“Eggs are baby chicks. You wouldn’t want to hurt poor Mr. Chick, would you?”
“Can I have some bacon?”
“They carve bacon out of Mr. Piggy after they cut his throat.”
“May…may I have a hot dog please?”
“Oh, that poor old Mr. Horse!!”

Luann: FINALLY. Greg Evans dragged this crap out long enough with the Girl Scout pin, huh? To his credit, I thought he’d drag it out for two more weeks.

It’s just ignorant. If you wear any sort of service uniform, pulling a stunt like that gets you fired, and anyone who wears such a uniform knows it.

Awwww, Brad’s kind of sweet when he’s whipped to the point of whimpering. Wait, did I say “sweet?” I meant, “vomit-inducing.”
Arglebargle
March 15th, 2008 at 2:03 am [Reply]

Zits: Uh…that courtroom has a weird configuration. Wow, so Jeremy’s just as completely stupid as Brad, huh?
Pepperoni Détournées (formerly Herro!)
March 15th, 2008 at 2:19 am [Reply]

FOOBocalypse: So basically, what we’ve got here is “engaged to be engaged.” What, no “promise ring”? Is Anthony shipping off to Iraq after high school? We are still in high school, right? Or is it junior high?
Alfred E. Neuman
March 15th, 2008 at 2:23 am [Reply]

Luann’s Toni ‘n’ Brad = the new Liz ‘n’ Anthony. Both couples are pathetic, boring, and unfunny. At least Greg Evans will favor us with an occasional glimpse of the deliciously perverted ravenously incestuous bisexual harridan Bernice. The best we can hope for from LJ is that April will engage in some mildly eccentric teen behavior, such as cuddling with a boy after glurging a milkshake.
dale
March 15th, 2008 at 3:00 am [Reply]

How is the reader to know whether the author is telling a dumb story or is just depicting dumb characters?

Gil Thorp – 3/15

Is the squealer Seja’s aunt who was left out of the loop or someone else who looks like Seja’s aunt?

Wouldn’t an astute observer notice that the traffic is a few teenage girls who stay for a while rather than high frequency coming and going? This looks more like a Tupperware or cosmetics party than a drug business.
Master Mahan
March 15th, 2008 at 3:07 am [Reply]

Sarah’s sudden viciousness can only mean one thing – she’s realized Rex’s crippling fear of vaginas makes the odds of him actually being her father slim at best.
And The
March 15th, 2008 at 3:57 am [Reply]

DT: OK, so I guess we *are* going with the “Mr. Lector has collected all of the world’s greatest treasures, up to and including the Mona Lisa” plot device. Does he also have a money bin? A robot maid? Perhaps his own nuclear plant?

Luann: Yes, gents, being utterly pathetic *does* result in romantic success! Learn from Brad.

A-3G: Oh brother! A cafe run by a middle aged man wearing an apron, paper hat and bow tie! Wow, that authentic modern New York atmosphere these sophisticated art types love to indulge in really gets to me.

JP: And you didn’t help allay those suspicions, Granny Lurks-Behind-Curtains. So don’t use up all those glares on Biff, there’s plenty of blame for you, too.

MT: Uh-oh, I see a pony tail on a man. Does that come before or after a goatee on the Mark Trail Ne’er-Do-Well scale?

MW: Gosh, Mary, you were clearly your century’s version of Les Miserables. I didn’t know how good I had it with the Dr. Drew stories.

Phantom: Nice to know that our Dizzy Duo’s wood based offense is Ghost-Who-Likes-To-Watch approved.
Jamus The Bartender
March 15th, 2008 at 4:40 am [Reply]

FOOB: You know what would improve this storyline immensely? Warren strafing the Anthony house from his helicopter with some RPGs. That’s what would improve this storyline immensely.
TB Tabby
March 15th, 2008 at 4:41 am [Reply]

This is a stretch at best, but when I read this news story, I immediately thought “How does Slylock Fox know the cowboys are guilty?”
Agnostic Married Woman
March 15th, 2008 at 6:33 am [Reply]

At least the GT girls’ basketball team looks like actual girls.
dyslexic dog
March 15th, 2008 at 6:34 am [Reply]

Luann: “Oh, Brad. How could I refuse? Let me count the ways.”

