The Comics Curmudgeon

83 responses to “Metapost: Comment of the week, plus Josh: The Naked Truth”

1. commodorejohn
   October 6th, 2008 at 9:16 pm [Reply]

   Yahoo, I made runner-up!

   I gotta say though, Josh, being “more into it than Brad” seems, at present, to be like “liking snakes more than Henry Jones, Jr.”

2. Ukulele Ike
   October 6th, 2008 at 9:18 pm [Reply]

   Hang on. That’s Ces?

   Hi, Ces! We love you for what you’ve done to Sally!

   We love you too, Josh, welcome back.

   And I think that belly button today is the most flesh that Supposedly-Hot Toni’s flashed yet.

3. LITTLE A. OF THE GRAND CONCOURSE JUNGLE PATROL
   October 6th, 2008 at 9:21 pm [Reply]

   Congratulations to everybody who won, and maybe one of these weeks one of my comments about Sluggo Smith will make it! That will have to be a very slow week indeed.

4. AeroSquid
   October 6th, 2008 at 9:21 pm [Reply]

   Luann: Why is Brad so pissed off ? His doughy body is all oiled up like he just rescued a box of terminally ill kittens from a flaming bathhouse on the lower east side and he’s holding an ax !

   Wait…..Why does FireChick have a ready made photo studio in a burnt out building’s basement in Brooklyn ? Brad ! GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE !

5. Tom the Pirate
   October 6th, 2008 at 9:24 pm [Reply]

   I’m countin’ on ya, Josh! I’m one of your newest small-box advertisers, ’cause your readers seem like, well, readers, and I hope a few of ‘em drop by.

   I hope it doesn’t count as free advertising to mention that the wee “Rambles.NET” box is mine. Glad to be a CC supporter!

6. Poteet
   October 6th, 2008 at 9:35 pm [Reply]

   Welcome back, Pope Hot Blogger! Whew, I feel a sudden need to fan myself.

7. essephreak
   October 6th, 2008 at 9:40 pm [Reply]

   Hey Josh, the Pardon My Planet link seems to be broken…

8. essephreak
   October 6th, 2008 at 9:41 pm [Reply]

   oh, wait, nemmine, now it’s working…

9. crossbuck
   October 6th, 2008 at 9:45 pm [Reply]

   Does that digicamera FIreChick is using look like my old Sony Mavica? Not quite, but it sure looks ancient. One bounce umbrella and one shoot-through. The bounce umbrella aimed right at the lens. Quite the professional she is.

10. AeroSquid
    October 6th, 2008 at 9:49 pm [Reply]

    Curtis: Michelle’s mask is actually the Ronco Purge Recycler/Aspirator. That way you can enjoy dinner (or Chocolate Eclairs) twice without having to beg off to the john.

    Snuff: Saaaaay. Isn’t that Lukey with a shorther beard and a hat he took off the body of tourist who got a little to close to the Corn Squeezin’s and then recycled his organs to feed his Hydrocephalic half-brother ? Thought so.

11. Poteet
    October 6th, 2008 at 9:54 pm [Reply]

    Congratulations, Tweeks_Coffee! And congrats to the other funny folk on the float!

12. Frinkenstein
    October 6th, 2008 at 10:00 pm [Reply]

    Is it a coincidence that you never see Brad DeGroot and Francesco Marciuliano in the same place at the same time? I think not!

13. Bribaby
    October 6th, 2008 at 10:11 pm [Reply]

    Ces and Josh in one picture! My knees are buckling from the hotness, or the vinyl siding fumes or something. I’m looking forward to the calendar.

    So far the photo shoot in LuAnn is a little more reserved than I had hoped it would be…Brad’s just grumpy and shirtless. Still, it’s only Monday; hope springs eternal. Maybe by Friday he’ll be naked and really pissed off. Just the way I likes ‘em.

14. Tom the Pirate
    October 6th, 2008 at 10:12 pm [Reply]

    Can it be true that no one has remarked on the remarkable synchroneity between today’s Off the Mark and Mother Goose & Grim? They’re side by side in my local paper, so it’s hard to miss.

    This, if nothing else, will lead to the development of scratch-n-sniff computer screens.

