Theological, interplanetary, and medical problems
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Shoe, 10/29/26
I don’t think you should bring your own botox to a party. I think botox should be supplied and injected by trained and licensed medical professionals! Call me a stick in the mud who doesn’t align with current government policy on this topic, but I feel strongly about it.
Flash Gordon, 10/29/26
As you know, I mostly don’t comment on new-look Flash Gordon here except to note how cool it is and that you should definitely be reading it. It dips deep into the strip’s lore for a lot of stuff but also isn’t afraid to stake out new narrative territory, including, apparently, “Dr. Zarkov has been low-key fucking his way through the Mongolithic lady scientist community ever since he arrived on this planet.”
Herb and Jamaal, 10/29/26
“God would never tell anyone to eat at this place,” thinks Rev. Croom. “I would know: I eat here every day, having been tempted to do so by Satan. I only do it to better know the Enemy, so I can defeat him!”
Mary Worth, 10/29/26
“He’s not the sharpest tool in the shed! Doesn’t always understand what’s going on! Truly unequipped for even the basics of navigating daily life! Dumber than a pillowcase full of doorknobs!” [suddenly starts sobbing] “Mary, I love him SO MUCH”
25 replies to “Theological, interplanetary, and medical problems”
Mary Worth Mashups: Which of the three takes on today’s strip do you like best?
Mary will stop at nothing in her quest to find the rumor-spreader at Charterstone – including walking into Dawn’s bedroom unannounced. Hey Lady, get a warrant.
MW: Glad to see the return of homely Dawn from the nineties. I guess she escaped from wherever she’s been held all these years and killed her changeling. Tommy will be too dumb to notice.
To I Speak Jive (or anyone else who knows) regarding yesterday’s conversation about Philadelphia fans: Does anyone know if Karen Ballsnatcher was ever identified for sure? I know a few names emerged, but they may have been misidentifications. I hope no one got unfairly shamed.
Um, Dawn…. He only passed along the rumor he heard. And you did likewise. So you also didn’t “get things right.” Poor girl.
MW:
“I don’t want to say that Tommy often doesn’t get things right with regard to things Scottish, but he thinks that ‘Loch Ness’ refers to a tuft of American Prohibition ‘Untouchables’ Agent Eliot’s hair!”
Shoe: Not sure what it was about the punchline that required her to get off her stool. (“Now this is just between us ladybirds.”)
MW: Tomorrow it will be Tommy staked out naked over an anthill with Mary pouring honey on his genitals.
MW: Nice to see Lampy is still getting steady work.
MW:
“Hold that question for a second, Mary! — I’m initiating a wire transfer to an overseas prince to help him unlock his $50,000,000 bank account, after which he’ll give me $10,000,000 of it!”
MW: Dawn knows that Mary’s wrath will be swift and brutal. In a final, desperate act of love, she tries to spare Tommy by implying that he’s too stupid to realize what he’s done. Unfortunately, her efforts will be for naught, because Mary has no mercy and has also held a grudge against Tommy ever since the day she smelled cannabis through the air vents.
DT: I’m confused. Wouldn’t a state’s attorney named Vyshinsky be champing at the bit to prosecute someone without evidence that a crime even occurred?
DT2: Ah, I get it now. “Vyshinsky” must be her married name because she’s clearly supposed to be from Wodehouse clan of Lovecraftian inbreds, and I welcome it. With its penchant for disfigured body horror villains and gruesome, hideous deaths, I’m surprised that this strip hasn’t visited that well before.
Phantom: Very much enjoying this plot twist of Vindicta’s henchmen being like, “But, wait, are you— are you a dumbass?”
MW: That’s not Mary, that’s the Other Mary with buttons sewed over her eye sockets! Dawn conjures her up when she seeks absolution for her thought crimes against the real Mary.
Flash Gordon:
“Hold on a second. You’re not ‘Hanak’ — you’re Paul Shaffer from David Letterman!”
@TK: well, she _did_ start by barging in to see Wilbur, I’d blame both of them for not locking their front door, but they long ago gave up on that as it made no difference – Mary seems to have either a master key or eldritch powers
@Baja Gaijin: Dusk’s eyes in the last one are terrifying :-0
@Baja Gaijin:
IMHO, One of those edits should have retained Mary, but “lifted” her arm “back into frame” so that we could more clearly see that Dawn is volunteering this information because Mary is holding her at gunpoint.
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Snuffy Smith : “B-b-but Jughaid, I wunted us to haff matchin’ costumes, so I dressed as my favorite superhero,
ZatannaMANDRAKE!”***************
Flash Gordon : Zarkov treating Mongo as his weird Isekai MonsterGirl Harem adventure is an… interesting new take on the character, I’ll admit.
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Herb & Jamaal : this is the least vague the strip has been about what it’s trying to say, and it STILL isn’t clear if it means that Herb & Jamaal’s diner is tempting junk food (which God would disapprove of), or horrifically shitty food.
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Hi & Lois ; Medusa doesn’t fit the (incredibly forced) naming scheme, Vampirella is actually a hero. You suck, Ditto.
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Shoe : …homemade Botox sounds like a great recipe to poison yourself with botulism.
Shoe:
” ‘Bring Your Own Booze’ ?”
“No. ‘Birds You Ogle Briefly.’ “
Murky Tail:
“I’m Ray Gunn, my colleague is Gatling Gunn, my assistant is Dart Gunn, my boss is Mashin’ Gunn, and you could say we’re all gunning for blue shrimp criminals.”
AI Wannabee:
– FRAZZ: but Caulfield, I don’t remember the computer having ng an image in 2001.
– PHANTOM: If AI doesn’t like being in your phone, it can hope over to your coffee Brewer, eh ? Now, things really get tough.
GA: appears to have been discontinued by Seattle Times.
JP: Ned, a conversation hint– if you don’t like being pried, turn the question around. “So what are you doing with your degree, Sis? Helping with traffic tickets?
Shoe: I can’t stop looking between the two panels and trying to figure out that woman and the stools manage to switch places like that. My best theory is that Roz’s is actually a revolving restaurant, which is a bit weird for a shitty diner, but would explain the generally nauseous expressions of the patrons.
HJ: Ironically, Reverend Croom’s desire is to feel superior than those around him, which is why he doesn’t actually share his little pearls of wisdom with anyone.
MW: “Still, didn’t stop me from repeating it to others. I’m pretty dumb too!”
Flash Gordon: It strikes me that a member of the Frigian Society might well be frigid.
Wary Morth:
Mary: “Oh, Tommy must have dreamt it up when he was high as a kite again. Never mind, then.”
@Baja Gaijin:
#1. MW: the “eyes” have it.
MW:
“Tommy is dumber than a box of rocks. That puts him in good company here at Charterstone!”
Mary Worth is taking weeks to play out a plot REO Speedwagon summarized in about four minutes.