9CL: I’m feeling a little nodmeisty myself.

Archie: “And that look on anyone else’s face just wouldn’t say ‘I want you’ like Jughead can.”

FC: Another in the endless series of “Dolly’s Garbage Tips and Tricks.”

JP: “The brownies must be wearing off. I’d suggest you go over and foist some of your hot Biff-love on her.”

H&L: A romantic dinner and Lois’s ecstatic remark is about not paying the babysitter? All Hi knows is he doesn’t get to “drive her home” tonight.

Curtis: And Barry says, “I never eat anything containing transfats.”

Cathy: Not sure I understand why Cathy has been spending all this time looking for a gym where no one knows her when she could get a private trainer. Maybe it’s the possibility that it could actually lead to humor.

Brenda Starr: Please. Put away the cold water.
Kurdt
March 15th, 2008 at 7:24 am [Reply]

When I read today’s Mary Worth, AC/DC’s song Love Hungry Man started playing in my head. Every Mary Worth comic needs an AC/DC soundtrack IMHO.
AhClem
March 15th, 2008 at 7:35 am [Reply]

A3G – So Joe at Joe’s Diner is watching “Girl Talk”, which I’m guessing is the equivalent of “The View” in the A3Giverse. I suppose when he goes home tonight, he’ll be popping “The English Patient” into the VCR.

MT – The new Evil Guy has no facial hair, but he makes up for it with a ponytail. Commencing Right Hook O’Justice in 3 … 2 … 1 …

Luann – I’m guessing that Brad isn’t a fireman at all, but instead works as a waiter at “T.G.I. Fridays”, where the wait staff is expected to add a lot of “flair” to their uniforms.
Dingo
March 15th, 2008 at 7:48 am [Reply]

For those of you new to Brenda Starr, yesterday’s Chicago Tribune actually had a column on the opinion page in which the editor talked about the phone calls and emails he received from irate parents who didn’t like seeing the word “threesome” on the comics page. He included comments from the current writer of the strip, Mary “Wear Sunscreen” Schmich. Today’s my last day on the phone modem and I’ll let someone else look it up. Starr has always been a guilty pleasure.

As to today’s FOOB, I can see a plaintive phone call from a moppet to her mother coming very soon asking to move to Toronto with her.
gleeb
March 15th, 2008 at 7:51 am [Reply]

A3G: Someone has hypothesized that the 3Gs are annoying hipsters, self-consciously living a retro-styled life in the 21st century. Joe’s Cafe is where they eat. And Joe? He can’t get enough of that Girl Talk, or whatever it’s called.

’shaft: Do you really want him to be serious? Serious in a Batiuk strip means dismemberment or death. Anyway, what’s your plan? Have her taken care of by Ed?

‘bean: That’s right, give Summer a taste of failure and defeat. It’ll toughen her up for existence in Cancerdeathville. After all, all that’s ever happened to her is losing her Mother at a tender age. In this town, you just walk that off.

GA: You know, they have dogs in the city.

The Dickenses of Shady Business Farm: “I want this Abbey Driver taken care of…permanently!”

Mary: “…so much so that I changed my own name to Worth.”

Phantom: There, you see? Many critcized, but the Phantom approves of the 2X4. Of course, he persecutes pre-teen graffitists.
AeroSquid
March 15th, 2008 at 8:22 am [Reply]

B.B.: “….the Aritocrats !”
AeroSquid
March 15th, 2008 at 8:23 am [Reply]

errr…..Aristocrats.
Disco Les
March 15th, 2008 at 8:43 am [Reply]

#105 Gabacho: Why, oh why did you have to put that image in my head so early in the day? Not that it would be better later, but….

FOOB Anthony’s a passive-aggressive douche…. just like always!

FW Don’t get too used to sucess and happiness, Summer. Cancer’s always just around the corner in Funkytown.

Brenda-holy crap, can they do that in a comic strip-Starr I just gotta say, if I’da known this strip was so hawt, I would’ve started reading it a long time ago (not that I’m some kinda creepy perverted kinda gal or anything). How’s this stuff get past the blue-haired, Mary Worth-readin’ biddies, anyway?