15. Tom the Pirate
    October 6th, 2008 at 10:13 pm [Reply]

    Question is, will Firechick dress the same way for her calendar shoot?

16. Rainbird
    October 6th, 2008 at 10:19 pm [Reply]

    Josh, you’ve got to tell us when the calendar comes out.

    Can you leak out who else is in it beside you and Ces?.

    I agree with Ukulele Ike #2, I love reading Sally Forth these days. Thank you Ces for what you’ve been doing.

17. Canuckguy
    October 6th, 2008 at 10:26 pm [Reply]

    If there’s ever any proof that 2008 is the Year of the Geek is that there is such a thing as a “Hot Blogger Calendar” … and that people who look a fair bit like me (ie Josh) are in it.

18. bats :[
    October 6th, 2008 at 10:32 pm [Reply]

    Funny Floaters! Yay, all of you, managing to bring on the snark even while Josh is on his own pilgrimage of saucy skin. (Right, Josh?)

    Y-101. Bribaby: Mark Trail isn’t The Beastmaster. He has a keen knowledge of the outdoors and wildlife, but he is not The Beastmaster. Please tell me that he isn’t The Beastmaster…

    Nuts…
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/9545446@N07/2919896513/

    (They better have done justice to Josh for the calendar; I don’t think my heart can take ’shopping Hiz Holimoliness…)

19. Artist formerly known as Ben
    October 6th, 2008 at 11:01 pm [Reply]

    Ah, thanks for the laurels. I really must bow to tweeks_coffee, though. That’s as apt a comparison as I can think of.

    And Josh, I’m sure you and Ces will be bloggerlicious.

20. Artist formerly known as Ben
    October 6th, 2008 at 11:07 pm [Reply]

    bats:[, is that based on an actual Beastmaster poster? Because the body you put Cherry’s head on… the legs are kind of… spread just so. I mean, it could make you wonder just what kind of movie this is.

21. Seismic-2
    October 6th, 2008 at 11:14 pm [Reply]

    #20 – The Thighmaster’s legs are spread as he straddles Andy. Actually, it isn’t so much “straddling” as… Well, he is man’s best friend.

22. Beatrice
    October 6th, 2008 at 11:14 pm [Reply]

    Thanks for the (Margo air quotes) float ride. I thought I was perhaps too hard on Pardon My Planet which is well-drawn and occasionally witty, and therefore can have no place in my local paper.

    My inspiration today was to bring Pluggers into the 21st century by renaming it Plipsters, featuring a droopy-eyed Rastanocerus, and captioned “You know you’re a Plipster if you can smell herb on him when he says he’s not holding.” I have many, even better, ideas, which is why I’m a cook.

23. Angry Kem
    October 6th, 2008 at 11:15 pm [Reply]

    Congratulations, enormously funny people.

    #2 and #16: I agree completely. Before I found this site, I hadn’t read Sally Forth since the day I had moved and lost access to a newspaper that printed it. I thus only knew the pre-Ces SF, and I thought of it as a mediocre strip full of bland, annoying characters. Little did I know what I was missing. You go, Ces.

24. SaberChick
    October 6th, 2008 at 11:18 pm [Reply]

    re:Curtis

    Attn Michelle – That is NOT a “fencing outfit” – That is NOT a fencing jacket – it’s a white long sleeve shirt – Those are NOT knickers, they are simply white pants – and I sure as HELL don’t know what you have on your face but it is NOT a fencing mask.

    Thank you Ray Billingsly for completly ruining my day by showing me that despite my (and fencers everywhere) best efforts and the USA kicking ass at the Olympics, Americans have no idea what fencing looks like.

    SaberChick

25. Muffaroo
    October 6th, 2008 at 11:38 pm [Reply]

    Ooh! Congrats to me! This will sustain me during the long, long weeks to come when I have to walk because I’m just not funny enough. Hats off to the rest of the crew, too, except whoever just threw my wallet to the crowd. That was tacky.

    SaberChick @24 – The important thing is that Curtis always has to have a comedic foil.

