Reading (the constitution of a destroyed society) is fundamental
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Panel from Slylock Fox, 10/13/24
The animal revolt that destroyed human dominance of the planet and put the newly sapient beasts in charge was no doubt commanded by a revolutionary vanguard that ultimately evolved into the dictatorial Forest Kingdom apparatus that Slylock serves. However, the new regime has, as is so often the case, laid the foundations for its own undoing, by encouraging its subjects to become literate so that they could learn about themselves and the societies that came before them. Reeky’s sister is apparently already exploring the concepts of constitutional law and the benefits of a limited government, and, sure, today the logic “Well, you lied about one thing, that eliminates all reasonable doubt and you are GUILTY” will pass muster in an owl-run courtroom, but as the political understanding of the animals advances, the arc of the universe will, eventually, bend towards justice for Reeky and all the rest.
Rex Morgan, M.D., 10/13/24
Most people in this strip are inexplicably Truck Tyler fanatics, so I kind of like the reminder that Yvonne, specifically, is a Mud Mountain Murphy stan, so dedicated to his signature hit “Muddy Boots” that she’s willing to be polite when he’s clearly deep in his cult era, or willing to refer to an on-stage simulated pants shitting as “stage fright.”
Mary Worth, 10/13/14
Mary, of course, loves being the advice giver and unlicensed counselor around Charterstone, loves it more than is seemly. Even so, do you think she ever gets a little exasperated by how dumb these people are? “So … job stress as a polie officer took Jimmy from you before you could retire together … [long pause] … so do you think that with Ed … [even longer pause] … who you’re always mad at because he works too much … [long, exasperated pause] … at his stressful job … look, do I have to draw a diagram for you or what???”
40 replies to “Reading (the constitution of a destroyed society) is fundamental”
FC-“Jeffy, did you unclasp my bra?”
RMMD:
“Okay, a little off-topic, Mud, but what’s with that upward-pointing embroidery on either side of your shirt, anyway?”
“Buck, it’s a set of points such that for any point P of the set, the distance [PF] to a fixed point F, the focus, is equal to the distance [Pl] to a fixed line l, the directrix. Now here’s the dadgummest thing! — them two parabolic arcs ya see stitched there on either side is gonna be parallel to one another at infinity!”
RMMD:
“I don’t mean to alarm you, Hank, but as your physician, I must tell you that in the fourth panel of today’s strip, you appear to be morphing into a ’70s-vintage Joey Bishop!”
MW: This gender-flipped remake of Up is pretty boring so far, but it will really pick up when Estelle ties a thousand balloons to her condo and flies Charterstone to all her places her dead husband wanted to visit but never had the chance (an interstate rest spot with a giant moose statue, that one Dairy Queen that still has the 1970s signage, not Europe but that mall in Vegas that looks like Europe).
SF:
Why doesn’t Slylock believe Reeky? — simple. If Reeky were smart enough to invent the alibi he came up with, he’d have been even smarter enough to invoke his testimonial privilege against self-incrimination, in which event the conversation between the two of them wouldn’t be happening to begin with.
How’d I do, kids?
SFx: I was sure that the answer was going to be something like “Reeky Rat, as the name suggests, is a filthy rodent who would never voluntarily bathe or shower, except maybe to cover up a crime.” But yeah, window consendation too, I guess.
RMMD: You know, the only thing worse that using a whole Sunday strip to show your characters just killing time before an event is to have them remind the readership that, yep, we’ve already seen this all before.
MW: Once again, the breakout star of the strip is Pierre, who is going to capitalise on this emotional breakdown to nab himself a muffin! Ooo, t’es méchant, ‘tit chiot, but never change!
Bizarro : “No good. Barbara Millicent Roberts is currently away on a mission in deep space, teaching bellicose aliens to Love via the Power of really lame Corporate Pop Rock. She couldn’t return in time to help in this battle.”
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Rex Morgan M.D. : …wait, so this “Truck finger kinda hurts sometimes” storyline was entirely a pretext to justify a situation where Mud Murphy apologises for upstaging Truck by opening for him? This month-long slog through an old man sitting doing nothing was just to set-up the rectifying of the “injustice” committed to Truck in the Mud Murphy debut storyline!?
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Slylock Fox : “…Wait. That pink hair… Those eyelashes… That feminine body language and voice… Are you Reeky Rat’s sister herself, pretending to be her own brother again?” “…So, you’ve noticed, detective. Have you noticed I’m topless, as well?”
…Too far?…MW: Critical thinking isn’t Estelle’s strong suit, Mary. Just tell her what to do.
GA: Move over, “Muddy Boots,” you’ve got some serious competition!
RMMD: Oh no, Hank, Mud, Buck and Truck in the same place at the same time. I can’t keep up with whose one-syllable manly moniker belongs to who.