Zits Um. Hasn’t Jeremy ever watched t.v.? How the hell, in this age of Law & Order-type shows on 24/7, can you not know how to act in a damn courtroom. Sheesh.
Rizbon
March 15th, 2008 at 8:53 am [Reply]

Not reading GT much, I assumed the first panel led right into the second, and interpreted all the hugging and giant grins as these young women mitigating discomfort with competition: “Awww, I don’t want to play against you!” “No, you’re beautiful!”
Gabacho
March 15th, 2008 at 9:02 am [Reply]

#130 Dingo – Here is the link to which the good Dr. Dingo referred:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0318mcnultymar14,0,3422033.column

My favorite line from the column is “Does it make a difference if the Brenda Starr comic isn’t really about sex — despite one woman holding handcuffs and another with a riding crop..?” Dude, if that’s not sex, what is?

#110 Razmytaz – Well, your point that Brenda Starr not necessarily snarkworthy because it is not funny is well taken, but hey baby, when you gots a whip, and handcuffs… who cares?
Gagott68
March 15th, 2008 at 9:14 am [Reply]

MT: Big ol’ sideburns and a ponytail? Let the punching begin!

GT: The neighbor called Social Services instead of the police? Odd.

FOOB: The abuse of this poor little girl goes all the way to her Ruth Buzzi hair-do.

S-M: How long can we pad the drive home out?

BeBa: So now domestic violence is funny? Who’s writing this stuff? Jackie Gleason?
Mibbitmaker
March 15th, 2008 at 9:18 am [Reply]

A3G must be snarked in the form of parody:

Panel 1:
And, across town, and…

Alan: “Hey, Joe, what are you doing with that gun in your hand?”

Joe: “Hi, Alan — rough night (wink, wink!)?”

P2:
Alan: “Yeah, give me the breakfast special.”

Joe: “One Drugs ‘n’ Booze Omlet, comin’ up.”

P3:
Joe: “WHOA — Hey, Alan, isn’t that your ‘friend’ (wink, wink!)?”

Alan: “How can I tell, when your talking balloon is covering up the damn TV screen?!!”
Calico
March 15th, 2008 at 9:24 am [Reply]

MW – Mary gets all meta on herself in panel 2.
“Dammit, I’m going to be a Worth, and have self Worth! Worth all the Worthy Worths in the World!”

BB – Haha, it’s funny to read about desperate old couples trying to kill each other!

MT – so Prize Girl is practically too sick to move, and Mark is going to give her a dog that will grow to 130 lbs., shit turds like torpedoes, run like a freight train, greet people like Marm does (i. e., threatening to chew their heads off), and eat a Margoing Boxcar of kibble every week. Nice work, Ellis and Trail.
commodorejohn
March 15th, 2008 at 9:26 am [Reply]

Crankshaft – The other option: leave the poor woman alone for once in your goddamn nosey lives.

FOOB – “Also, we’ll keep you locked in a cage in the basement, just like always.”

GA – The Adventures of Space Waif and Thurston Howell, III.

GT – Oh, don’t worry, Mr. Reagan. What with Nancy’s war on drugs, I think you’re perfectly safe.

Preteena – I hate switch-controlled outlets. I don’t know whose damn idea they were, but they suck.
Moss_Moses
March 15th, 2008 at 9:30 am [Reply]

The space alien criminal getting whacked with the 2×4 in The Phantom has no face, just an amorphous blob of a head. No wonder he couldn’t see it coming.

Rex Morgan is looking all contrite and Elliot Spitzerish in panel one, as though he’s just confessed his gay love shack fun with Niki to June.

Mary Worth was quite the platitudinous child. Since when do hungry kids wax corny about their plight?
Calico
March 15th, 2008 at 9:33 am [Reply]

FOOB – “One thing will change, Francie-Liz will get my room, and then I’ll move in here with you, on the bottom bunk. But you’ll have me close, just like always.”

MW again – “A feeling of Self Worth” –
At least Mary had the free time to learn how to masturbate.
Mibbitmaker
March 15th, 2008 at 9:52 am [Reply]

Adam: We already have “Adam (at sign) Work” and “Adam (at sign) Home”. After today, the new name of the strip will be “Adam (at sign) Mental Hospital”

FC: That one was for any potheads that may be reading.

