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Metapost: Kindlin’ COMMENTS OF THE WEEK!

Comments of the week momentarily, but first, my friends, a very special announcement. Do you have an Amazon-branded Kindle device, that you carry about with you in your satchel or backpack? Have you ever thought to yourself, “Gee, I’d like to read my very favorite blog in the whole wide world, the Comics Curmudgeon, on my Kindle?” Well, now you can, my friends! For $1.99 a month, you can subscribe to my blog, Kindle-style! Here’s the Amazon page for the blog; click on “Subscribe now with 1-click” and your favorite comics-mocking madness will be beamed to to your Kindle. I don’t actually have one of these magic devices, but there’s a preview function on Amazon’s publisher site that seems to indicate the the graphics come out sort of stipple-arty but readable; you get a 14-day free trial to decide whether you want to read the blog this way, and whether it’s worth $1.99 a month to you. I am very interested in feedback on this, so please let me know at bio at jfruh dot com! (Please note that the Kindle app for the iPhone/iPod Touch doesn’t work with blog subscriptions; you need one of the actual Kindle handhelds.)

Also! A last-minute reminder that, if you are in or near Baltimore’s Mt. Vernon neighborhood, why not stop by Center Stage tonight (Monday) and see if you can score some tickets to my latest public appearance?

And now, without further ado, your COMMENTS OF THE WEEK!

“I can’t believe Gary asked Tommie to marry him. Does he think they don’t have girls in Denver?” –Violet

And your runners up! Very funny!

“I love how even Tommie thinks that giving up a career for her is fairly pathetic.” –Citric

“Egads, I had a little checked suit coat like that, with matching short pants, when I was 5 … in the 1960s. Of course, Hank Ketcham is dead so probably is not up on the latest fashions of the 21st century. Maybe that’s what’s so menacing about the strip: zombies lecturing us on public mores from beyond the grave.” –Crankenstank

“For a comic that regularly features jokes about urine and feces, does Marvin REALLY want to make fun of people who are easily amused?” –Hoboclown

“I first read today’s Mary Worth without reading the balloons and I liked it a lot. It’s all silly grins and gang signs.” –digamma

“I know many of you are concerned for little Eugene’s welfare, but I think it must be pointed out that the toaster in Marvin is not actually plugged in. Note the absence of any cord as the entire toaster becomes airborne in the last panel. Instead of running on electricity it appears to be powered by stupidity.” –Flying Ace

“Some might say, ‘Wouldn’t it be easier to just stop drawing mirrors in Mary Worth’s restaurants, since they’re not going to draw any real reflections?’ I say to you, wouldn’t it be just as easy to step outside and realize family bloodlines no longer need to be preserved by marrying half-siblings and first cousins?” –Black Drazon

“If anyone ever needed an argument against heterosexuality, today there are three.” –Clint

“Good lord, could movement lines BE any more obnoxious than in Mary Worth today? What kind of aggressive snatching must have produced that comet tail, the bill still quivering from the shock of it? Even if/when it’s ‘nice to be taken care of for a change’ it’s unsettling to have it done with all the suavity of a Gestapo confiscation.” –Sister Sestina

“Sarge is taking the phrase ‘love that dare not speak its name’ a bit too literally.” –Anonymous

“Adrian … you’d better get used to it! With my new powers of telekinesis, you’re going to have to get used to a lot of things.” –Rhekarid

“Detective Scott can afford to pick up the check because he has already negotiated a handsome dowry from Dr. Jeff.” –FE

“And I wanted to see how you are with children. Because I’m eleven.” –I am Jack’s username

“I never pegged Lincoln for a truck-robber. Honest Abe my ass.” –Lord-z

“What? That’s crazy! You can’t really live in New York!! You’re not attractive or interesting!” –Rizbon

“Tommie’s hair needs to graduate from 1972 before she’s ready to marry.” –Crankenstank

“Of course Margo’s horrified; she doesn’t want anyone to find out her secret weakness (love). Of course, in this case, her fears are entirely unjustified as Tommie isn’t capable of feeling anything more passionate than mild ennui or confusion. The only life-form more boring than Tommie, Gary, merely proposed to her in hopes that she’s of the same species.” –Alan’s Addiction

“That’s right, practice those come-ons! Someday, a girl will walk into your shop, eager to hear long-winded factoids with zero relevance and you’ll be ready!” –Donald the Anarchist

“I love that Margo asks about the roses and doesn’t get an answer until ‘later that evening.’ I like to imagine Tommie in the kitchen, wide-eyed, completely focused on whatever the hell she’s doing in there. ‘Must cook dinner. Must cook. Faster! Faster! Must cook faster to avoid the beatings! Oh, the beatings! Faster! Better! Just the way she likes it!’ Then a few hours later, as soon as she’s finished and able to think for herself for a few seconds, she realizes she was asked a question by none other than Mistress Margo herself, panics, and just blurts out the answer in a panic, hoping it’s not too late. ‘GARY BROUGHT ME THE ROSES!’ But of course, it is. Gary’s proposal is the least of her worries now.” –Roto13

“It’s hilarious to watch Margo forced to do her fancy head-spinning moves as Tommie keeps circling, circling to keep Margo from being able to draw a bead on her. Sitck and move, Tommie, stick and move, attagirl.” –Talking Squirrel

“Looks like Max Mouse has finally given up this charade and is trying to eat his oppressor.” –Cami

I give prodigious thanks to those who put some money in my tip jar — you know who you are! I’d also thank our advertisers … if there were any who bought BlogAds ads, and who thus get thanked every week! Sadly, there aren’t any this week — maybe next week I’ll be thanking you! To find out more about advertising on this site, click here.

This entry was posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 at 01:43 pm and is filed under metaposts.

157 responses to “Metapost: Kindlin’ COMMENTS OF THE WEEK!”

Angry Kem
June 1st, 2009 at 1:55 pm [Reply]

And now we shall initiate a complex debate as to whether or not the Kindle is the Devil.

Congratulations, everyone. Your amusing comments are helping to distract me from the freaking pneumatic drill next bloody door.
Jamus The Bartender
June 1st, 2009 at 1:58 pm [Reply]

Congratulations, Violet.
Spider-Man: Okay. Wolverine has been alive for a century and a half, thanks to the accelerated healing factor, doesn’t look it, has lots of money and bonds saved up as a result, is currently an instructor at an accredited private school, run by a rich bald guy who hands out platinum credit cards to his teaching staff( although with the economy in the shape it’s in, this may not be a plus), and yet, he still finds the need to sneak into trucks to hitchike to NYC? Women LOVE the whole” tortured samurai warrior” bit, you’d think he’d find some college girls visiting friends in town or something, but nooo…he’s gotta hop onto a truck.
Le sigh….
Little Guy
June 1st, 2009 at 2:08 pm [Reply]

Wow. CotW Float during daytime. Must be summer.

Congrats to all the Floaters!
Roto13
June 1st, 2009 at 2:14 pm [Reply]

Yay, I’m a runner up! (Talking Squirrel’s comment killed me.)
PeteMoss
June 1st, 2009 at 2:24 pm [Reply]

I want my Comics Curmudgeon delivered directly to my 2-way Wrist Genie, just the way Detective Dick Tracy reads it!

Excellent list of comments up there! All Hail Violet, Ruthless Snark-shooter of the Week! Sure, they probably have a few girls in Denver, but none as low-maintenance as Tommie! Gary may have to engage in conversation with some of those Colorado ladies in order to get anthing happening…not to mention having to “pick up the check” ala Detective Scott “the Rebounder” Hewlett.
Chrissy the Stooges Woman
June 1st, 2009 at 2:26 pm [Reply]

I will definitely subscribe via Kindle just to help you out, Josh, but to be honest, yeah, the graphics kinda suck on the Kindle. (Not just yours – everyone’s!) Still, it’s all worthwhile if it brings a smile to your face and fattens your bank account. ;-)
Anal, Annoying Minor Goddess of Pedantry
June 1st, 2009 at 2:26 pm [Reply]

“Reminder” is misspelled, second paragraph. (Retires, bowing apologetically)
PeteMoss
June 1st, 2009 at 2:27 pm [Reply]

Josh, don’t forget to put Violet up on the banner! Its Violet’s time to shine. Hogan’s had his/her/their/its day!!
Poteet
June 1st, 2009 at 2:30 pm [Reply]

Rah Rah Violet! And hooray for the snarky up-runners! Congratulations on all the funny, float-riders!
Canaduck
June 1st, 2009 at 2:34 pm [Reply]

Damn, you guys are funny. Congrats to all the winners!!
Poteet
June 1st, 2009 at 2:34 pm [Reply]

# 1 Angry Kem — Per your yesterthread comments, I hate shopping for shoes, and I’m certain that would be the case even if my feet weren’t unusually long and narrow. But I also hate shopping in general, so I may not be the best example.

Sympathies re the drill.
True Fable
June 1st, 2009 at 2:35 pm [Reply]

Flying Ace’s bon mot made me do a spit-take and laugh.