26. commodorejohn
    October 6th, 2008 at 11:41 pm [Reply]

    #24 SaberChick – Well, it is Ray Billingsley, you know; he’s not exactly the most in-touch person in the world. At least a few of us non-fencing-fanatic Americans do have a better idea of what a real fencer dresses like than that (although I admit that most of my knowledge comes from having played Titanic: Adventure Out Of Time.)

27. commodorejohn
    October 6th, 2008 at 11:42 pm [Reply]

    #25 Muffaroo – That “foil” was foul, fool.

28. Mibbitmaker
    October 7th, 2008 at 12:32 am [Reply]

    Yay! I made it on the list again! Lessee, that makes it… #9….#9….#9…..#9….#9….

    To those here with less so far, I’m not gloating — I’m just a huge fan of the Beatles.

    (y’know, if you play this comment backwards, it sounds like LuAnn Powers saying, “Turn me on, Alan! Turn me on, Alan!…”)

29. It's!
    October 7th, 2008 at 12:38 am [Reply]

    Norm McDonald is looking well…

30. Victor
    October 7th, 2008 at 12:42 am [Reply]

    As nauseating as the current Luann storyline is, there’s one thing it’s missing that saves me from having to retch audibly: Fetishistic shaving.

31. Mibbitmaker
    October 7th, 2008 at 2:17 am [Reply]

    10/7:

    GF: Wake me up when Ideology-A-Go-Go is over.

    A3G: Sadly, he would, indeed.

    FC: Yeah, Dolly. Over there is the chest of drawers you spilled the acid on. …Oh, I’m sorry — …was…

    PBS: Makes me want to do Snoopy’s happy dance.

    S-M: Spidey’s other superpower: Forced irony.

    H&L: This strip is the bunk!

    Nancy: Now, watch as all those kids in the last panel fall off the earth into space to their ultimate doom…

    Nancy: …And strips like this build utter nausea.

    Curtis: Naw, Michelle, he’s too busy being a male chauvinist pig.

    HtH: In the ancient times of the Vikings, they were bedevilled by the strife of 2008, AD!

32. Frank Parsnip
    October 7th, 2008 at 3:52 am [Reply]

    Congrats to the COTWeekers!

    A3G: Alright! Haley and Lu Ann can now get into a drug-crazed catfight, rolling around in the studio tearing at each other’s clothes and rolling about the tubes of paint and torn curtains until … well, until the whole scene resembles a Judge Parker strip with Mary Worth’s food spilled on it.

    MT: I’ve watched a lot of episodes of Crocodile Hunter, and I have to admit that jamming a big stick into the mouth of a croc probably could have saved Steve Irwin’s life. Mostly because he would have been on land instead of amongst a bunch of stingrays, but also because most wild creatures realize that sticks are dangerous as hell. While walking in a forest, have you ever bumped into a branch? Yes? Well, it’s really painful — and we humans don’t spend anywhere near so much time in forests as animals do. Rifles are often made to look like sticks because of how much that intimidates animals who live in terror of being poked with a stick.

    By the way, I think I am going to get panel 1 as a tattoo.

    Dennis the Menace: I somehow like that Dennis is drawing an alligator going after a pink person. There is something menacing about Dennis spending his days redrawing Mark Trail strips.

    MW: Toby and Ian have invested in a unique home lighting setup that illuminates both sides of their faces while leaving the center dark.

    Sex Organ, M.D.: He’s too embarrassed to show his face? Judging by the awful stitchwork on his forehead in panel 3, he’s attempted DIY brain surgery. Rex could have shown him that the easy way to self-do a frontal lobotomy is to enter through the side of the eye socket.

    Spider-Man: I like that phoney spiderman is being played by the son-in-law from “About Schmidt”.

    Mallard Fillmore: Good thing that he labels the picture as being Christopher Dodd because Tinsley’s drawing skills would have left that one a mystery.

    Jugs Parker: The plot is going nowhere except in circles around Dixie. Thanks, Mister Barreto.

    Funky Pantysniffer: Lisa’s legacy walk has 100% participation, just like voting in old Soviet Union!

    oh, wait… I know I shouldn’t have allowed Yakov Smirnoff to use my computer there.

33. Mr. O\'Malley
    October 7th, 2008 at 4:31 am [Reply]

    SaberChick @24. I was going to say that’s why it says “fencing” and not fencing. But today’s Curtis says fencing.