Lockhorns: “Loretta’s mother lives a couple hours away by ancient, archaic cliche.” Watch when, on Monday, Leroy refers to her as a “battleaxe”.

FOOB: An extention of the last panel:
“And I will be here for you, Sweetheart. You know that.”
“…Just like always.”
“Well, let’s not get carried away, Hon’!”

Zits: The judge is thinking, “Isn’t it bad enough that they assign me to a courtroom built for infant judges, without getting such dopey defendants, too?!” Honestly, did they get that bench from Tinytown or something?

Cranky: He IS being serious!

Fred Basset: “I feel a bit designy around the edges today!”

Nancy: Forget there being umpteenth sequels. The real deal about “The Neverending Story” is that, once the movie starts, it literally goes on FOREVER! (like some soap strips we can name)
Tabby
March 15th, 2008 at 9:53 am [Reply]

For all those who posted about the music of the 70’s, a link to make you waste a chunk of a Saturday morning. (Warning: Some of this could serve as a soundtrack to Foob, or MW at their worst)

http://www.aprilwinchell.com/audio/
Shermy Glamrocker
March 15th, 2008 at 10:19 am [Reply]

I think the more we mention the Christian Single Girl’s nipples, the pointier they get.

Therefore:

Christian Single Girl’s nipples
Christian Single Girl’s nipples
Christian Single Girl’s nipples
Christian Single Girl’s nipples
Christian Single Girl’s nipples
Christian Single Girl’s nipples
Christian Single Girl’s nipples
Christian Single Girl’s nipples
Christian Single Girl’s nipples
Christian Single Girl’s nipples
odinthor
March 15th, 2008 at 10:20 am [Reply]

RMMD —

Rex: “All I could think of was you and Sarah.”

June: “And we appreciate that!”

Um, “And we appreciate that!”? June, you tender thing you, aren’t you letting your emotions run wild here? A simple “Have a nice day!” would have sufficed.

Meanwhile, the covert symbology on Sarah’s door is unfortunately a bit ambiguous. If political in intent, this could have been cleared up by, say, the tune of The East Is Red coming from her room. But perhaps we are to understand that,on a given day, the balloon chosen to bear Sarah’s name indicates the local level of terror alert for the day, in which case Rex is in big, big trouble.
Calico
March 15th, 2008 at 10:55 am [Reply]

FC – Someone please tell me why Dolly is wearing that horrible “hat” on her head again.
What are those things on top – soon-to-be-hatched junior Dolly Pods, or transistors she uses to get in touch with other members of her alien species?
Please, please make it Springtime so she’ll take the damned thing off.
The Divine O’F
March 15th, 2008 at 10:58 am [Reply]

MW: I may have missed something. Did Little Orphan Mary also used to sell matches on street corners?
LTBF
March 15th, 2008 at 11:03 am [Reply]

Just wanted to say the Rat from Pearls has the same views on neighbors that I do. Once again he proves himself my favorite comic character.
Gils Gone Wild!
March 15th, 2008 at 11:21 am [Reply]

GT, panel 2- Is it just me, or does the girl on the far left have a very rapturous look on her face while grabbing that other girl’s ass? Maybe this is finally the day when she realizes that it’s not “just a phase”, like her parents told her.

Also, panel 3- Now who, exactly, is she on the phone with? My guess is that the 30’s called, and they want their car back.
LTBF
March 15th, 2008 at 11:26 am [Reply]

I wonder if Liz told Anthony that Warren said he still love dher and wanted to be with her and what her reaction to that was.
Rainbird
March 15th, 2008 at 11:32 am [Reply]

131 gleeb

Yes, I thought the same thing. To get my worthlessness out of the way, I became “worth.”

You have to admit, that is the cleanest, non-ripped, well arranged house she is living in with a bare cupboard. Perhaps her mother spent all the money on the maid service.

