The Phantom 1/26/07
Trouble in Bangalla – Old Man Mozz has been captured by Smurfs!
Funky Winkerbean 1/26/07
Sorry, Cancer Gal, but here in Funky Winkerbean we roll with no hope of any kind.
Curtis 1/26/07
Hey, Greg – you’re lucky you’re not in Funky Winkerbean.
Sally Forth 1/26/07
Oh, Lord – not again.
9 Chickweed Lane 1/26/07
Yes, you can draw. No, you can’t write.
I’m thrilled Josh asked me to serve as Curmudgeon-in-Residence while he and the lovely Amber take yet another well-deserved break – full details on the previous post. Of course, there’s no replacing Josh, and I won’t even try. But as gracious reader and fellow Uncle Remus suggested, perhaps I can aspire to be the Scaduto to Josh’s Hatlo, or the Jeffy to his Bil:
Then again, perhaps not.
Anyway, I’ll try to make myself useful around the Cathedral while Josh is in Arizona – file the encyclicals, dust the cobwebs out of the collection box, take down the Christmas lights, that sort of thing. Oh, and MonkeyHawk, could you come get the Pacer? It’s blocking the driveway for the hearses – I’ve given up on Walt and Grampa Foob, but Rachel and Cancer Gal have been looking pretty pale.
If you’re new here, be sure to check out the comments threads – that’s where the best fun is. And everybody – when I screw up, your comments get stuck in the spam filter, or you need to contact me for any other reason, you can reach me at uncle.lumpy@yahoo.com – suggestions are particularly welcome!
So, yeah, I’m leaving on vacation today; I’ll be back next Sunday. I know a lot of people think I take a lot of vacations. I don’t think that’s quite fair; I get to take exactly as much vacation as my wife, and, since I’m a freelancer, I’m not paid for mine, if that makes you feel any better.
But I realize that you all probably only care about my vacation schedule in the sense that it affects you, and the only way it really affects you (unless you’ve agreed to feed our cat when we’re away — hi Kerry and Mark!) is in the number of posts on this site. That’s why, for the first time ever, this vacation will feature … a guest blogger.
That’s right: between now and next Sunday, comics and what have you will be analyzed and mocked here by none other than our very own Uncle Lumpy! For those of you who don’t read the comments on this site, Uncle Lumpy (not his real name) is one of the funniest of a very funny bunch of commentors. Known for his ability to lampoon any versification, from Christmas classics to 17th century English poetry, Uncle Lumpy will be amusing and delighting you for the next week. He should be posting his own little introductory metapost around here soon (he’s on the West Coast, so expect a different schedule out of him). So enjoy! Be nice! See you in a week!