Congratulations to Violet and all the float riders this week!
Josh
June 1st, 2009 at 2:37 pm [Reply]

#6 Chrissy — Thanks, but really, if after the 14 days you decide the graphics aren’t good enough to make it worth reading in that format, please don’t pay for it. Amazon gets a good chunk of that subscription fee, so if you really just want to throw money my way ’cause you like me and/or my site, that’s what the tip jar and/or Uncle Lumpy’s pledge drives are for. I’m hoping that for Kindle enthusiasts this is actually a proposition that’s worth $2 a month — that you’ll like being able to read the blog on the train or wherever, and that the graphics will be legible enough to at least allow you to get the jokes. Do let me know what the experience is like, as I’m Kindle-less and doing this pretty much totally in the dark.

#7 AAMGP and #8 PeteMoss — Thanks, fixed.

Josh
Caliban
June 1st, 2009 at 2:41 pm [Reply]

Comics Curmudgeon got a mention over at the “West of Bathurst” online comic:

http://www.massey.utoronto.ca/alumni/westofbathurst.html
Poteet
June 1st, 2009 at 2:45 pm [Reply]

For some reason I find it especially demoralizing when certain Mudges get two comments on the float in a single week and I can’t manage even one. But that’s okay, Crankenstank — it’s not your fault.

And A3G wins this week, with seven comments out of 21. Congratulations, Margo! But look out — Mary Worth doesn’t like to lose. This may have brought us one week close to the dreaded Margo-Mary Ultimate Showdown that will bring an end to the universe as we know it.
buckyswife
June 1st, 2009 at 2:52 pm [Reply]

I missed most of these comments last week–excellent and funny batch! Congrats!
Patrick, Interlibrary Loan Lending Division
June 1st, 2009 at 2:52 pm [Reply]

yesterthread #77 commodore john: I thought the misery of Batuikistan could not be matched but I see that McEldowney not only intends to match it but exceed it. Unless someone stops him at the last nano second but it doesn’t matter. McEldowney has jumped a shark swimming in the bottom of the Grand Canyon of Stupidity and renders what had once been a quirky and sometimes romantic strip about young performing arts students into some kind of Cronenberg-lite torture porn.
Bootsy
June 1st, 2009 at 3:02 pm [Reply]

Congrats, Violet et al!

Angry Kem, count me among women who hate shopping, shoes, clothes, almost everything. And WTF is up with high heels? Make my legs look nice? Please, my legs look great in flats, (or so I’ve been told). When men start wearing heels and stockings to impress me, I’ll reconsider it. On second thought, no, I won’t.

(I will cop to one stereotype in that I am a great cook, and I love cooking.)

*end non-comics related rant*
Winky's Spleen
June 1st, 2009 at 3:17 pm [Reply]

#17 – Looks like someone’s already looking for space on next week’s float. It’s a damn apt statement, in any case.
Angry Kem
June 1st, 2009 at 3:27 pm [Reply]

#11 Poteet: Regarding long, narrow feet: I feel your pain. I take 11 AA or 11 1/2 AA (depending on the shoe). No one carries those buggers. I have to shop at specialty stores. The salespeople are incredibly polite as they deprive me of my life’s savings.

When Tallcrest stopped carrying narrow fits, I nearly cried. Why is there this assumption that people with big feet are rich?

Er…comics. Right. Er…Figowitz is a pooper scooper! Ah ha ha ha ha ha! Or not.
Poteet
June 1st, 2009 at 3:40 pm [Reply]

# 14 Caliban — Thanks! I may start reading it regularly.

# 20 Angry Kem — Yup, we’re part of the Sisterhood of Long Narrow Feet. And based on my very limited survey, a lot of us SLNF members hate shoe-shopping.
Sequitur
June 1st, 2009 at 4:00 pm [Reply]

15 Poteet – If there’s gonna be a Bitch Fight between Margo and Mary then sell the tickets, shell the peanuts, pop the corn and let’s get on with it.
Deena in OR
June 1st, 2009 at 4:01 pm [Reply]

@21-I had an acquaintance who was at the other end of the shoe size spectrum. She was a student nurse, and was *required* to purchase regulation nursing shoes (This was the early ’80’s). No all white tennis shoes, nothing like that.

It turned out to be very nearly impossible for her to buy duty shoes in a Women’s size 3 AA. I think she ended up special ordering out of a catalog, and paying an exorbitant price for the privilege.
buckyswife
June 1st, 2009 at 4:02 pm [Reply]

Poteet and Angry Kem–See, I could produce essentially the same rant about pants (I’m short and curvy, pants are long and straight, I can’t find pants to fit, etc.). I’m sure there’s some essential truth to be drawn from this, but I’m not sure what it is…..

I do know, though, that the various reactions to shopping, for and against, are too complicated to be captured in Cathy or Marmaduke.
Lloyd S.
June 1st, 2009 at 4:08 pm [Reply]

Couldn’t you have told us about the Centre Stage thing before they sold out of tickets?
Violet
June 1st, 2009 at 4:24 pm [Reply]

Thanks so much for this delightful surprise and all your kind congratulations. Like Tommie, I am flattered, astonished and undeserving. Unlike Tommie, I am manifesting these sensations with perceptible facial expressions.
Sequitur
June 1st, 2009 at 4:25 pm [Reply]

26 Violet – Good job but can you ski?
gnome de blog
June 1st, 2009 at 4:41 pm [Reply]

Violet and the Floaters would be an excellent name for a band.
bats :[
June 1st, 2009 at 4:51 pm [Reply]

Wow, Violet is the undisputed Queen of Comments — how many times has she been crowned or at least in the entourage?
Of course, She and Her Court deserve the accolades and Hershey’s kisses!

11. Poteet: I think we were separated at birth — I loathe shopping (at least for clothing and shoes). Strangely enough, I like grocery shopping, which is probably a holdover from the hunter-gathering days. With double-coupons.

23. Deena in OR: your nurse acquaintance probably had to shop in the same shoe catalog as Mark Trail…
buckyswife
June 1st, 2009 at 5:16 pm [Reply]

29 bats :[ –And the same catalog where Ted Forth buys his gloves. (It’s the antithesis of the store where Abbey Spencer and company shop….)
Josh
June 1st, 2009 at 5:20 pm [Reply]

#25 Lloyd S. — I KNOW, RIGHT? The sad truth is, I was planning on posting information on it sometime in May, figuring I didn’t want to do it too early because otherwise you’d all forget about it, and then in mid-April I got an email from the organizers saying “Let us know the names for your two free guest tickets you get, oh and also all the regular tickets are already sold out.” ARGH! I should have done it sooner but it never occurred to me it would sell out so quickly — Center Stage is really big!

Josh
Stij
June 1st, 2009 at 5:27 pm [Reply]

BB: I….I actually thought Beetle Baily was pretty clever today. Maybe Mort Walker got an intern to write it or something.
Spotted HØrse, Jungle Steed
June 1st, 2009 at 5:40 pm [Reply]

#18 Bootsy:

When men start wearing heels and stockings to impress me, I’ll reconsider it. On second thought, no, I won’t.

What about if men start wearing pumpkin pants and stockings to impress you? Can do, Bootsy, can do.

Congratulations to Violet and the überfunny snarkers taring up the float this week!
Spotted HØrse, Jungle Steed
June 1st, 2009 at 5:41 pm [Reply]

#33 me: Oops, forgot to see it before saying it. That would be “tearing up the float.” Not that it makes any more sense.
Mibbitmaker
June 1st, 2009 at 6:01 pm [Reply]

FW: Funky having his wise-ass troublemaker kid work in his Montoni’s place of business. A bad idea as many have said — and a FOOB one, as well. After all, Corey is both April (owner’s kid) AND Kortney in one person.

(Kortney and Corey are very similar names, too!)
PeteMoss
June 1st, 2009 at 6:49 pm [Reply]

Luann-
Ha! Ha! Maybe they should join – Teens Improving Tee-Shirts. Abbey Spencer and June Morgan are former alumni sponsors of that club.
PeteMoss
June 1st, 2009 at 6:54 pm [Reply]

Pluggers eat live rodents. Seriously, this strip is f’d up.
Deena in OR
June 1st, 2009 at 6:55 pm [Reply]

About as good as wearing your International Thespian Society t-shirt for the yearbook picture with your Theatre club pin in front of the acronym on the shirt.

True Story.
Fashion Police
June 1st, 2009 at 6:56 pm [Reply]

Shoe-shopping is a sport, like fly-fishing or antiquing, though not necessarily a competitive one. Participation is entirely optional, and no one should feel compelled to play. Cute shoes can certainly be rewarding, but perhaps not for everyone. A gentleman of our acquaintance has a similar affection for bow ties.
Vince M
June 1st, 2009 at 7:08 pm [Reply]

Re. shoes & all – Mimi Pond put out a cartoon book in the 80s I liked, which purported to be a guide to women’s psyches for men. It was pretty shoe-intensive, including ‘what not to say’ tips:
He: WOW! I didn’t know they made shoes that BIG!
She: OH! You LOUT!
Hey, I’m a size 13 guy myself. I’m just thankful when I find some that’ll fit me!
Poteet
June 1st, 2009 at 7:13 pm [Reply]

# 29 bats:[ — I am honored to have been separated at birth from you. (Wait, did that make any sense? Never mind.) And I hate grocery-shopping much, much less than shopping for clothes and shoes. And I salute people who are organized enough to have a coupon system.