Sheesh. Show poverty in you flash-backs, if you want us to sympathize with you.
kingklash
March 15th, 2008 at 12:09 pm [Reply]

Christian nipples: they may poke your eyes out, but you deserve it, you heathen!
NotThatGuy
March 15th, 2008 at 12:25 pm [Reply]

MW: I am lovin’ that young Mary’s mom was too poor to provide food, but damn, she furnished that child’s room nicely.
Howabominable (aka Lindsey ^_^)
March 15th, 2008 at 12:51 pm [Reply]

RMMD: Gee, this conversation sounds familiar. Wasn’t it only 4 storylines or so ago that Rex and June went on that dangerous kayaking trip and promised to take better care of themselves and not get into any trouble and not take their family for granted? And then in the next storyline Rex got himself held hostage?

Honestly, I’m hankering for some boring medical work in this strip right now. I’m sick of characters being held hostage every storyline.
mattt
March 15th, 2008 at 1:09 pm [Reply]

MW The Adventures of Young Cave Mary continue.

Also, I missed a great opportunity with the first panel of yesterday’s Mary Worth. Maybe I can fix that now.

(Maybe I should start a blog for this? Seems like what all the kids are doing these days.)

(Cave pics from this guy.)
Poteet
March 15th, 2008 at 1:12 pm [Reply]

MW — So did young deprived Mary grow up determined to feed hungry children? Provide affection to unloved children? Build the self-esteem of depressed children? No, she grew up determined to MEDDLE. Mostly in the lives of adults. But it’s given her a radiant glow of super-smugness combined with megalomania, so I guess she’ll live happily ever after.
Zaq
March 15th, 2008 at 1:29 pm [Reply]

In Marvin’s defense (never thought I’d type that), I don’t eat anything containing transformers, either. I used to, but passing Starscream cured me of that habit.
Hasty Penguin
March 15th, 2008 at 1:43 pm [Reply]

Gil Thorp would make more sense to me if the third panel had a narration box which read: “Meanwhile, in another comic strip…”
bats, junior bridesmaid :[
March 15th, 2008 at 1:49 pm [Reply]

144. Tabby: April Winchell’s website is a wonderful time-waster (Mr. bats :[ and I both have it bookmarked). And she’s Paul Winchell’s kid (which probably means she’s Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead’s half-sister or something).

And there’s “Sweet Transvestite from Transylvania” sung in Icelandic!
SecretMargo
March 15th, 2008 at 1:53 pm [Reply]

MW: I really hope this flashback leads to her overworked, underappreciated mother yelling If you like “worth” so much, why don’t you marry it? at her ungrateful daughter, causing a lightbulb goes off over little Inflatedsenseofself’s head and a fateful name change that sets in motion the years and years of sanctimonious carnage to come.
bats, junior bridesmaid :[
March 15th, 2008 at 2:00 pm [Reply]

156. mattt: and Mary still keeps rockin’ c. 10,000 B.C.!
I’m indebted to you:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9545446@N07/2334099312/

And I was going to make some smart-ass comment about your background cave pics, like, “Hey, I’ve been there!”, but dang it…I HAVE been there! We did the turista thing up Colorado Springs way in 1995 and went through the Cave of the Winds and saw the Pueblo ruins there. So much for snark!
Brick Bradford
March 15th, 2008 at 2:15 pm [Reply]

Phantom If Bruce Will is can take out a skyscraper full of heavily armed terrorists with bare feet and a .38 snub nose our cop and waitress will clean up this mess of gun runners in no time at all.
mollificent
March 15th, 2008 at 2:44 pm [Reply]

OK, Actual Official Snarkage ™. :)

Archie: If Ethel had one ounce of sense, she’d follow Jughead’s lead here. Ditch the overalls, honey, and get a frilly apron/French maid outfit. Then get yourself some edible dark chocolate/raspberry massage oil (I can recommend a place in Portland that has a very nice bottle for $20)…um…did I just say that out loud?

Crankshaft: LOL! Lattes and Macbook screens DO NOT mix! “You win THIS round, Batiuk…” *narrows eyes menacingly*

FOOB: “But what about my *real* mom?”

“Well, Francie, your real mom is a heartless frigid bitch who couldn’t care less about you, unlike my saintedly bland self–and I promise to be a doting, suffocating weight around your neck for the rest of your life.”