    In fairness, though, the panels in today’s Curtis seem to be assembled from a random selection of older strips.

34. Mr. O'Malley
    October 7th, 2008 at 4:31 am [Reply]

    Opus can be found on-line at http://www.salon.com. For the next few weeks, anyway.

    I was wondering if the end of Opus affected the entire paper. We didn’t get a Sunday paper this week at all, and strangely there were none for sale anyway in town. Luckily we are a week behind in crossword puzzles anyway.

    Our paper prints Opus on pink paper, so it has always looked a little strange. Not a political comment, I think. The sports section used to be green, but they gave that up years ago.

    I like the “end-of-strip” strips better than the usual ones. He never recaptured the energy of Bloom County, which was one of my favorites.

35. Mr. O'Malley
    October 7th, 2008 at 4:34 am [Reply]

    “Anywhere”. Close tag. Remove annoying auto-backslash.

36. yellojkt
    October 7th, 2008 at 5:56 am [Reply]

    If I had known the calendar prize package included a bus trip to New York and a chance to see Ces, I would have lobbied harder to get nominated myself.

37. John C Fremont
    October 7th, 2008 at 6:21 am [Reply]

    Yay, Tweeks! To quote the machine that used to make Grins and Smiles and Giggles and Laughs Cereal, “Now that’s funny!” Unlike Cecil the machine, however, I will not follow that by puking up boxes of cereal.

    Anyway, the point is, you made me laugh. And not puke cereal, but that’s beside the point.

38. gleeb
    October 7th, 2008 at 7:04 am [Reply]

    Beetle: Sarge is about to molest his helpless dog again.

    Dagwood: Sure, that’s one glutton, but for me Funky is the ultimate swing voter. On the one hand, he runs a small business and probably want low regulation and tax. On the other, he lives in Cancerdeathville, and everyone there must want better funding for schools, so they can stop buying all the damn band candy.

    H&J: Besides, I’m sure Jamaal would prefer a driver who has eyes, not just two dark, empty sockets.

    ‘bean: Funky has spoken. Obey, or end up in the pizza oven, a sacrifice for Great Cthulu.

    Bunny Hoest’s No Exit: Dr. Hot Blog?

    Mary: What’s with the shadows? Were these two brought together by a mutual love of blotting manuscripts with their faces?

39. Little Guy
    October 7th, 2008 at 7:23 am [Reply]

    MT: No, no, no, no, NO! Elrod, that is *not* how you do fanservice!

    Candorville: Shirtless Anderson Cooper and no Mungeon reaction? I think we can define the demographic here.

40. man behind the curtain
    October 7th, 2008 at 7:33 am [Reply]

    MW — Why nothing’s wrong. Except for the black ink all over our faces. Let’s just relax and sing a duet of “Mammy”.

41. True Fable
    October 7th, 2008 at 8:42 am [Reply]

    Marmadick Honestly, as much as I like dogs in general and the Great Danes I had in particular, after all the shit Marmadick has pulled over the years I would tie that garden hose around his neck and around his legs and DRAG his ass to the nearest animal control office and say “here, take him. We’re done.” There is NO reason why he should drag the hose into the house so rather than this panel be ha-ha, it’s simply stupid.

    “Oh gee, look at what that silly dog has done today, brought a spraying garden hose into the house so he can shake it as if it’s a snake.” Yeah hardy har har WHAT THE FUCK?!?! The dumb son of a bitch (literally!) somehow turned on the hose and somehow opened the front door and dragged it into the house, and the woman is just fussing at him? Where the hell is the broom to push him out the door? (I don’t care for hitting dogs with brooms, but pushing works well without the trauma) Why doesn’t this woman ever lock her doors if she doesn’t want him inside, which is usually the case? Why doesn’t she dangle that Fifi poodle in front of him and lead him out the door? Why doesn’t she go turn off the water?

    Most of all, does anyone think this panel is funny, or do we have to wait for Joe Mathalete to fix it so there’s humor in it?