# 33 Spotted H0rse — As a consistent slob dresser, I rarely criticize others for what they wear unless they are comic-strip characters or shirtless in shirt-requiring establishments. However, I do occasionally secretly wonder why some young men wear such extremely baggy trou and shorts at the very time of life when their butts look better than they will ever look again. There, I said it out loud. And I’ll never say it again.

# 39 Fashion Police — Thanks for putting this topic in perspective. I will remind my grouchy self, the next time I have to buy shoes, that at least it’s a very occasional tribulation and I’m lucky I can afford to (reluctantly) do it.
Poteet
June 1st, 2009 at 7:18 pm [Reply]

FW — Let’s see if I really understand this thinking. “My kid is currently such a royal pain in the ass that no one else would want to hire him, not to mention that he emphatically doesn’t want to work in the first place. So the obvious solution is to force him to work for me so I can inflict him on my own customers.”

Yep, that does sound like a FW plan.
PeteMoss
June 1st, 2009 at 7:19 pm [Reply]

“I once complained about shopping for shoes, until I met a man who was shopping for feet.” – Ziggy
Poteet
June 1st, 2009 at 7:22 pm [Reply]

# 31 Josh — As you continue to climb ever higher in the heady world of entertainment, just don’t ever forget us, the little people who gave you your start:-).
Poteet
June 1st, 2009 at 7:31 pm [Reply]

Pluggers — Milk gives a lot of cats the runs, and even though some cats like milk, vets usually don’t recommend it. But at least this cat is actually a cat, except for the dubious teeth, so I shouldn’t complain.
Violet
June 1st, 2009 at 7:50 pm [Reply]

I’m wondering when the powers that be over at Ziggy, Inc. are going to just give in and officially change the name to Cry For Help.
Fashion Police
June 1st, 2009 at 7:51 pm [Reply]

#41 Poteet said:

I do occasionally secretly wonder why some young men wear such extremely baggy trou and shorts at the very time of life when their butts look better than they will ever look again.

It irks us no end to see a well-turned-out young lady in the company of one of those louts. We would hope he would be rewarded with a firm handshake at the door.

Thank you, Poteet. We are pleased to have been of assistance.
commodorejohn
June 1st, 2009 at 7:59 pm [Reply]

#41 Poteet – Well, I can’t speak for the ladies, but tight pants are a royal pain in the man-bits unless you sit just right, and a fair majority of guys value comfort (especially in the crotch region) more than looks.
commodorejohn
June 1st, 2009 at 8:02 pm [Reply]

#47 Fashion Police – *offers a firm loutish handshake*
True Fable
June 1st, 2009 at 8:08 pm [Reply]

O Poteet my queen & Fashion Police – I have yet to see what is so great about baggy trous. Back in the Age of Dinosaurs & 8-Track Tapes, we may have had to deal with schmaltzy 70’s romance songs but we looked damn sharp in pants that fit our asses. Not skin tight, mind you – I sing tenor naturally – but enough to garner the occasional “nice butt!” to which one took the opportunity to exchange similar pleasantries.
Carly
June 1st, 2009 at 8:10 pm [Reply]

Hmm. I have a kindle but am rather fond of reading CC on the web. *considers*
Deena in OR
June 1st, 2009 at 8:34 pm [Reply]

Snuffy Smith is much more entertaining today if you misread the first speech bubble as I did “….We oughta have us a school bong!”

Curse these aging eyes ;-)
Sequitur
June 1st, 2009 at 10:04 pm [Reply]

#52 Deena in OR – Okay!
Bloody Bitch
June 1st, 2009 at 10:07 pm [Reply]

Uh, try again next week guys.
rhymes with puck
June 1st, 2009 at 10:15 pm [Reply]

Hi & Lois: Today Hi becomes the first heterosexual male to suggest watching ‘An Affair to Remember’ since, umm…well, I’m pretty sure he’s the first, actually.

MW: Someone called Mary out of the blue to ask for help? If Mary were younger, she’d probably have an orgasm right then and there. As it is, she’ll most likely celebrate by making a tuna casserole.
Poteet
June 1st, 2009 at 10:24 pm [Reply]

# 48 commodorejohn — I did not make myself clear, for which I apologize. I was referring to my surprise at trou and shorts that are so incredibly and amazingly baggy that the wearers thereof seem to be in constant danger of having them fall down and reveal the wearers’ preference in underwear. Indeed, I’ve seen partly-falling baggy shorts and upper swaths of underwear on occasion.

The common male desire not to wear tight pants, however, surprises me not at all. And I sympathize, since I value comfort myself. Between tight and extremely baggy is some middle range of comfort, I hope. And not that I expect men to care, but I think that middle range looks just fine.
Poteet
June 1st, 2009 at 10:31 pm [Reply]

# 50 Sir Fable MTK — Yeah. And just about any pair of pants that aren’t incredibly baggy will reveal some hint of the human form beneath, if the wearer is walking or bending or whatever. I was too shy to say “nice butt,” but I certainly thought it on occasion.

I also had a friend who was so fond of and attuned to nice-buttness that my ribs would occasionally get sore from her poking them with her elbow, which was her “nice male butt just ahead!” signal.
Sequitur
June 1st, 2009 at 10:33 pm [Reply]

I seem to remember two wild and crazy guys who seemed to enjoy their tight pants.

I once had a pair of lederhosen. Hated ‘em.
commodorejohn
June 1st, 2009 at 10:35 pm [Reply]

#56 Poteet – Ah, now I gotcha. Yeah, I never understood that myself, but I’ve never been more than very vaguely tuned-in to whatever constitutes the “in” style at any given moment in any given demographic.
buckyswife
June 1st, 2009 at 10:43 pm [Reply]

Re: baggy pants, sagging pants, etc.: According to my students, college freshmen who are younger, hipper, and much richer than I, the “sagging” look is passe, as are super-low hip-huggers (and the accompanying midriff top and, often, muffin-top). As a middle-aged teacher who has no desire to see her male students’ boxer shorts, and even less desire to walk around the class and be treated to glimpses of her female students’ thongs and butt cracks, I can only say, “Thank goodness!”
mollificent
June 1st, 2009 at 11:05 pm [Reply]

To Angry Kem re: shoe shopping (yesterthread): Augh! I feel your pain, sister! Every time I have to look for a new pair of shoes, I’m tempted to drink heavily beforehand. It doesn’t help that, at 4′9″, I wear a size 5 to 5.5 (Euro 36), which is well-nigh impossible to find (and fits neatly into the no-woman’s-land between children’s and women’s shoes). So I can either have sparkly Barbie Keds designed to be grown out of and discarded, or I can hunt high and low for a pair of shoes that a) fits, b) doesn’t have a spike heel, and c) doesn’t make me want to claw my own eyes out. Oh, and I work retail, so they really need to be comfortable and semi-sensible in most cases.

Blech. Perhaps I need to seduce a shoemaker, as in this great song (performed by two of my favorite Northwest musicians, actually):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiDYF7TXPgI

OK, enough ranting. ;)

P.S. #24 buckyswife: Short and curvy! Me too! Augh! Maybe I should seduce a tailor too. ;)
bats :[
June 1st, 2009 at 11:23 pm [Reply]

61. mollificent: talk about bad eyesight…I thought you’d written “Maybe I should seduce a sailor…”

And would that be Popeye? Or Second Officer Guido Tomas? Or…
buckyswife
June 1st, 2009 at 11:28 pm [Reply]

#61 mollificent–Hee! I’m giggling inside at the thought of shoe-making, pants-sewing gigolos. To hell with the sex; give me flattering, comfortable clothes and shoes, and I’m yours forever.
Spotted HØrse, Jungle Steed
June 1st, 2009 at 11:50 pm [Reply]

#41 Poteet:

I do occasionally secretly wonder why some young men wear such extremely baggy trou and shorts at the very time of life when their butts look better than they will ever look again.

The saggy elephantitis look is still quite popular in the wilds of Sacramento; guys hitch up their pants by grabbing the crotch, which looks like they are embracing Richard. Some looks just will not die.

I actually had this very conversation today with my sister, and we concluded that hiphuggers and tight little shirts are permissible on young girls, as a celebration of youth, because they will unlikely look this way again.