“Just like always…” (*making a mental note to drink the entire contents of the big skull-and-crossbones bottle under the kitchen sink as soon as possible*)

MW: Most. Boring. Flashback. Ever. When does the bit about her becoming a crack whore to survive come in? Enough with the idiot puns, woman…we want more dirty, dirty secrets!

RMMBLA: What the HELL is going on with Rex’s face in panel 2? “This face which earned/a mother’s fear and loathing,/ A mask my first/Unfeeling scrap of clothing…” and panel 3 June sings, “This haunted face holds no horror for me now…/It’s in your soul that the true distortion lies!…” OK, sorry about that, random Phantom of the Opera moment. It happens sometimes.

PBS: Sorry, Rat, I’ve got to disagree. The NICEST neighbor is the cute new one across the hall who keeps inviting one over to play music with him. Internet access? Who needs internet access? ;)
Artist fromerly known as Ben
March 15th, 2008 at 2:44 pm [Reply]

3/15

A3G: Since the “cook” said “your friend” instead of “your girlfriend” or even better “your girl”, I’m going to guess that it’s Jones on TV. He’s a federal informant testifying before Congress on a narcoterrorism case. Coverage is preempting “Girl Talk”, whatever that is.

BB: General Hafltrack is developing a taste for the rough stuff, which isn’t surprising given the company he keeps at Camp Swampy. It’s a three-panel-per-day remake of Cruising.

Momma: What the hell is with her mouth in the last panel? Not that I disagree with the sentiment, but what is that?

MW: “‘Hungry for self-worth. And now my name is… Damn but that’s good. I’m going to use it again.”

H&L: Signs point to Hi and Lois maybe having sex tonight. Dot and Ditto better hope that Chip plays his guitar good and loud.

MT: A scuzzy hippy with scuzzy hippy plans. Ponytails are this year’s mustache!

GT: For drug dealing the neighbors called social services? The Milford PD are going to be angry they didn’t get first crack (pun very much intended.)

Ziggy: That was the week Charlie Brown, too ashamed to go around dressed like Ziggy, spent three days wearing only a jockstrap.

S-M: I think we get it, Krandis. Just let loose a bwahaha and call it a night.

RMMD: “Of course the next time I make love to you I’ll be thinking of Niki the whole time. That’s just how I roll.”

Garfield: Next week: Garfield dies, take 2.

SFx: Awright, monkeys! Cool!

SSmith: There is no way that Lukey’s pants have to be that tight. No way at all.

DT: “And this exquisite Mona Lisa knockoff. Mr. Lector acquired it from a properties master on a film entitled The Freshman.”

C-Shaft: “I am serious, Honey. I’ve even picked out the pillow I’m using.”
mollificent
March 15th, 2008 at 2:44 pm [Reply]

P.S. Wow! It did the “tm” automatically! Nifty!
FSogol
March 15th, 2008 at 2:48 pm [Reply]

A long stick? Its obviously a mop. Jungle Patrol Waitress is going clean up that mess.
Girl Reporter
March 15th, 2008 at 3:20 pm [Reply]

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society sent me one of those donation solicitations today containing those “free gift” labels printed with your name and address.

Each label had Ziggy on it.

Okay, so a) EWWWWWW, they think I love Ziggy so much I’d write a the L&L Society a check!

And b) EWWWWWWW, they think I’m someone who would USE Ziggy labels on my correspondence!

Finally, c) EWWWWWW, the fundraisers for a potentially fatal disease think that Ziggy, who never wins, is a great spokescomic!

EWWWWWWWW!
KIKIKIKIKIKI
March 15th, 2008 at 3:27 pm [Reply]

Marvin’s snooty friend- or the first autistic comic book hero??

Yay! My people get their due!
kippetje2000
March 15th, 2008 at 4:07 pm [Reply]

Girl Reporter: You’ve given me my first ever Ziggy Laugh (trademark automatically inserted here) ever and I didn’t even have to read the strip.
commodorejohn
March 15th, 2008 at 4:07 pm [Reply]

#168 Girl Reporter – Could’ve been worse. They could’ve used someone from Funky Winkerbean.
Alfred E. Neuman-Starr, Boy Reporter
March 15th, 2008 at 4:16 pm [Reply]

OK kids, it’s time for another fabulous AEN interview! In my capacity as a comics character, I often can gain access to my fellow comics characters to ascertain what’s happening with them. Today, I have an exclusive interview with FOOB’s very own Liz and Anthony!

