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19 responses to “Let’s hurry it up here, people”

1. lefty von righty
   January 21st, 2005 at 12:25 pm [Reply]

   Rex Morgan, M.D. with special guest artist Pablo Picasso contributing to panel 3. Or is that a touch of indigestion, Rex?

2. lefty von righty
   January 21st, 2005 at 12:37 pm [Reply]

   Rex has been to busy writing in his note pad to notice much of anything these days. For crying out loud, Mrs. Morgan was practically begging Rex to put down his pen and lay her down in yesterday’s strip. “I like WOOD fences.” “We got lucky tonight . . . Abbey found a BONE instead!” These may seem like innocent phrases, but when tied to their accompanying art work it is all too obvious what is being implied here. The emphasis on WOOD and BONE is unnecessary with Mrs. Morgan leaning over Rex with her bosom full of pepper and that come hither expression. Advance the plot . . . heck, Rex can’t enhance his worn out libido. Maybe his mind is on the British nanny, or perhaps the dark, dramatic art work of the last couple of weeks is foreshadowing something more sinister. Perhaps the corpse in the back yard is the body of Squash Head, Big Dan’s grandmother.

3. Cobaltnine
   January 21st, 2005 at 12:44 pm [Reply]

   Take it from someone who worked in a hospital for years as tech support: Doctors Are Morons when it comes to common sense. If they haven’t seen a bone that wasn’t in skin since med school, then they have no idea what it is. They’d miss a skeleton if they had to jog over it in the morning.

   Thank you so much for this page. I don’t get the paper anymore, but damn if I’m not wanting to suddenly read Mary Worth.

4. Sopwith Camel
   January 21st, 2005 at 12:57 pm [Reply]

   Rex isn’t even alarmed by the talking boob in the second panel!

5. Jiggles
   January 21st, 2005 at 1:28 pm [Reply]

   I thought it was her unborn baby talking: the one that will take three years to actually be born.

6. x.
   January 21st, 2005 at 1:45 pm [Reply]

   When does the M.D.’ing happen?

7. Joshua
   January 21st, 2005 at 1:47 pm [Reply]

   Rex is looking quite John Travolta in the 3rd panel.

8. Hubris
   January 21st, 2005 at 1:49 pm [Reply]

   Where did the free dog come from again? Wasn’t Rex evasive about the former owner?

   Considering the level of decomposition, I’d be curious as to what Rex was doing in March 2004.

9. art
   January 21st, 2005 at 2:00 pm [Reply]

   its all in the quick-code lettering rules – italic bold spells out REX, LOOK, LEG, ALL.

10. BKM
    January 21st, 2005 at 3:05 pm [Reply]

    amen! The take forever strips are a bore!

11. Lispy the clown
    January 21st, 2005 at 3:42 pm [Reply]

    All the comments and art add up to a very clear thing – take a careful look at that third panel, consider that he ignores giant talking hooters and it becomes obvious. This guy is as QUEER AS PINK MUD!

12. Svenjissom
    January 21st, 2005 at 7:42 pm [Reply]

    When Rex asks what the bone looked like, June says, “It was dark.” Maybe a darkies shin bone?

13. Tuwa
    January 22nd, 2005 at 1:13 am [Reply]

    Also, his thumb is as long as his finger. That’s just creepy.

14. Mibbitmaker
    January 22nd, 2005 at 4:30 am [Reply]

    Actually, it’s the indicia that’s talking in that panel. In comics, the indicia knows all!

    And it looks like Rex graduated from the Frank Burns School of Medicine (est. 1953).

15. Hippolyta
    January 22nd, 2005 at 7:16 am [Reply]

    I got Rex Morgan confused with Mark Trail for a moment, and was truly shocked to see a woman in there who wasn’t wearing a pink polo shirt.

    Also, Rex is clearly trying for the smug Sally Forth squint in the last panel, but since his remarks involve the superiority of neither women, girls, or people who are not Ralph, he can’t quite make it (in fact, what DO his remarks mean? Is he implying that he lives in a strange and desolate ecosystem, devoid of any life save for himself, mullet girl, and deer?). Better luck next time, Doc.

16. I Love Comics
    January 23rd, 2005 at 8:32 pm [Reply]

17. Isaac B2
    January 25th, 2005 at 3:03 pm [Reply]

    I am laughing out loud at every single one of these; I’ve also suggested to BoingBoing.net that they recommend you to their viewers.

18. June fan
    December 21st, 2005 at 11:45 pm [Reply]

    I’ve been following Rex Morgan for years. When is Rex going to take June to the beach?!?!?!?

19. Canaduck
    September 18th, 2007 at 1:28 am [Reply]

    Svenjissom says:

    January 21st, 2005 at 7:42 pm

    When Rex asks what the bone looked like, June says, “It was dark.” Maybe a darkies shin bone?

    …wtf? I’m going to chalk THAT up to a translation error and assume, in Svenjissom’s favor, that he isn’t a racist from the 1930’s or so.

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