Link #1: Yet another one-comic blog, from faithful reader/commentor Pantsman: This Week In Milford, faithfully following the doings in Gil Thorp.
Link #2: From faithful reader/commentor castastrophile: “Stalker Aldo,” sung to the tune of the Eagles’ “Desperato.”
Neither is to be missed!
Pluggers, 8/3/06
Sooo … Grandma’s a Plugger, daughter-in-law isn’t? Oooh, mixed marriage: edgy. Daughter-in-law is wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase, so she’s clearly some sort of ball-breaking feminist lesbian professional woman. I see a kidnapping/multi-state chase in the near future, followed by a circus trial in which the “a working mother is by definition a child abuser” argument serves as the main defense.
Mary Worth, 8/3/06
Of course, they had to clean it up for the funny pages. I have it on pretty good authority that this is what Mary actually said:
“Is this some sort of motherfucking joke? Huh? Does it look like I’m motherfucking laughing to you, motherfucker? Get your punk-ass hands away from me!”
And then it just sort of goes on like that for a while.
Even without the cussing, I think I can say with some confidence that there’s only one other person in the last two years who’s made Mary this mad:
That’s right: Aldo Kelrast is now officially as awesome a Mary Worth character as Rita Begler. After a lull of some months, this strip is back on top of its ridonculous game.
Gil Thorp, 8/3/06
“That’s right, on my legs! My long, smooth, totally unscarred legs! So you see, we’re really a lot alike, except in all the ways that actually matter for this discussion. What I’m trying to say is, I want you to wear this bag over your head at the next meet.”
Dick Tracy, 8/3/06
“Thanks for showing me the outside of your wallet, detective! I’ll do anything you say now.”
Mark Trail, 7/31/06
Is there anything more delightful than seeing Kelly Welly repeatedly throw herself in the path of killer grizzlies as part of an ill-conceived plot to advance her career and/or bed a rugged outdoorsman — any rugged outdoorsman? Well, maaybe Mark describin the situation with a sentence that would never spontaneously come out of the mouth of any under the age of 85. We could spend the rest of the summer in a continuous Kelly-does-something-foolish/gets-menaced-by-bears/gets-rescued-by-Mark-and/or-Rick/gets-yelled-at-by-Mark/makes-eyes-at-Rick-and/or-Mark loop and I would still be a happy guy.
Mary Worth, 7/31/06
Speaking of delightful: I don’t have much to say about today’s Mary Worth, except that today’s second panel might be one of the most pleasing Mary Worth panels in many a moon. The only way it could be better would be if she actually hurled her grocery bags into the air, with fruit, cinnamon, and flour flying everywhere — but still, we’ve got Mary shouting “AAUGH!” and radiating panic lines as a bow-tied Aldo Kelrast appears out of nowhere, so let’s not look gift horses in the mouth! In fact, let’s all bathe in the comforting glow of its pleasingness:
Aaaaahhhh.
Luann, 7/31/06
Just FYI, “couples retreat” is code for “swingers convention.”