AEN— Congratulations on your engagement! How are you two lovebirds doing?
A— Fine.
L— I am so satisfied to be able to start a relationship with someone I really kind of like.
AEN— Wow, there’s nothing like the intensity of feelings that come from a new love, is there?
A— I guess not.
L— I’m not quite sure. I don’t think I’ve ever been “in love” before, whatever “love is”.
AEN— (snickers) “Love Is” is a very lame and cornball comic featuring two naked child-like adults who never have sex.
A— That sounds like us!
L— And that sounds good to me!
AEN— Liz, could you elaborate on why that sounds so good?
L— Never having sex is what I have aspired to ever since I went to Mightiwacki. I’ve heard that sex is messy and disgusting, and often involves emotions. I don’t need that. What I want is to become the Comics Saint that everyone worships, and saints don’t have sex! People like the Comics Curmudgeons call Michael a saint, but he can’t be because it’s obvious that he’s had sex — he has the two brats to prove it. My ultimate goal is to become a professional virgin like Doris Day, Annette Funicello, Joyce DeWitt, or Ann-Margaret. Look, but don’t touch! Not only is it prestigious, but those women also made a lot of money through their professional virginhood.
AEN— Anthony, how do you feel about that?
A— Whatever Liz wants is fine with me.
AEN— Don’t you guys think that the resulting buildup of sexual frustration could damage or destroy your relationship?
A— I have no sex drive, so I don’t experience sexual frustration. Just being in Liz’s presence and being able to worship her on her pedestal is enough for me.
L— And I have no vagina. You Comics Curmudgeon people like to talk about my “Golden Vagina”, but in reality it doesn’t exist.
AEN— You mean…
L— That’s right, it’s completely slick down there.
AEN— I…I…I…uh, yeah.

With that final image seared into my brain, I became too inarticulate to continue. However, I think I got all of the information we needed to know.
kippetje2000
March 15th, 2008 at 4:29 pm [Reply]

Joyce DeWitt?!
Poteet
March 15th, 2008 at 4:45 pm [Reply]

# 172 — Arrrgh! Brain bleach! I need brain bleach!
Nightingale
March 15th, 2008 at 4:48 pm [Reply]

Herb and Jamal: I Think therefore I am SINGLE? Does that mean that I’m not a thinker? I mean, since I’ve been married for a long while and all. Should I be offended? Or is it just a sad prelude to ANOTHER comics romance between two looooooooooosers?
Julius Sleazer
March 15th, 2008 at 4:48 pm [Reply]

The girls probably are only mistaking that guy for an arms dealer because he’s wearing a red tie, which seems to be something of a uniform for those guys…
One-eyed Wolfdog
March 15th, 2008 at 5:07 pm [Reply]

So, I was driving up I81 the other day with WVTF on the radio, and heard “…later tonight on Studio Virginia, Roanoke native Andrew Gregory talks about [something that didn't interest me, which I forgot] and becoming a character in a nationally syndicated comic strip.” Alas, alack, I heard only the teaser and not the actual interview so I will just have to imagine the stunning insights and intellectual depths that were navigated in the course of the program.

(What I imagine: “So, is the hair over your forehead actually…” “No!”)
Ukulele Ike
March 15th, 2008 at 5:32 pm [Reply]

Spider-Man: If I’ve got this straight, it looks like Mr. Krandis has kidnapped MJ in order to lure Spider-Man into a death trap at his (Mr. Krandis’s) house so that he can keep Spider-Man from continuing to help publisher Jonah Jameson (Flattop Hitler) not let his newspaper (the Daily Bugle) fall into the hands of Mr. Krandis.

Wouldn’t it be easier for Mr. Krandis to just kill Jonah Jameson?
One-eyed Wolfdog
March 15th, 2008 at 6:00 pm [Reply]

(On the off chance anyone else here was at the meadowlands last night: \m/ )
Zaq
March 15th, 2008 at 7:12 pm [Reply]

A few belated takes on Saturday’s comics. (What? It’s still Saturday? In the afternoon, even? Whatever.)