And True, are those Angel Flights you are reminiscing about?
mollificent
June 2nd, 2009 at 12:05 am [Reply]

#62 bats :[ : Is it Fleet Week already? Sign me up! :D

Or as Tori Amos said, “And maybe I’ll find me a sailor, a tailor…”

#63 buckyswife: Have you seen those “Porn for Women” books? They’re great…full of dashing young shirtless men holding dishcloths and saying things like, “No, honey, you put your feet up…I’LL do the dishes,” and “Here, honey…you take the remote.” Pretty funny stuff. ;)
Sister Sestina
June 2nd, 2009 at 12:16 am [Reply]

Oh sister at 61, magnificent Mollificent! That’s my shoe size dilemma too. I’m living off a stash, wearing one after another pair into tatters, fending off the time I have to go on the hunt. I’m of the nature that hates shopping for clothes and shoes too, but since my Mother ADORED it and I was the one that drove, I found myself shopping and trying and buying when on those outings just to prevent myself from gouging my eyes out from boredom. With her various infirmities having rendered shopping trips difficult I in consequence haven’t bought anything in years…but I think I’ve got enough in the closet to last till 2037. Unless I manage to actually lose weight in the meantime; ’tis only the grace of Josh that can hoist me on a float!
Doug Puthoff
June 2nd, 2009 at 12:17 am [Reply]

6-1

FW–Funky hiring Cory to work at Monotny’s..er…Montoni’s is sort of like Charles Schulz hiring Wise and Aldrich to replace him on “Peanuts.”

Pluggers–It’s always creepy whenever non-funny animals appear in this strip–only slightly less creepy than whenever Pluggers go to church (I still have hear what species is Jesus in the Pluggerverse.

FC-=-Alt caption.–I know, why don’t I make a guest appearance in a comic that’s funny.
sugarpie
June 2nd, 2009 at 12:21 am [Reply]

Thanks Josh and Violet and all the riders! The past week or so has kicked my rear and havent had time to read or post much at all, so most of the winners are new to me. I’ve really come to depend on the laughter found here. Thanks to everyone!
Poteet
June 2nd, 2009 at 12:36 am [Reply]

6/2

Crankshaft — So Mindy is smoking a ballpoint pen? Far out. I’m even more ignorant about the latest fads than I thought. They probably aren’t even called fads anymore.

My Cage — I’ve edited nonfiction pieces for pay and as a volunteer. But helping a friend write fiction sounds like a potential minefield through which I would not want to tiptoe. Good luck, Norman.
Crankenstank
June 2nd, 2009 at 12:52 am [Reply]

15 – Poteet – I’d trade it all in for a shot at the bigtime!

Update: I emailed my mom to unearth a photo of me wearing Dennis’ suit circa 1967, will post as events dictate.
True Fable
June 2nd, 2009 at 12:59 am [Reply]

#64 Spotted Horse – lol! It was just Levi’s for the most part. But oh yes, during the Disco period of my life which was mercifully brief, I must be honest and admit to rocking the polyester look. Did not unbutton but a couple of buttons on the shirt, though. It’s not because I was such a Red Hot Fable back then; it’s simply because I was a reedy fellow and nobody wants to see too much of a Human Pixie Stick.
bats :[
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:09 am [Reply]

Gosh, all this talk of the 70s…I miss CBS’ “Swingtown,” one of last year’s summer replacement series…
Poteet
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:20 am [Reply]

# 72 bats:[ — I only saw two or three episodes, but I liked SWINGTOWN too.

And since it’s late at night, when non-comic topics occasionally come out to play, I will add that the only network show that I try to remember to watch these days is THE BIG BANG. It’s not as funny as this site, but it’s funny. G’night, all.
True Fable
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:41 am [Reply]

Snark-ola!

Brooke’s Folly Good for her. Let’s hope this marks the end of Thorax and Monty for a Long, Long time.

Middle Finger Margo As Tommie drums up the lyrics to an old 10cc song, by the second panel her eyes glaze over with a dull, soulless expression, or a typical Tuesday as we know it. Meanwhile, Margo prepared to flip her the bird.

Dennis Schmenace See, this is why Dennis has been stripped of his License to Menace by MenaceWatch2009. What a lightweight.

Children of the Circle Grandma is from Backwards Land, the only place where people can knit like that.

Canadian Zombie Lynnnie Baby says she quit writing the original Foob Storyline because she couldn’t relate to kids anymore. So what does she do? She writes for Michael and Lawrence and sure enough, NO KID TALKS LIKE THAT.
So… quit, Lynn.

Scenes from Suburban Hell Signs of a struggling realty: having relatives mowing the lawn as the clients drive up, instead of the lawn crew you used to employ.

Abbey Spencer Driver, Name and Occupation Dropper “Friend”? What, Abbey doesn’t call her the maid anymore? So Marie comes over every day to cook and clean and do other domestic chores because she just enjoys it? Come to Greater Metropolitan Roopville, baby. I’ll be your friend forever if you’ll tackle my son’s room.

Sweet and Shallow Doesn’t Delta EVER relax?

Fist O Justice Theater Doc’s close-up reveals his tiny, tiny hands. He must be related to Ted Forth.

Meddle House She’s sorry to say it primarily because it’s like throwing a steak to a wolfpack. “Mary I need relationship help” is just handing over the A-1, man. How is it this woman knows Mary? Did she once live at Charterstone? Is she one of Ian’s former students? Is she a Legacy child like Scott DoNoWrong?

Rex Morgan, Man Handler Looks like the story is about to wrap up! Maybe they’ll bring back Hugh Avery again, or Fencepost Frank! Bets, anyone?

Spider-Observer “because it couldn’t be the wing-like blue hair that looks more like the Beast than Wolverine!”
Deena in OR
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:47 am [Reply]

Poteet…I love that show.
ChattyGenes
June 2nd, 2009 at 2:18 am [Reply]

#61 mollificent. You’d fit right in over here in Japan. I wear somewhere between an 8 and a 9 shoe in the U.S., and have a heck of a time finding shoes here. Most Japanese women have smaller feet than mine, and my size shoes are rare. I stock up on shoes when I go back to the U.S., but recently I went a different route…

You see, in recent years nylons have made my legs really itch (a latent allergy, I think), so I have stopped wearing skirted suits and panty-hose for teaching. Instead, I now wear women’s dress pants and pretty tops with blazers.

The last time I looked for shoes in this country, I got really fed up. After trying three or four shoe stores and finding NOTHING in women’s shoes that fit, I stormed grouchily into the men’s department of a department store. And found…basic black, plain shoes that FIT MY FEET! Japanese men have smaller feet than most American men, and suddenly there was a whole world of shoes I could wear. Many of them were not clunky, quite attractive, and fairly gender-neutral.

And to go with them? I bought a lot of men’s plain navy blue or black socks, also very nice, and in sizes I could wear. (women’s sock sizes are also a problem for me here) And guess what? The men’s socks don’t slip down my calves–they stay UP!

I would not wear men’s shoes with skirts, but with dress pants (which hide them somewhat) they look quite nice, and no one notices the difference:-)
ChattyGenes
June 2nd, 2009 at 2:21 am [Reply]

#76 me. Of course, I’m referring to men’s dress shoes and dress socks. The kind that well-tailored Japanese businessmen wear:-)
Deena in OR
June 2nd, 2009 at 2:35 am [Reply]

ChattyGenes-

When I visited Nyuzen a few years back, I had great difficulty finding a pair of sweat/lounge/sleep pants to fit (women’s XL). (Forgot to pack my PJ pants, and was doing a homestay.) I ended up sleeping in my jeans all week.
Hobbes Fan
June 2nd, 2009 at 2:54 am [Reply]

GT – How soon before their innocent hottub frolicking ends up on the FaceSpace?
Mr. O'Malley
June 2nd, 2009 at 3:05 am [Reply]

Shoes … my father loves to shop for shoes. And clothing in general. The rest of us refer to Brooks Brothers as “the shrine” because a pilgrimage is always required. Otherwise most of our clothes come from EBay.

However, when it comes to today’s young women, it seems Uggs are still pretty popular. Do Uggs require a lot of shopping?

I saw a girl recently wearing Uggs and very baggy cotton pants. I thought she looked like a pirate. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, arrh matey.

Editing other people’s writing … put together a critique group. Much easier on the egos. Although my wife is editing a book written by someone she knows … a true story about being forced to be a child soldier in Africa … but the author is severely dyslexic … almost every noun and verb needs to be changed.

mollificent — You need a Gunther!
Mr. O'Malley
June 2nd, 2009 at 3:48 am [Reply]

FC: I don’t think it was here that I read this, so:
“Dude, like I saw this movie that was supposed to be about the sixties, but it was like a total anachronism, everyone was like listening to iPods!”
Comment: “We used to call them transistor radios.”

FW: A very old joke is about the town in Ireland that only survived by everybody doing each other’s laundry. Here is a place where the only businesses are a comic book store and two pizza joints, one much more successful than the other. Everyone else works for some level of government. I bet you could get a master’s thesis by developing an economic model of this community.

GF: Wishful thinking here comes with the idea that cats would clean out their own litter box.