    Yes, I’m in a real MOOD today. Grrr. Arrgh. I laughed at other comics and smiled at a couple that usually I don’t, so it’s not like I’m completely without mirth today but GEEZ Marmadick is just a fucking waste of my time. Grrrr. Arrrrgh.
    /rant

    Oooh, wait! Congrats to Tweeks Coffee and all the Float Riders! Wheee! and welcome back, Josh! Unca let us stay up and play with the comics!

42. queek
    October 7th, 2008 at 8:46 am [Reply]

    18: best movie starring ferrets, Beastmaster!

    (worst movie starring ferrets, Beastmaster II. . . .)

43. anonymous
    October 7th, 2008 at 8:48 am [Reply]

    True Fable: don’t forget yesterday’s gem, where – I swear to God above – Marmaduke apparently called an elevator repairman to come and fix the elevator in his doghouse. Unbelievably stupid, almost too embarrassingly stupid to grasp. It’s like the writer of this thing is in some contest for the Lamest Comic Strip of All Time , world class division.

44. Galactic Emperor Chennux®™©
    October 7th, 2008 at 8:56 am [Reply]

    ATTENTION EARTHERS!

    IF THERE WERE EVER A REASON TO MAGMACANNON THE EARTH TO THE SHAPE AND SIZE OF THE AVERAGE S’MORE, THIS IS IT! JOSH IN HIS BOXERS FOR THE HOT BLOGGER SHOOT!

    BE AFRAID, EARTHERS! BE VERY AFRAID!

    END TRANSMISSION!

45. True Fable
    October 7th, 2008 at 9:08 am [Reply]

    PBS Thank you, Pastis, for making me laugh aloud this morning! Oh, there’s something wonderful about a spot-on Peanuts parody, and the punchline is just excellent!
    RiR I know a cat who enjoys peanut butter sandwiches in small bites. Maybe it’s you, lady.
    S4th Hilary knows there’s going to be a small hands smackdown any minute now, so she’s cutting out!
    RMMW Problem solved in last panel. Next!
    Phantom “The rain is Tess, the fire is Joe and they call the wind Annoying….”
    MT Oooh Mark, you big tall bland expressionless male, you.
    Luann YOW! Oh of course nothing will come of this, not even off-panel, but for one brief 18 hour period or so, I can pretend that Brad is finally getting some, and his parents will just have to hover over Luann from now on. Go Brad, go! Naw, he’ll have an attack of Propriety now. Boy, I ruin more pretending that way….
    JP Ordinarily I would call out this strip on its relentless bee-grinding but the view is spectacular. It’s Bee-Grinding with a Plus!
    GF Olbermann shoutout. Keith, you are in danger of becoming a comic staple. Sort of like Bill O’Reilly, only his shtick is toxic.
    FW And then the beatings began.
    Canadian Zombie This actually made me smile, namely because I could Juuuuust make out the little crocodiles in those tears.
    FC I really want to see the panel where the knob breaks off and she goes sprawling on the floor. Dammit, we always see this a panel too early or a panel too late.
    (WT)DT I’m not even following this story anymore. I just look at the strip and let my eyes blur a little so I can see the Rorschach test underneath.
    C’haft None of this yet answers what made C’haft into the sour old bastard he is today. How’d he go from being such a sweet, understanding, pure at heart kid to the festering gland of hate and frustration he is today? Inquiring minds don’t really care to know, but we do have to ask the questions. It’s in our contract, y’know.

46. True Fable
    October 7th, 2008 at 9:17 am [Reply]

    # 43 anonymous – I saw that yesterday! And YES, it was the most finely purified stack of HORSESHIT ever!

    A dog with an elevator in his doghouse. More than just that premise – how the hell did he pay for an elevator, not to mention the repairs? The Winslows surely aren’t able to pay for one PLUS all the crap he destroys so it’s got to be a Big Dog thing.

    Is he the neighborhood protection goon? That would explain a lot. From now on for fun, I’m going to read the captions with a Jersey accent or with a Philly state of mind. Bada bing, “hey big dawg. Geddoudaheah. Oh, oh no wait – ! Auugh!….”

    That’s how to make it through Marmadick every day. Take it that step further.

