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Hi everybody! I am back and EXTREMELY grateful to all of you who gave so generously in the fall fundraiser! Many of you have already received your What Would Margo Do bracelets (I promise a bevy of pics tomorrow), and hopefully the rest will arrive soon; you’ll all be getting email thanks from me as well. And huge thanks go to Uncle Lumpy both for his money-soliciting and comics-mocking prowess, though really he got a reward of his own … with the greatest week in Mary Worth history! Oh, how I envy the man who got first crack at this panel:

Instead, I’m just left with the aftermath:

Mary Worth, 9/27/09

Scott has been shot in violent shoot-out … the best kind, as any aficionado of shoot-outs will tell you. Is he in serious condition, or is he the one who didn’t make it? More importantly, are the seriously wounded cop and the corpse of the other cop just sort of flopping around in the back of this paddy wagon, which appears neither to be an ambulance nor to be staffed by actual paramedics? Will Adrian be able to tell the living from the dead, amid the carnage? STAY TUNED!

Apartment 3-G, 9/27/09

Apartment 3-G, meanwhile, is taking a much sexier path, assuming that you find it sexy when pill fiends offer up their sweet middle-aged bodies to head-shrinking quacks in exchange for pills, which Dr. Papagoras obviously does. Ruby finds the whole thing just plain tawdry, even if it is happening at the Ritz-Carlton, which just goes to show that she’ll never be a real New Yorker.

Rex Morgan, M.D., 9/27/09

And Rex Morgan managed to combine impending doom and sexytimes with a sly aside out of this bespectacled lothario! “I’m a lover, Becka, not a violent person! Specifically, I’m an extremely skilled lover. Say, you know, I just thought of a clever way we can track down my mother. When I was a teenager, she always had this uncanny knack for coming home right when my girlfriend and I were starting to fool around. What if…” Remember, Becka, it’s not cheating if your husband’s infidelity, or your suspicions thereof, are tearing you up inside!

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 9/27/09

Ha ha, it’s funny because Snuffy is an unletter’d heathen! Wait, those actually are his most appealing qualities.

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Hey, it’s the Comics Curmudgeon Fall Fundraiser — your contributions help keep this site strong and independent!

Click the banner above to contribute any amount — and receive your “What Would Margo Do?” bracelet with our thanks! Full details here.

Fall Fundraiser update: What would Margo do? Faithful reader Plastic Fruit says, “I think she’d buy herself a little something!” So that’s just what she did! Do you like huge boxes from Tiffany’s? Unlock the power of Margo in your life with a generous contribution to the Comics Curmudgeon!

Mary Worth, 9/25/09

Oh, no! Scott is shot! And it looks like at least two of those rounds came from behind, from sympathetic fellow officers who saw Adrian’s picture and knew what had to be done.

Spider-Man, 9/25/09

Apparently when it comes to splatterin’ spiders, Bigshot is a less effective villain than Garfield. Pack it in, fella.

Mark Trail, 9/25/09

Oh, don’t worry about Rusty, Mark. He doesn’t need to outrun the gator — he just needs to outrun Sassy.

Dick Tracy, 9/25/09

OK, you three. Will somebody for the luvva Pete please just shut up and eat somebody? Please?

Margo Moments — a Fall Fundraiser special, part 6

Apartment 3-G (panels) — 2/4, 2/5, 2/10, 2/27, 3/16, 4/15, 5/29, 6/23, 7/23/2008

Facts are facts, faithful reader: you have to get that — it could be Margo! Contribute to The Comics Curmudgeon, slip your exclusive glow-in-the-dark Margo bracelet on your wrist, say goodbye to humility and altruism, and live in the world of “Me, me, me!” forever! It’s what Margo would do — why accept anything less?

— Uncle Lumpy

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Hey, it’s the Comics Curmudgeon Fall Fundraiser — your contributions help keep this site strong and independent!

Click the banner above to contribute any amount — and receive your “What Would Margo Do?” bracelet with our thanks! Full details here.

Thanks to the many readers who managed to contribute despite yesterday’s annoying server problems! Generous and persistent — what’s not to love about Comics Curmudgeon readers? I’m assured the servers are back to ‘normal’ (which, alas, does not mean ‘fixed’), so readers and contributors should have an easier time today.

Special Request: Once you’ve received your “What Would Margo Do?” bracelet (the first ones should be arriving today!), would you please forward a photo of it on your wrist for me to post here? The address is uncle.lumpy@comcast.net — cellphone pix are fine. Thanks!

Crankshaft, 9/24/09

After the endless wallow of Lisa Moore’s final illness in 2007, it’s a relief to learn that the author can dispatch a character promptly, with grace and dignity, in this quiet image of a promise there was no time left to keep. God bless you, Ed, and farewell.

Hey, a guy can dream.

Luann, 9/24/09

“Darlin’ if you got the bucks, you can do whatever you want. Words to live by. Remember how quick your parents caved for a cheesy gift card? Lesson learned, right? Now listen, put this on and stand over there – nobody’s gonna watch. Close your eyes and keep quiet – there’s a twenty in it for ya! Snap!”

Operation H-Town update: Mary Worth, 9/24/09

With Officer Colleague down, Detective Scott steps up, takes his shot — and earns another day standing! How long can he hold out? Place your bets here, and track your progress here! Join in the carnage at “Scott’s Drug Bust Pool”, created by faithful reader 8th Man Fan — thank you! Pool Party!

Margo Moments — a Fall Fundraiser special, part 4

Apartment 3-G (panels) — 9/7, 9/9, 10/18, 10/20, 11/1, 12/10/2007, 1/3, 1/4, 1/6/2008

What would Margo do? Contribute to The Comics Curmudgeon today, and know for sure! Every contributor to the Comics Curmudgeon Fall Fundraiser receives “What Would Margo Do?” bracelet — so add a little Margo to your mojo, and let humanity beware!

— Uncle Lumpy