Archie: I think the AJGLU3K went something like this…

getrand(1, 4)
result: 3
if 3 then output (Jughead_likes_food)
print “HA HA”
end

C’Shaft: I’m… really not sure how I feel about that. Batiuk? JOKING about death? No, no, he’s not joking. Old Bitch is going DOWN.

Judge Parker: And in the box was… brownies! (No, not pot brownies. Just brownies.)

Foob: This made my eye twitch a little.

MW: Look at Mary’s eyes in panel 2. THEY FOLLOW YOU NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO. She’s like one of those scary saint pictures you see sometimes. Which actually makes a lot of sense, now that I think about it.

Popeye: The batshit insanity continues. Wimpy weirdly, passive-aggressively taking Haggy’s side, a Givney flip, meteor strikes (no basketballs, though), nonsensical punctuation… I love it.

Phantom: Ghost-Who-Stalks seems awfully confident that he can rush in and save the day… or maybe he’s going to just let the Lady Cop and Waitress die so he doesn’t have to deal with the sissification of the JUNGLE PATROL.

FC: Dolly’s already well ingrained with the “turtles all the way down” philosophy.

Baby Blues: Today’s strip is boring and repetitive, but Thursday’s (3/13) was amazing. I rarely actually emit sound when I laugh at a newspaper strip, but this was an exception.

GT: Good to see that Maureen still never looks the same in any two panels… and I’m not even going to get into the insanity that forms the equation “lots of cars = DRUGS.” I am, however, gleefully awaiting the tiresome Very Special Gil Thorp we have coming up.

Luann: I’m just happy Bran and Toni didn’t meet in high school. (Um, they didn’t, right?)

Zits: Someone doesn’t understand the difference between “genuflect” and “kowtow.”

BC: Dada BC returns! It’s not even TRYING to make sense! Ah, bliss.

Beetle: Kinky!

SF: TED with the sly look on her face and SALLY with the insane gleam in her eye? Our favorite lesbian couple must be mixing things up a bit, playing with role reversal.

Momma: OH GOD WHAT IS WITH MOMMA’S FACE IN THE LAST PANEL
Godzooky
March 15th, 2008 at 7:51 pm [Reply]

#178 Ukelele Ike re: S-M: You forgot to include Krandis launching a bomb-laden, remote-control car, complete with fake arm, gun and sound system playing a recording of gunshots, through city streets, in the hopes of luring Spider-Man into a death trap. This was at the same time Mr. Krandis approached MJ in order to kidnap her to lure Spider-Man into a death trap…Why go through all this trouble? Well, one look at this would have been enough to convice him Spidey would be a much easier target than JJJ.
mattt
March 15th, 2008 at 8:43 pm [Reply]

@162 bats, junior bridesmaid :[ Ha! That’s great! And you’ve got, like, titles and stuff. I gotta learn Flickr more, to be sure. Good work, and props for Aldo!
blase
March 15th, 2008 at 11:40 pm [Reply]

MW: Why do I get the feeling that Mary’s life story is going to be a fairly faithful adaptation of the Reader’s Digest Encyclopedia of Platitudes?
Artist formerly known as Ben
March 16th, 2008 at 2:07 pm [Reply]

3/16

A3G: It’s miraculous that Lu Ann can appear on TV without leaving the house. That said, Bolle’s NotJoyBehar needs work.

FOOB: Francie read this. After getting a look at her future mommy in the last two panels, well, nobody can find Francie now.

Baldo: Is it disturbing that Gracie sees herself as a pint-size Gloria Estefan, or just weird.

PBS: Ooh, timeless Popeye snark. Me like.

Luann: It’s like, men are from Circuit City, women are from Pottery Barn. Haha, precious!
J.P. Patches
March 18th, 2008 at 11:26 pm [Reply]

So Frank Bolle is only temporary GT artist — somebody must have posted this already somewhere here, but here’s the scoop from the official GT site:

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/custom/gilthorp/cs-080303-gil-thorp-new-artist-rod-whigham-html,0,3149107.htmlstory

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