GT: I guess it shows my leftcoastedness, but when people here say “I’d like to go in the hot tub, but I forgot my swimsuit”, the usual answer is “that’s okay, we’re open-minded”. Or to steal a joke from a friend:
“Will they let us go in the hot tub naked?”
“Don’t worry—we won’t tell them!”
I suppose you couldn’t put that on the comics page though.

JP: This is the comic strip from which I would expect talking breasts. Two today. Mark Trail, eat your heart out!

MT: Waste of time, Mark, all you need is the FOJ.

MW: I’m back to reading the balloons now that a new adventure is starting. Why do people call Mary when they want to rent an apartment? Doesn’t this apartment complex have some kind of rental office?

OBH: That’s not true, we have always been at war with Eurasia!

You’re a Plugger if the drive-in restaurant you visit has its processing center in Bangalore, and you’d do better ordering in Hindi.

RMMD: In Morganworld, jumping to conclusions is the national sport!

SF: This seems like a non-problem. Is Sally so insecure that she won’t let her husband have a female friend? Why don’t they all go out for lunch?
athena
June 2nd, 2009 at 3:50 am [Reply]

A3G: It seems that Margo is about to compliment Tommie. Isn’t that one of the signs of the apocalypse?
Sparky AKA Able Bodied Seaman Craggy Fjord
June 2nd, 2009 at 4:25 am [Reply]

Stripey Butt: the dailies not thrilling me.
gleeb
June 2nd, 2009 at 6:40 am [Reply]

Lio: “Shrink ray”.

’shaft: You know, it strikes me that I don’t care what the smell really is. Old Granny could be smoking a stogie that will eventually send the house up in flames, and I wouldn’t care.

Dick: Back to squinting, good. I don’t like non-squinting Tracy.

FC: The same kind you played 40 years ago, Jeffy, back when you were still 4 years old.

‘bean: I get it; Batiuk’s setting up a condemnation of texting while you speak to someone else. I need to believe that because otherwise it’s just going to be some more empty drama between Funky and his weakly delinquent son.

Thorp: That Montoni’s Ohio-style pizza does carry a risk of neurological damage.

Marie Woodside, music-lover!: Sam’s necktie has shriveled like it was hit by a Lio shrink ray. I think he’s intimidated by Rocky.

Mark: Proper authorities? Don’t you get it, Doc? Mark’s a nature writer; he is the Law!

Sally: Aw, I miss happy manchild Ted. And what’s up with the guy stealing office supplies in panel one?
Little Guy
June 2nd, 2009 at 6:42 am [Reply]

S-M: Gaydar.

9CL: This is the sound of the fist of an angry god breaking.

Baldo: Tia Carmen vs Gordon Ramsey. Meet you in Cheyenne Mountain. I’ll bring the popcorn.

Classic Peanuts: If Sparky was doing this fresh, we’d be moaning about the tired old Summer Camp arc.

S4th: Nailed it, Ces.

JP: Marie proudly shows Rocky her favorite dildo.

BR: And that is why I pay a little extra for assembly.
Little Guy
June 2nd, 2009 at 6:45 am [Reply]

Oh yeah:

MT: “When the time comes, I’ll hold these pictures in my left hand while I use my right hand to dispense justice, then throw them in his bloody face!”

Bookmark this. I’ll happen. If not the bloody face, then the semi-unconscienous heap on the floor, with the scattered pictures on him.
Little Guy
June 2nd, 2009 at 6:46 am [Reply]

72: bats:[, re: Swingtown To this day, I get misty and wistful when I hear the Eagles “Take It To The Limit”.
John C Fremont
June 2nd, 2009 at 6:55 am [Reply]

Wait! They have girls in Denver?

Congrats, Violet!

MT – I hope Mark will go easy on the guys who did this. After all, unloading there saved them a long trip and also a lot of money!

RMMD – Looks as though June is doing a great job at distracting Guido.

GT – Gee, I hope this turns out the way I know it won’t.
Ben
June 2nd, 2009 at 7:53 am [Reply]

Gee, I was actually hoping there would be more Kindle comments, either recommending or not. I’ve been curious about what it looks and feels like in person, since viewing examples on a computer screen is bit self-defeating.

That said, I enjoy reading lots of graphic novels, so if graphics are an issue, then it may not be worth the price.

Also, I’ve heard another major detractor from the K is availability of books. I’ve looked at a few forums and getting past all the “No fair, I just bought mine and they already upgraded! They should give me a new one for free!” posts, the other complaint is that the books people want don’t seem to be available in Kindle format.

So, how worth the price is the Kindle?

Sorry for the long non-comics related post, but since it’s a meta-post and the Kindle was brought up, I thought I’d throw it out there.
TheCasey
June 2nd, 2009 at 7:58 am [Reply]

Congrats all!

Now for today’s strips:

9CL – Funny, I also have a steaming pile of #2 on my comics page.

Archie – If only Betty knew how to properly work voodoo dolls, she could at least keep Veronica from stealing her man.

Crankshaft – Ha ha! Old people are used to having their own way!

FBoFW – Dude, just go in the bed like Michael does. It’s cool.

Garfield – When I scrolled down to this one, my eyes were drawn to the last panel and I thought we were finally going to find out why we never heard anything about Jon having to work. ‘Cause he’ll kill a snitch.

MT – Well, this is shaping up to be the most responsible Mark Trail storyline ever. “We’ll document the evidence and turn it over to the proper authorities, who will handle it according to the applicable laws and ordinances.”

Marmaduke – Aww, look, this strip is like the offspring of Marmaduke and Family Circus! The bastard offspring that you chain in the basement and feed cat food.
Vine M
June 2nd, 2009 at 8:27 am [Reply]

84: Re. Lio – If you had a silhouette of a giant guy, maybe next to a small guy, you know? with, uh, ray-gun circles coming out?

Or a picture of a shrink-ray gun *on* the shrink-ray gun!
Hogenmogen
June 2nd, 2009 at 8:31 am [Reply]

Why did my Spider Sense tingle when I walked past that guy? Why am I suddenly sporting a woody? Why am I having homoerotic fantasies of Hugh Jackman in tight leather pants? Why am I … hey look! – a TV!

I’ll grab one of mine!
Why do you think grabbing one of your asscheeks will help? Oh, cue the lesbian porn music, I’m game!

Today’s tech wrapup:

Flunky still thinks the insertion of the word “texting” automatically constitutes a punchline. On the other side of the same coin, Juggs Parker does not realize that music comes in CDs and downloads these days, and calling it an “album” sounds as old as changing channels by hand. But at least Funky knows that you text with your fingers; unlike Mindy in Crankshaft, who thinks that you write on your computer screen with a pen.
Mordock999
June 2nd, 2009 at 8:38 am [Reply]

Today’s Luann – 060209 -

“Bye Delta Dear! Have FUN with your Liberal Bullshit ‘Clean-Up Day’ and don’t FORGET to pick-up the three bags of trash on the front porch on your way out!” — Luann

_____________________

DEATH to TJ!
queek
June 2nd, 2009 at 8:40 am [Reply]

PBS: Pastis gives a shout out to Frazz writer Jeff Mallet.

GT: no, NO! The proper response is “you won’t need one!” Sheessh.
Hogenmogen
June 2nd, 2009 at 8:41 am [Reply]

Can Lost Forest go for a week without kidnappers, dog-nappers, bear-nappers, insurance frauds, unscrupulous developers and now wanton polluters coming around to inflict their own personal brand of evil-doing on the otherwise pastoral lifestyle of a national woodland? Seems like the only thing “lost” about Lost Forest is its sense of innocence.
gleeb
June 2nd, 2009 at 8:43 am [Reply]

91 Vine: Try it without any words. I think people would get it. Anyway, it wasn’t my idea to sell this as a “wordless” comic strip; I just enjoy pointing out how much it uses not just words it needs to tell the gags, but extra words that do nothing.

Come to think of it, and to be fair, I don’t know if it was Tatulli’s idea either. It could be some marketing schmuck at the syndicate that I’m annoyed by, and all the while Tatulli slips more and more words in, just to dig at the same schmuck. In fact, that’s an amusing enough idea that I’m going with that until I have proof otherwise. It’s safe to make these wild assumptions because it won’t matter one way or another to anyone.
messy
June 2nd, 2009 at 8:45 am [Reply]

Did Pat Brady leave “Rose is Rose” voluntarily or was he pushed out?
kalki
June 2nd, 2009 at 8:47 am [Reply]

Archie: Again showing why Archie marrying Veronica over Betty is a bad idea. How obsessive do you have to be about a person that you’d sew up a phone coozie in their image, shove a cord up their cotton ass and then let its right hand get to 2nd base before the actual person does?
Does Archie really want to piss off this young Alex Forrest wannabe?

Blondie: Supposedly charity begins at home, but…why aren’t these kids out somewhere drawing a paycheck?