47. bats :[
    October 7th, 2008 at 9:20 am [Reply]

    44. Begging Your Immensitude’s pardon, but I humbly believe that there might be just one more thing that would merit a magmacannoning of this puny planet, possibly to the size and shape of a burned s’more (as only Your Bulkworthiness has the massive Intelligence and even more massive Intestinal Fortitude to accomplish, if only with the tiniest wave of your tiniest tentacle): Family Circus boxer shorts.

48. StoutHearted
    October 7th, 2008 at 9:21 am [Reply]

    Note the heavy influence of Nathaniel Hawthorne in today’s Mary Worth. The dark shadows upon the faces of the tragic couple symbolize Toby’s deceit slowly poisoning their happy marriage. Tomorrow, look for a big “D” covering up the cute kitty-cats on Toby’s sweater to proclaim her sin of “Dumbassery.”

49. True Fable
    October 7th, 2008 at 9:22 am [Reply]

    # 44 Galactic Emperor Chennux – Hail, Your Immensity!

    So THAT’s where Greg Evans got the inspiration for Brad’s calendar plotline! Nice legs, Josh! No kidding, there are no bony knees or Nuthin’!

    It only figures that the most powerful being in the known universe would have a copy of that picture, not to mention have the sand to reveal it. All hail Chennux!

50. bats :[
    October 7th, 2008 at 9:27 am [Reply]

    32. Frank Parsnip re MT: I’m sending you a bright, shiny quarter if you do go through with the tattoo.
    I myself was mesmerized by Panel 1. While I have no mad animation skillz (or even slightly annoyed ones), those few, well-chosen motion lines of Sue and the gator provided such great visuals for me that I swear it was the most action I’ve ever experienced reading Mark Trail.

    FC: just when I didn’t think the rendering of this strip couldn’t get any more simplistic, now the head sizes are even more farked up — or the body sizes — or the combination of the two — hell, I don’t know. If the Keanes can’t maintain consistent proportions even within their limited universe, maybe it’s cut-and-paste time for them.
    (Dolly says the paste tastes like mint.)

51. Niall
    October 7th, 2008 at 9:27 am [Reply]

    …Josh is married, so Naked Josh won’t enter my brain. But still! Hot blogger indeed! That must have been a hoot. :)

    Funny commentary as always! The Margo-in-Princess-Bride one is a personal favourite.

    I hadn’t seen the Sunday Dick Tracy referenced in the COTW. Wow. Did anyone make a joke on the last panel, such as: “Tracy! electronic signals! DO NOT WANT!” or somesuch?

    Today’s comics were mostly boring or unexceptional; though it wasn’t a total loss since it was an Ashley day. :) (I’ll have to look at the big version at the T-U to see exactly what her last panel expression is… it almost looks apologetic.) And PBS. That was funny.

52. Rose
    October 7th, 2008 at 9:50 am [Reply]

    Good riddance to Opus. I hated it and Outland and the even Bloom County had been on the decline when BB ended it. The entire last year was that horrible Bill the Cat gets Donald Trump’s brain arc (Trump jokes NEVER get old!) As the characters remarked at the time, “The Manson family went out with more dignity than this!” BB needs to FINALLY let it die.

53. Islamorada Girl
    October 7th, 2008 at 10:00 am [Reply]

    3G: Don’t worry about getting your dope, Haley! Alan left it all to you in his will!

    All hail Chennux!

54. Dingo
    October 7th, 2008 at 10:09 am [Reply]

    Ian’s return had all of the romantic interplay that I expected. This isn’t a marriage; it’s cohabitation. Now I’m beginning to think he has a grad assistant named Corky who’s tall, ugly, and sportin’ a huge cock (the calling card of the tall and ugly).

    Tell us, Dr. Cameron, with whom do you discuss Foucault in the midst of anal pleasure?

55. dreadedcandiru2
    October 7th, 2008 at 10:10 am [Reply]

    #45 : True Fable —- I think I know what turned Cranky all sour and messed up: years of being a citizen of the Batiukverse. A person can only endure so much arbitrary cancerdoomdeathdespair before it starts to get to them. Just decades of incomprehensible tragedy made Les Moore see dead people and gave Funky an addictive personality, the pointless and endless calamities his creator subjected him to turned Ed Crankshaft into a world-class sourball.