MW:
“When Estelle finally visited one of the three tropical destinations she and Jimmy had dreamed of — albeit alone now — she lovingly caressed the soil on which she had finally trodden, as if to conjure what she hoped would be a happier future.
“No. Don’t say it, Self.
“Yep. She rubbed her Bali for good luck!”
— Buddha
@Liam: I have never wanted to read a comic strip less than I want to read today’s FC after reading your comment.
I see the cast of CATS appeared at Lou’s and signed his wall.
RMMD: Lou is pleased with the larger than normal crowd until he finds Glenwood’s scatological club members are packing the place. “Let it loose, Mud!” They cry, as the female members throw their diapers on the stage.
@Liam: FC-“Jeffy, did you unclasp my bra?”
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by Joe Cocker?
SFox: Plot twist: the steam coming out of the bathroom isn’t from the shower. The plunger is Chekov’s gun.
Is that a pug? Can I assume this animal run world has no concept of pet ownership?
@Anonymous:
Too far?
Not for you. You’re in the circle.
Family Circlejerk – And like Dead Grandpa, Jeffy copped a feel.
I presume others noticed in the penultimate panel of Rex Morgan MILF Diver, it looks like Horrible Hank Jr. has a set of walrus tusks. It took me a minute to figure out that’s one side of the end of Yvonne’s hair. The other side makes it look like Yvonne has walrus tusks, too.
RMMD:
“Okay — I’ll go warm ’em up for ya, Truck. Like I was supposed to last time. But first, to cobble an expression from a country-themed song that dates to the 1840s, I’m gonna ‘skip to my loo, my darlin’ ‘!”
MW – “Isn’t that RIGHT, Stell? Isn’t that RIGHT? Answer me in the affirmative, Stell. Right now, Stell. You know what happens when you don’t give me the praise that sustains me. Don’t make me get the whiffleball bat again.”
HtH: No surprise that Lucky Eddie, the guy with a mermaid girlfriend, has no clue how to deal with beavers.
“Isnt that right, Stale?” “SOB!” “WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?!?”
AAGGGHHHH: Meanwhile in Nairobi…
RMMD: Love the autograph wall in Lou’s Nite Spot, though I’m highly skeptical they held a production of “Cats” there.
All right, all right, all right already, Mary Worth writing team, I have absorbed the concept that Stell missed out on world travel with her late husband.
@lynn:
You know which Mary Worth character likes to travel the world, and is lackadaisical in his work, so (in Mary’s mind) he’d be a perfect match for ‘Stelle?
WILBUR
MW: Uh-oh. Looks like Sid left the doors open on his bird cages again.
Luann Spanish to English.
FC: Jeffy floats across the floor into Grandma’s arms. “Nice hug, Jeffy. Now let’s go dunk you in some holy water and cleanse your unclean spirit.”
Andertoons: A gal for Baja.
Rex Morgan Mashups
@30 Baja Gaijin:
Vintage Mark Trail knows what to do.
MW: Mary, that’s BRILLIANT! How do you do that?! It’s like you added 2 plus 2 and came up with 4! You’re amazing!
CS: Is that it? Is this lame story over? Or are we going to see Les come out of hiding and gloat, only to be suspended by the school board? Or maybe half his students won’t read the book because they don’t want to get in trouble, and there’s not thing one Les can do about it. Oh well, for the time being at least, smirks all around!
RMMD: Oh boy, the whole gang is back together. And it only took a simple case of stenosing tenosynovitis to do it. Nice work, Rex.
Dammit, Estelle, that is not where the tears come out.
MW:
If Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen and bandmates were to appear in person before today’s quote dispenser and announce their presence there to the wrathful villain of Star Trek, would that be “Cheap Trick, live at Buddha, Khan“?
@MKay: re RMMD: “Hank, Mud, Buck and Truck…” You forgot the other one-syllable male – Rex! But so does everyone else.
SFx (Upside down part) The invocation of Satan to bless disorder in the world is proof of the rat’s guilt….
RMMD – And now I’m gonna play my latest song, I Made Mud In My Adult Incontinence Garment….
MW – Better to be out of money than to be flat busted.
Confucius
Adios Amigos, DJ.
I want to introduce Estelle to Les Moore. They’re both undeservedly snobby, completely feckless, and let their life choices be dictated by their long-dead spouses. (Or, more precisely, their self-serving memories of their long-dead spouses.) Of course, Estelle and Les would instantly despise each other. Because they’re both awful in exactly the same ways, but they lack the self-awareness to realize this.
CS: Change the word “protestors” to “trolls” and this whole book-burning story becomes Sonichu.
I’m intrigued by the concept that Reeky has a twin sister that looks identical to him. Anyone see the Jeremy Irons movie “Dead Ringers” or possibly the Adam Sandler movie “Jack and Jill”?
Gasoline Alley: Ballad of The Avian Flu.