Crank: Look at the way Mindy is sitting with her lower body facing probably a computer webcam…Cmon, parents, check for the vaginal cigarette. Somewhere, Les Moore is about to be interrupted from his porn viewing and angry, sobbing masturbation by the image of Mindy’s folks appearing on his computer monitor.

CircusJerk: How does one cultivate the atomic mushroom cloud as their hairstyle anyway?

FW: Yeah, it’s just that kind of pussy parenting that made your kid end up like that in the first place…

Luann: “Ok, she’s gone.”
“Finally….Start with the carpet munching already.”

S-M: Because, Pete, you saw a hairy midget with his hands shoved deep into his pants pockets while he walked past you…and the hands weren’t still….
The Spectacular Spider-Brick
June 2nd, 2009 at 8:51 am [Reply]

C’Shaft: Wow, synchronized scorn. Degree of difficulty, 3.5.

Crock: “Bigger” is not always “better.” Remember that next time you’re selecting dessert.

DtM: Man, these two go to a lot of key parties. They both despise the Lockhorns, but their parties really attract the babes.

(WT)DT: “If they’re hurt, I swear I’ll never open my eyes again! Not even to drive!”

EC: If Terry and Patty LaBan wanted to use this strip for good instead of evil, they’d have this gratingly sanctimonious couple doing things we don’t want people to do, like smoking and raping puppies.

FC: “Why, what a funny question, Jeffy. You know very well music is the tool of the Devil. Now run along and finish flogging your sister for being a harlot, she’s got 11 lashes left to come by my count.”

HtH: My theory is that Hagar and Lucky Eddie have always been trapped on that desert island, and everything else in this strip is a famine-induced hallucination.

H&J: Ha, ha! Ohh, my sides! I’ve never heard the word “practice” used in a doctor-oriented joke before! My lands, I don’t know if I can take any more laughter! I’m going to have to go read Fred Basset before I bust a stitch.

JP: I sense a marriage-wrecking sexual encounter ahead. Oh, and Gloria will sleep with Rocky.

MT: <voice=”TomServo”> GAAAH! Don’t DO that! </voice>

Marvin: I’m inclined to agree with Marvin. I also doubt the architectural effectiveness of six-foot-wide trapezoidal living rooms.

MW: And just when I thought I had already experienced all the hideous combinations of purple clothing and droopy black hair the comics page had to offer, THIS happens! I’d better go back and stare at JP a while longer. Hell, after this, even Luann is looking good.

One-Eyed Sailor: “It’sk a collesckion of 9 Chicksweed Lane comisk! I’ve never seen anythins so revolkin’ in my life!”
The Spectacular Spider-Brick
June 2nd, 2009 at 8:52 am [Reply]

JP amended: Damn it, that’s Maria, not Gloria. Sorry, all.
Ben
June 2nd, 2009 at 9:01 am [Reply]

92 Hogenmogen: I’m 23 and I’ve always called my CD’s and cassettes “albums”. The album being that particular titled collection of songs, and the tape, CD, mp3 or record as being the format that the album was released in.
Hogenmogen
June 2nd, 2009 at 9:04 am [Reply]

Archie doll is creepy

Tommie fails at love, but Margo can make lampshades come out of her butt. Yes, Tommie, you are an emotionless drone. You have suddenly realized your limitations on feeling human emotion. I once looked at this strip as if it were three chicks who routinely got so totally stoned that objects in the background would appear to spin about the room. Now I believe that they are visitors from another world, attempting to learn the human psyche and report back to their leader, The Great Chennux. The leader of this expedition, Margo, has succumbed to mission creep, and her primary objective has now become how best to exploit the resources of this planet and her own team for her personal hedonistic fetishes.

06-02-2009 Transmission to Chennux from agent Eigro (code name “Margo”):
Agent Naibsel (code name “Tommie”) has again failed at Earthling mating rituals. I recommend that she becomes subject to an hour of servitude while dressed in this Earth “lingerie”. I continue to interact with the elderly Earthlings who are still under the power of my hypno-ray, who believe me to be their offspring. My internal emotive sensors indicate a high degree of humor at this deception. Recommendations from your Galactic Majesty will be heeded. Transmission out.
buckyswife
June 2nd, 2009 at 9:25 am [Reply]

#74 True Fable–Yeah, I thought Marie was “the help,” too. Or is this how Abbey treats her (one) friend? “Oh, Marie, I’m glad you came over! Now, could you make dinner? Oh, and call the caterer about the party next week? I’m off to get stoned and paint a room!”
Uncle Ritzy Fritz
June 2nd, 2009 at 9:25 am [Reply]

MW:

“I just can’t take it any more. He’s always interfering in my personal business, exhibiting this superior, holier-than-thou attitude, spouting these friggin’ platitudes that if you think about them for more than 2 seconds have no relevance to anything, and his idea of a good time is to take me to a crappy seafood restaurant with horrendous decor that serves hideous food. I really need a break from all that. And at least a bath and a half.”
buckyswife
June 2nd, 2009 at 9:30 am [Reply]

SM: The “but not quite” narration box could apply to many of the SM strips: “Peter takes Aunt May to the hospital–but not quite!” “Spidey defeats Electro in a fight–but not quite!” “Peter decides to get his ass up off the couch–but not quite!”

FC: Ha ha! This small child has no sense of the history of technology!

MT: So Mark sends Andy in to discover the toxic waste, and he sends Doc in to gather it, while he stands safely back and takes pictures? I guess Mark understands that if there’s nothing to punch, he’s completely defenseless.

PBS: As someone who has been almost run over by cyclists more than once (while I was walking), I say, “Yay, Pastis!”
buckyswife
June 2nd, 2009 at 9:31 am [Reply]

As usual, today’s Close to Home isn’t very funny—but it’s MUCH funnier if you picture Dr. Jeff and Det. Hewlett on that couch.
Sequitur
June 2nd, 2009 at 9:33 am [Reply]

Snuffy Sm’th – This is the first time in my memory that a story line actually went across two days (and maybe more to come) for this strip. Is this a sign of the Apocaypse?
druidbros
June 2nd, 2009 at 9:50 am [Reply]

#81 – 0n MW, Mary has to be called to investigate the renters backgrounds. If theres no drama (and therefore no chance of meddlin) then they cant rent in the same town as Mary. Delilah just called to get pre-approval.
The Waz
June 2nd, 2009 at 9:53 am [Reply]

MT – And know we know where the giant talking animals come from. Call the EPA? Nah. Maybe the CDC? Uh-uh. I’m going to get that old guy who lives in my house. He’ll do some ‘testing’ and then we’ll do something about it. We all know his ‘testing equipment’ = ‘meth lab in the bathroom’.
commodorejohn
June 2nd, 2009 at 9:59 am [Reply]

#72 bats :[ – The ’70s? I’ll tell you what was good about the ’70s: S-100 bus computers, classic C, progressive rock, and Led Zeppelin. Those alone redeem any sins the decade may have committed.

A3G – Yeah, Tommie, it might have been more successful if either of you were capable of feelings.

Archie – Maybe Archie’s marrying Veronica because she’s not so creepily obsessed with him as to have a plush Archie doll.

AS – Again, a moderately amusing comic with a completely superfluous caption box. Doesn’t Hillburn know when to shut up?

Crankshaft – So remember: good parents handle difficult and potentially harmful behaviors in their children by storming in with a look of pure, unbridled hate on their face.

DT – “If they’re hurt, I’ll never forgive myself! I’m the one that does the hurting around here!”

FC – She thought back briefly, to the long-gone days of cranking up the Victrola and slapping on a Cab Calloway record. She smiled at the memory, almost about to tell him all about it, but realized that he and his generation were so completely unable to think outside the frame of reference instilled by mass corporate media that all she would get was a blank stare and a “huh.” A tear trickled down her cheek; it wasn’t for her, it was for him. She’d be okay; she still had the memories, which got sweeter with every passing year.

GA – I swear to God, if this is another damn “someone inexplicably asks Slim to fill in at a job for which he is not in the least bit qualified” storyline, I’m going to have a little chat with Scancarelli’s kneecaps.

GT – Swimsuit sharing? Scandalous! What depravity will these young hooligans commit next!?

JP – My God, Marie is emitting Lily T. Fox levels of adorability here. So I guess Baretto can do “innocently cute” as well as “bombshell sexy;” he should try it more often, just to mix things up a bit.

Love Is… – taping a picture of her to the pole that you straddle.

Luann – Yeah, Delta is about the one thing in the world that can make me sympathize with Luann. Do you know who likes a pushy, self-righteous twit, Delta? Nobody, that’s who.

MT – I look forward to this confrontation. “Here, see these? These are your barrels, right? Good, I just wanted to make sure.”

MW – Why is she hunched over like that? Does merely talking to Mary put a great weight on your shoulders?

Popeye – I think they got him this.

SM – I know that Spider-Man storylines are basically long strings of “uh oh, something tense and exciting is going to happen! Oh, wait, never mind!,” but even by those standards, today’s “Wolverine is going to encounter Spider-Man! Oh, wait, they just walked past each other on the street” strip is a new low.

