Love and death, Part 1
Herb and Jamaal, 6/24/06
I’ve often wondered to just which flavor of Christian congregation the good Rev. Croom ministers. The collar narrows it down a bit, but he could still be Catholic or Episcopalian, and I while he’s definitely not a Baptist or Pentecostal, I think collars like that adorn the clergy of a number of Protestant denominations. After this strip, though, I think it’s pretty obvious that he’s the head of some sort of sick suicide cult. I’m just sorry we missed his hour-long lecture about how great it is to be dead.
Apartment 3-G, 6/24/06
You know, I respect Margo a lot, honestly, so I hope — hope! — that her interests in “catching” Captain Combover here are purely mercenary. I mean, just look at that hair in panel three! The thought of Margo running her sexy quotin’ fingers through that greasy, overextended hairflap just burns me up inside.
Marc
June 25th, 2006 at 7:27 pm
I was looking forward to your view on today’s Mary Worth..maybe that will be later?
The Paradox
June 25th, 2006 at 7:35 pm
Boy, talk about mailing it in…
I’m kidding, I’m kidding!
Ferd Berfel
June 25th, 2006 at 7:36 pm
Hairflap? More like cowflop.
Uncle Lumpy
June 25th, 2006 at 7:44 pm
Speaking of finger-quotin’ -
It’s MADNESS – over 12,000 Google hits on the phrase “finger-quotin” – the Web is ON FIRE.
Sadly, the overwhelming majority of those hits are from this site.
But not all!
googoodoll
June 25th, 2006 at 8:57 pm
i never thought “finger-quotin” would be described as sexy. You learn something new every day.
Donut
June 25th, 2006 at 10:55 pm
I don’t think he’s Roman Catholic or Episcopalian–we would never refer to a priest as “Rev. Croom”–it would be Father Croom. The only time “Rev” is used is in formal written address (and always preceded by “The”): “The Rev. Croom.”
Can’t speak for the Suicide Cultologists, though. Maybe they refer to their Leader Lemmings as “Rev.”
Kel
June 26th, 2006 at 12:00 am
Margo Magee?
No wonder she’s so hateful.
Fred P.
June 26th, 2006 at 11:06 am
Whatever it is that Margo ends up “catching”, I hope it can be treated with antibiotics.
Boutros
June 26th, 2006 at 11:20 am
Panel three looks like Matthew Broderick.
Mary Brandt
June 26th, 2006 at 12:48 pm
Yes, let’s all hope Margo can catch something. Like gonorrhea. Hey, lets take bets on what disease will land us a riveting hospital story! I hear it’s two to one on syphilis.
…I hope I’m not the only person whose immediate first thought was STDs.
-MB
Dan Coyle
June 26th, 2006 at 3:04 pm
Whoa… Herb and Jamal is still published?
Schteve
June 26th, 2006 at 8:19 pm
#9
I thought it was a young Robert Vaughan in panel 3. The guy appears in three panels and looks like three complete different people.
Lady Penelope
June 27th, 2006 at 5:34 pm
If Margo does catch something, well, Tommy is a nurse…hey, I bet she can be found back at the apartment! (Oh wait, they actually let her out this time. She’s outside being shocked!-shocked!-shocked! that her whiny upstate friend’s lips are locked!-locked!-locked!)
Dave
July 27th, 2006 at 10:20 am
Rev. Croom? Looks more like Rev. Clown to me …
PInk Haired Girl
November 17th, 2006 at 6:24 pm
#9: whoa.
highway
June 18th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
i’m starting to wonder what the true nature of your “feelings” toward margo might actually be. :P