56. Artist formerly known as Ben
    October 7th, 2008 at 10:13 am [Reply]

    10/7

    Garfield, Ziggy: Two thinly-veiled fart gags. Today is truly a milestone in the history of comedy.

    Baldo: You’ll sleep your way to the top yet, m’boy.

    A3G: Countdown to Margo bitchslapping a crackwhore. Brace yourselves.

    Luann: So Brad, is that a zoom lens in your pocket or… You don’t have any pockets? I see.

    BB: Looks like Otto needs a glass of wine to loosen him up.

    S-M: Shouldn’t have said that out loud, Peter. You done spider-jinxed yourself.

    OBH: Ah, so Ruthie is in Ms Talkstoomuch’s class. Hear she’s popular.

    GA: Celebrations for the death of the rich, gullible Arab continue. Human nature is still depressingly awful. Thomas Hobbes, this Bud’s for you.

    H&L: “Oh, one more thing. This house doubles as a sweatshop assembly line. Do you want to see the room where they put the bracelets together. No windows, but if feels real homey.”

57. aloha_breeze
    October 7th, 2008 at 10:14 am [Reply]

    Mark Trail: Maybe Jack Elrod should get his reptilian facts from Mythbusters.
    Crocodiles chasing blond-women-with-heels on land–BUSTED!

58. Niall
    October 7th, 2008 at 10:15 am [Reply]

    True Fable: to improve your mood, I will share that I bought and am enjoying these days foaming bath material made from goat’s milk. Smooth and silky and good for the skin! Goats are cute AND useful!

    If that doesn’t make you smile, nothing will.

59. Angry Kem
    October 7th, 2008 at 10:20 am [Reply]

    Mark Trail is a verray, parfit gentil knyght.

    I’m intrigued by the moody shadows on Ian’s face today. Are we seeing him from Toby’s perspective…as an ominous, threatening figure? Where are the flashes of lightning? Where is the organ music? Where is the emotional pain?

    The shadows on Toby’s face, on the other hand, make her look as if she has inadvertently dipped her forehead in tar.

    Why do some people apparently think Hi and Lois is funny? Hi and Lois isn’t funny. It’s horrifying. Ten children in one room? What the hell?

    PBS: Stephan Pastis, I love you. That is all.

60. steve
    October 7th, 2008 at 10:26 am [Reply]

    S-M: This whole ragging on an museum exhibition of clocks for two days is just strange. Is Peter Parker some sort of art history purist who objects to the inclusion of decorative arts in museums?

    He’s probably more disappointed they don’t have an exhibition of televisions.

61. Dean Booth
    October 7th, 2008 at 10:34 am [Reply]

    Welcome back, Josh. And a big horrah for the great CsOTW.

    MT: With a great trepidation that would embarrass Mark Trail, I’ve ventured into “multimedia”: That Nasty Media. (Best with sound.)

62. queek
    October 7th, 2008 at 10:41 am [Reply]

    41: TrueFable, I bequeath unto you a search string for google images, to improve your mood.

    “gorals”

63. Carly
    October 7th, 2008 at 10:50 am [Reply]

    Based on the A3G strip linked in blueberrygrrl’s comment, it looks like Margo has found her next occupation: lawyer. Actually, I have to wonder why she didn’t go this route to begin with; it seems like a perfect fit for her.

    Also, with regards to the current Spider-Man possible date thing: isn’t Jameson married? I know he has a kid, but I guess he’s probably the kind of guy that gets married and then divorced six months later. I am kind of surprised anyone would agree to have sex with him without ulterior motives.

64. Hibbleton
    October 7th, 2008 at 10:53 am [Reply]

    I guess this being October, Ian and Toby have just returned from some type of demonic Ash Wednesday ceremony in panel 2.

    Curtis: Michelle anticipates Curtis’ male chauvinistic remark by delivering a vicious crotch punch. Too bad it falls short of its mark.

65. boojum
    October 7th, 2008 at 11:08 am [Reply]

    63 Carly:

    On Margo as a lawyer… that reminds me of the great line from the old Greystone Inn comic –

    “Did you know your lawyer was a blood-sucking vampire?”
    “No… I just assumed…“

66. Laura c
    October 7th, 2008 at 11:11 am [Reply]

    MT: That poor, misguided alligator. Those Coppertone ads have given him totally the wrong idea.