Edison Lee – Christ, what an asshole.
Angry Kem
June 2nd, 2009 at 10:34 am [Reply]

#105 buckyswife: As someone who has been doored, hit with a side mirror, yelled at and physically threatened for swearing mildly at a guy who opened a door in my face, lumped in with idiots who ride on the sidewalk and weave in and out of traffic, and generally treated like dirt by drivers and pedestrians alike without ever dressing in Lycra or expressing myself superior to others, I say, “Boo, Pastis!”

For cyclists in Toronto, it’s less “SHARE THE ROAD!” and more “Please don’t kill me!” I say that a lot.
Chrissy the Stooges Woman
June 2nd, 2009 at 11:07 am [Reply]

Hey Josh – getting back to you re #13 – the main problem with reading the blog on the Kindle is with the comics themselves. You can resize the text in the blog to make it more readable – Kindle has about 6 sizes of text, which is actually pretty cool.

However, pictures don’t resize, and generally any picture that has text in it (like, oh, say, comics) is unreadable.

Also, no color on the Kindle.

Still and all, with all those complaints, I still enjoy READING the blog itself – the comments alone are worth the price!

Also, it’s 110% better than the “Cyclelicious” blog I subscribed to for about 10 minutes, which primarily seemed to consist of pictures of celebrities riding bikes. Um yeah …
Gold-Digging Nanny
June 2nd, 2009 at 11:10 am [Reply]

A3G — Wow! We all knew Alan’s Addiction was right in his COTW runner-up. But I had no idea even the creators of A3G would acknowledge the truth of his statement.
Sequitur
June 2nd, 2009 at 11:13 am [Reply]

#105 buckyswife & #111 Angry Kem – As someone who keeps having pedestrians and cyclists constantly getting in my way while driving, I say, “My, what fine legs you have.”

It’s time to throw today’s Judge Parker in the English to Japanese to English machine.
CanuckDownSouth
June 2nd, 2009 at 11:29 am [Reply]

Hear ya, Angry Kem#111 – I get yelled at both for being on the road and for taking to the sidewalk when the traffic is insane. I slow waaay down, say “excuse me – on your left – can I pass please?” to pedestrians on sidewalks, stay way right and signal when on streets, etc (and I only do the lycra when trips go longer than about 6 miles each way – becomes a necessity then) – you can’t win.

I hope this sequence ends with the cyclist being whacked by an equally obnoxious oblivious car driver.

This may lead to hoots of derision, but I actually think Zits did a good job with a Twitter joke today.
Will
June 2nd, 2009 at 11:36 am [Reply]

A3G: Well darn. I was looking forward to seeing Tommie ski down Colfax Avenue.
Will
June 2nd, 2009 at 11:37 am [Reply]

Oh, and I laughed at Garfield today. Un-ironically.

I’ll leave quietly – you don’t have to call security.
Maureen Fox Hot
June 2nd, 2009 at 11:41 am [Reply]

Maureen Fox Hot

(Am I doing this right? Seems kinda weird, but… when in Rome, or whatever…)
queek
June 2nd, 2009 at 11:41 am [Reply]

the soon to be disappeared 114: no, its *Maureen* Fox. get it right! (Tiffany Fox is fine too.)
gnome de blog
June 2nd, 2009 at 11:44 am [Reply]

74, 103:

Like Gloria, Marie is a shape-shifter – at least since Barreto took over. She used to be the maid, with a maid suit and a lacy cap. She was plain and spinsterish and at least 30. Now, after two or three transmogfications and a sprained ankle, she’s maybe 19, kinda cute, wears civvies and is Abbey’s friend. Well, Sam Driver is famously indifferent to his wife. Abbey’s rich enough to have a “friend” willing to do 24/7 role-play. She probably wears the maid suit only when nobody’s home but Abbey.
mollificent
June 2nd, 2009 at 11:53 am [Reply]

#66 Sister Sestina: Testify! Ohhhh yeah!

#76 ChattyGenes: Yup…going to high school in Hawaii did help, because of all the little Japanese ladies helping skew the clothing market in my direction. ;) Alas, however, in high school my taste in clothes was atrocious, so I don’t think I took full advantage.

#80 Mr. O’Malley: That’d be cool. Though I’ve had my share of Gunther-like friendships (minus the jerking around, I like to think, but could be wrong). What I’d really like is a gay best friend who likes to sew. ;)

Short and sweet Tuesday:

RMMD: I’m surprised at you, Rex. Don’t you want to slap on the handcuffs yourself?

Retail: I’d buy one. *sigh*
Bryan
June 2nd, 2009 at 11:55 am [Reply]

Luann: I wonder if Bernice is digging having Luann’s feet wedged under her ass.
These Strange Worlds
June 2nd, 2009 at 11:58 am [Reply]

On Kindle

I was an early buyer and got it more to store my reference stuff than to buy new fiction or non fiction. (You can upload your own content).

However, I bought one of those SIM cards with 10,000 public domain books for $40 and I have to say, I have expanded my horizons. I now use it for pleasure/fiction reading and it works just fine. The new Kindle II should be even better than my older version and I bet it solved CC’s “cartoon display” problem.

(Note, during Hurricane Ike last year, I used Kindle’s ultra-slow web browsing to read comics at Chron.com. Readable, but just barely. The painful part was the speed, not resolution.

I’ll try out CC and see what I think.

I’m wondering if all the comments are included too, and whether you can respond using the Kindle. Also, if old blogs get archived for future reference or are replaced. (I’d subscribe to more periodicals if they didn’t vanish after a time).

Note that the Amazon web page includes a “review” field. What do you think Josh? Should everyone from the online CC community go there and post glowing reviews? Or not.
Comcis Fan
June 2nd, 2009 at 12:00 pm [Reply]

Edge City: Yep, a week of “vegetable garden.”

S4th: When will Ted speak up, after Aria has mounted him atop the copy machine? (She DOES know he’s married. She not playing nicely.)
Vince M
June 2nd, 2009 at 12:44 pm [Reply]

96 re 91 re 84: gleeb -Yeah, I know what you’re saying – but I’d figured I’d never be able to use that ‘Venture Bros.’ line, ever, and jumped on it! (Season 1 – ‘Tag Sale – You’re It!’, one of my favorites)

Vince (no longer ‘Vine’)
Artist formerly known as Ben
June 2nd, 2009 at 12:59 pm [Reply]

6/2
First off, congrats Violet et al. Keep the good stuff comin’.

A3G: So the ~~romance~~ “romance” between Tommie and Gary was supposed to be boring and passionless? Who knew?

S-M: It’s not him. Your spider sense is tingling because you’re being TPed.

Archie: The “Teen” magazine cover is a taunting reminder that Betty is still illegal. And she has this sick Archie fixation, so you don’t want her anyway.

6C: Haha, one of the bride’s “friends” is telling everyone she’s a slut.

RMMD: Stay away from the poker table, Rex.

DtM: The Mitchells have wised up and now only hire former KGB interrogators as babysitters.

FW: Yes, nothing bespeaks “paternal authority” more than being too chickenshit to talk to your son face-to-face.

Crock: Does Maggot run a bakery? Because otherwise I don’t want to hear about him having better buns.

C-Shaft: I see. This is a PSA on the dangers of smoking ball point pens.

BC: Okay, Perri and Mason. Let’s see if you have the balls to do this joke with human characters.

GT: The Lady Mudlarks stage an all night Lesbian pizza ‘n hottub makeout party? Milford approves!

MW: Snow White is ready to leave Prince Charming. He can’t make love to her unless there are dwarves watching. How much can a woman take?
PeteMoss
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:00 pm [Reply]

Ben @101
Thank you for that rather astute “definition” of the word album. You have perfectly described my own view on the vernacular. Now, are you by any chance available for adoption? You’d make a fine BenMoss.
Darkefang
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:07 pm [Reply]

A3G: I hate to dispute Margo, but as far as I can tell:

Not ending up with Tommie for the rest of your life = Success!

Crock: Isn’t all this talk of asses kind of racy for your average elderly funny page reader?

GT: Today, in a very special Gil Thorpe, Molly learns about yeast infections.

MT: I’m not sure how pictures are going to help you punch bearded guys Mark, but you’re the expert, not me.

Marvin: Today’s Marvin takes a page from Slylock Fox and other puzzle comics. The game here is “Find the Punchline.” This one is tough. I’ll be damned if I can find it. Years of reading Marvin have rendered me incapable of deciphering any punchline that doesn’t involve feces or urine.

MW: Wait, the last Mary Worth storyline ends with Adrian living happily ever after with the policeman who’s inappropriately dating a victim in one of his cases?
Artist formerly known as Ben
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:10 pm [Reply]

#105 buckyswife.
If you liked the Pastis comic on bicyclists, you may enjoy this Kids in the Hall bit.
kkarenb
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:39 pm [Reply]

Shouldn’t Mark Trail have called the authorities first? Nothing like corrupting a possible crime scene. If he found a human corpse in the woods, would he have doc perform an autopsy on it and then call the authorities to let them know what he found?
Carbunicle
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:40 pm [Reply]

@ CommodoreJohn re: Crankshaft

attempt at photosnark
Carbunicle
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:42 pm [Reply]

sigh. do over.

@ CommodoreJohn re: Crankshaft

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/gblhuayWJJ9y9sSdnwk-hQ?feat=directlink
Marthas Rolling Pin
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:52 pm [Reply]

From deep in the Chronicles, proof that Ghostly nudity is nothing new. This strip is from a story line featuring a Japanese invasion of Bangalla, which dates it to the first half of the 1940’s. The shapely lass under the waterfall is none other than the future Mrs Ghost who still occasionally treats us to a little skin.
Marthas Rolling Pin
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:54 pm [Reply]

#133 Carbunicle, well done! Almost sprayed my keyboard.
Little Guy
June 2nd, 2009 at 2:05 pm [Reply]

GT: If the kids get charged with felonious possession of underaged pornography, we know Milford is in Pennsylvania.

Then Molly can sit out for two games for being stupid for wearing someone else’s swimsuit.
Carbunicle
June 2nd, 2009 at 2:22 pm [Reply]

“You must feel uncomfortable after last night’s ants.”
The pre-irony world must have been a paradise. Except for the Nazis, lack of antibiotics or Garfield.
CanuckDownSouth
June 2nd, 2009 at 2:32 pm [Reply]

Gotta love Mark Trail’s approach to evidence-handling – be careful! That could be deadly stuff, watch you don’t slop some goo all over your hands – rather than, oh, getting out protective gloves and masks.

I wonder if Doc had to retire to LoFo after a mishap at a bacteriological research lab “so now we want to be really careful pipetting the viral solution – don’t slurp it like a straw! But if you do, don’t swallow it!”
commodorejohn
June 2nd, 2009 at 2:41 pm [Reply]

#133 Carbuncle – Hah, nice.

#134 Marthas Rolling Pin – Mm-mmm. If only Judge Parker could feature something like that in a future storyline…
walty
June 2nd, 2009 at 2:59 pm [Reply]

50 dollars says Scott Hewlett is really a highlander and has made that slight adjustment to his name so old slighted enemies would believe he’s actually the son of Sam Hewlett. 100 says Mary beheads him.
Sister Sestina
June 2nd, 2009 at 3:02 pm [Reply]

Slylock Fox Hunt! Slylock Fox Hunt!
Sister Sestina
June 2nd, 2009 at 3:03 pm [Reply]

Because we all know it’s Cassandra cat that’s hot.
Mibbitmaker
June 2nd, 2009 at 3:25 pm [Reply]

DtM: Babysitter the Menace.

Classic Peanuts (the older one): Hansel?…….. Hansel?……. Hansel?? …… Hansel?……

9CL: That wasn’t Monty the MeanGod she threw in there — it was Brooke MacEldowner. She did it on behalf of the readers, the other characters (except Thorax), herself, her upcoming offspring, and the actual God.

A3G: And if you asked me, it was Apartment 3G that failed (except for all that taserwoman stuff).

BC: Those disgusting Boost Mobile ads have been mercilessly absent from TV for a while, Mason… please don’t remind me of them.

BBlues: Hahaha, kids are all blatant hypocrites, writes an adult.
Mibbitmaker
June 2nd, 2009 at 3:35 pm [Reply]

HotC: “Keep on truckin’, Mom!”

MW: Mary Worth — the stock company full to the brim with hypermelodramatic actors, the only kind the strip employs.

NS: Contrived puns are not a relief from contrived allegories.
o\\\'side
June 2nd, 2009 at 3:52 pm [Reply]

Rex Morgan: In today’s scene, the part of Guido will be played by Richard Kiel.
gleeb
June 2nd, 2009 at 3:52 pm [Reply]

126, re 96 et al (Vince): Ah. Didn’t get the reference. Haven’t had cable teevee in years.

Pease porridge hot!
Little Guy
June 2nd, 2009 at 4:20 pm [Reply]

138: Is it wrong to be intrigued by the concept of a Mutant Mark Trail, especially meeting Spidey and The Phantom?

Or maybe the Ladies Burber?
Hogenmogen
June 2nd, 2009 at 4:26 pm [Reply]

A3G: He who can not make it in Manhattan is a failure. Go, go on to Denver, Gary, you just couldn’t cut it here.

FC: Yeah, I remember those good ol’ days. We used to listen to Run DMC, Public Enemy and 2 Live Crew. Ah, but now we can’t play them because you little turds came around.
I told Thel and Bill to use protection, but noooo, it just didn’t feel right! So now I can’t rock out to Chuck D! Got it?? Now get the hell outta here before I have a senior episode!!

Garfield made me read it several times before I got the “joke”. I thought Jon was wearing a ski mask and using the caulk gun as some kind of weapon. (It’s a good look for him, he should keep it – call it “gangstArbuckle”). Anyway, I’m amazed that he was able to smoothly caulk unblemished lines around his neck and face, yet not manage to get any on to his tub. See, funny can be ridiculous, but it also requires a grain of truth that we can relate to in order to make some sense. The “I’m a clutzy loser” trope was telegraphed so far in advance I felt my Spidey-Garfield-sucks senses tingling an hour before I even read the paper.
Dr. Weird
June 2nd, 2009 at 4:28 pm [Reply]

67 Doug Puthoff-

Regarding the species of the Plugger Christ, I’d speculate he’s some sort of reptile… you know, a Jesus lizard! *rimshot*
Hogenmogen
June 2nd, 2009 at 4:28 pm [Reply]

PBS: I excercise, therefore I really am better than everyone else, I want everyone to share the road, and I like to wear lycra. But I jog, not bike. Am I in the wrong sport? Can I kick a biker’s ass because I’m better at being a jerk? Share the road!
Hogenmogen
June 2nd, 2009 at 4:35 pm [Reply]

Mark Trail: Doc gets too close to a barrel and suddenly he begins to change! He grows a foot taller. He grows huge muscles and rips his clothes. He turns green. He grows hair on top of his head! “Doc SMASH!”

Mark reacts quickly to this threat: “You stole a friend of mine’s physical form!” POW. And the newly forged “Incredible Doc” is laid down before becoming an iconic Marvel character or anything interesting happening.

Doc returns to his aged, poorly drawn self. “We’ll keep this between the two of us… Not the toxic waste, the.. ‘incident’ just now… that left me shirtless.”
Hogenmogen
June 2nd, 2009 at 4:50 pm [Reply]

Did everyone else know that Rocky Ledge was a musician, or was I not alone in my surprise? I thought “predatory real estate lender”, “inherited daddy’s oil rigs” or “porn king”. I just didn’t get the “washed up 1980s soft rocker” vibe.
Poteet
June 2nd, 2009 at 4:51 pm [Reply]

# 95 Hogenmogen — LoFo also seems remarkably free of some of the problems that plague many real forest managers, such as trespassing off-highway vehicles, invasive exotic species, etc. Actually, I think Mark is probably better off with the punchable perps.
bats :[
June 2nd, 2009 at 4:52 pm [Reply]

88. john c fremont: I’m not sure what Rex is doing, but you have to admire his dedication…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9545446@N07/3590416524/sizes/o/
Fashion Police
June 2nd, 2009 at 5:05 pm [Reply]

Brooke McEldowney should have been a fashion designer. He does draw lovely dresses. As I understand it, peurile, egocentric, supercilious divas are taken for granted in the fashion world. He’d fit right in, while sublimating his adolescent fantasies in something he excels at. Ladies’ dresses, Mr. McEldowney. You do them so well. It’s sad you struggle so with the rest of the cartoonist’s art.
buckyswife
June 2nd, 2009 at 5:16 pm [Reply]

#111 Angry Kem and #116 CanuckDownSouth: My apologies to the polite cyclists; I know there are many of you out there! (I’m married to a cyclist, in fact.) Here in DC, we have some of those, but plenty of the other variety, too: the red-light and stop-sign runners, the non-signalers, the get-the-hell-out-of-my-way jerks. I suspect this is more of a DC entitlement/rudeness thing; I’ve also nearly been run over by plenty of cars, too—and I’m a cautious walker.

I do appreciate the dig at Frazz, though; while I kinda like the strip, I don’t like the implicit “I exercise; therefore, I’m superior” stuff.

#130 AFKA Ben: While I don’t endorse anti-cyclist violence, I DID giggle at this!
gnome de blog
June 2nd, 2009 at 5:27 pm [Reply]

152 Hogenmogen:
He’s a country singer. Hard to tell because he’s not wearing a hat. He’s probably trying to diversify because he’s figured out that you don’t get on country radio if you’re over 35.
Sequitur
June 2nd, 2009 at 5:27 pm [Reply]

#151 Hogenmogen – Concerning Rocky, he (or actually his name) first appeared here.

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