67. Perky Bird
    October 7th, 2008 at 11:14 am [Reply]

    Mark Trail: I think the woman in the high heels and the alligator are doing some sort of jiggy conga line dance, rather than a predator/prey chase to the death. I’m fairly certain that suggestive little hip-swivels don’t play a part in running for one’s life.

68. Muffaroo
    October 7th, 2008 at 11:20 am [Reply]

    AD – Damn you, Steve Jobs, and your infernal time travel!

    BBailey – I say we send Orville Snorkel to Iraq! Six months from now, we’ll all say, “The Sarge is working!”

    DTracy – The henchman — whose name is probably I. Patch — is thinking, “YOUR feelings were hurt? At least your ass is behind you, where it belongs!” Considering how long “Braces” has been talking about this, we’ll probably find out that his real name is X. Position.

    FCircus – Looks like the eight-inch-tall Dolly is climbing up her dresser to see if anything was left there in the night by the Neck Fairy.

    HtHorrible – “Have you checked the price of oil lately?” Have you checked any history books lately? Nobody poured hot oil on anybody before, say, the Addams family. They did sometimes dump the chamber pots on foes — as far as I know, the price of that is holding steady.

    Those Two Guys – So Ernie drives a “TAXI” and wears a cap labeled “CAB.” I guess this is to draw attention away from the double specific that he’s the cab driver from “It’s a Wonderful Life” crossed with the Muppet of the same name.

    MWorth – Today’s strip is guest-written by Steve Ditko. Notice how the lies Ian and Toby tell each other stain their faces permanently, like a hideous, inky blotch. They’re fatally compromised now, and Mr. A will watch them tumble to their doom with no emotion whatsoever.

    Momma – EEGAH! Funny today!!

    MG&Grimm – Today’s joke is a special tribute to Science Made Stupid by Michael Weldon.

    Nancy – Now I have the strangest craving for the great taste of Coke.

    Pluggers – A plugger’s cupboard is a trophy case of failure.

    RMMD – “…I’m too embarrassed to show my face!” “That’s easy to fix. Just shave your wrinkled ass, drop trou, and walk backwards.”

69. Muffaroo
    October 7th, 2008 at 11:22 am [Reply]

    COTW – I just wanted to say again what unholy glee I take at jake’s “Brando” comment. It’s a gift that keeps on giving.

    commodorejohn @27 – Curses! (etc)

    True Fable @41 – It’s useless to lock Marmaduke out of the house. He’ll just phone for a lock service. Or maybe use the library computers to send for one via the internet. He’s just that goddamn wacky.
    @45 – “they call the wind Annoying…” Oh, excellent!
    “Bee-Grinding with a Plus!” Or maybe Bee-Grinding with Benefits. Ngongongong!

70. True Fable
    October 7th, 2008 at 11:35 am [Reply]

    # 58 Niall – Ahhh yes, the magic power of goats cannot be beaten! Thanks, y’all. You have reminded me of my mission: to bring the wonder of small adorable creatures who are so useful to The Comics Curmudgeon.

    They pose for soap. That’s how dedicated Goats are, y’all.

    #69 Muffaroo – Thank you! I’m here all week! Try the veal! but no goat!

71. Muse of Ire
    October 7th, 2008 at 3:42 pm [Reply]

    Aww, I missed Chennux. So glad he swung by this quadrant of the galaxy again. Potatoes and syrup for everyone!

72. Elmo
    October 7th, 2008 at 4:15 pm [Reply]

    The next big shock will be Ces admitting that the storyline is being heavily influenced by the Crudge and the scribes.

73. anonymous
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    #46 – now, True Fable, we aren’t supposed to take it LITERALLY. I can’t believe I’m still harping on this nonsense, but…It’s stolen directly from Peanuts. Years and years ago Snoopy had his doghouse flooded and the kids went in to survey the damage. Snoopy had a Persian rug, a pool table, etc. etc. (sounded like the inside of a mansion). Ha-ha-ha! 30 years ago when this idea was first done, it amused the average 10 year old….I guess it’s hard to keep trying to think up punchy situations about a big goofy dog, though, every. single. day. year. after year. after year. after…

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