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Whoomp! Here the comment of the week is!

“So begins the crossover between the comic with the ancient, immortal ghost and the one with the jungle patrol.” –Ettore Costa, on Facebook

I can’t think of another ’80s/’90s hiphop reference, so here, enjoy this information about Doug E. Fresh from Scientology’s Celebrity magazine, and also these hilarious runners up!

“In the two throw-away panels, Mary speculates about how many times she has flown during her lifetime. Well, however many times it is, apparently it isn’t enough for her to know that airplanes don’t have large rectangular picture windows. Mary, you got on a Greyhound bus by mistake. When you get home, have Hanna Dingdon refer you to a good ophthalmologist.” –seismic-2

“Yes, you’ve won a ‘time out’ life sentence spent going slowly insane in solitary confinement! This prize is brought to you by those ‘baby boomer’ hippies and their overly soft prison system!” –Steve S

“Attention, passengers. This is your captain speaking. We do ask that you fasten your safety belts, as we are experiencing some mild ‘inspirational quotes’-related turbulence. If you look out the window on your right, you’ll see a Class 3 Khalil Gibran forming on the horizon. And we expect to fly through two Leo Buscaglias and a Norman Vincent Peale before landing at LaGuardia.” –Joe Blevins

“The fare is 4.11, because Mary’s about to drop some information.” –Dan

“Use the passive voice all you want, Mary: Mr. Cabbie knows exactly who’s doing the advising, and while your stint at Ask Wendy may have been a big whoop-dee-doo in Santa Royale, it’s just podunk amateur hour as far as New Yorkers are concerned; in fact, this guy’s probably dispensed bone-headedly, objectively wrong advice to more strangers in the last hour than you have in the past three story-arcs combined.” –Wreck of the Oversnark

“Is this the first time we’ve heard a Slylock Fox character speak English? I’d always figured the animal society would speak a new lingua franca cobbled together from various species dialects — a sort of forest Esperanto, if you will. Has Reporter Bird unwittingly outed himself as a sympathizer to the human resistance? Will Slylock drag him outside and beat him with a billy club while Max and the dog cameraman look on in wide-eyed, mute amazement?” –TheDiva

“Props to Moy for dusting off the seldom-used ‘ellipsobang.'” –Chyron HR

“Will this crossover feature a place called ‘Charterskull’? Rephrase: which of my organs do I need to donate in order for this crossover to have a place called ‘Charterskull’?” –James Dowd, on Facebook

“CRISIS ON EXTREMELY FINITE EARTHS” –C. Sandy Cyst

“They’re right to look glum with their ‘I VOTED’ buttons. Everyone else in Hootin’ Holler is strutting around in their brand new ‘2015 WORLD CHAMPION NEW YORK METS’ T-shirts.” –Doctor Handsome

“Look at the half-lidded, dead gazes on the faces of all three Keanes. They all know that they’re just going through the motions at this point, quipping little malapropisms and ‘cute’ misunderstandings out of habit. There is no escape from The Circle, but maybe if they keep up the façade, they’ll continue getting backgrounds instead of featureless void.” –Drewbear

“The hilarious thing about this multiple viewpoint narration is that we get to see just how little Mary actually listens to people. Look: that whole middle panel of the Phantom explaining where Heloise is from gets reduced to the much more tidy ‘I’m not from the city’. Probably because as soon as she realized that, Mary started thinking of wise words to impart to this simple girl about life in the Big City, as only someone who lived there for a short period many many years ago can do.” –pugfuggly

“In other news, Mark Trail hastily decides to give Grimace a rectal exam, with disastrous results.” –The Might Untrained FOOZLE

“Hey, military school … you were just being used, man.” –Mibbitmaker

“I was busy getting out the vote. I kept running around town telling everyone that I fully supported your opponent, trying to leverage my irascible assholery into your victory. I’ve been working on this project since the late 1940s, Ralph, for you. I god damn well hope you’re worth it.” –hogenmogen

“‘What us,’ Gil? She’s obviously talking about herself and that monstrously gigantic hand she’s resting her chin on.” –Col. Havoc

“Since they always use capitals in the funnies, I’m going with ‘US.’ Holly: ‘I’m thinking about the US putting 50 advisor boots on the ground in Syria.’ Gil: ‘What Syria?'” –Dennis Jimenez

“Hip dysplasia is no laughing matter.” –handsome Harry Backstayge, idol of a million other women

“If that’s Neddy’s idea of a party, it’s no wonder Hank took up with a beauty queen.” –Pozzo

“No, no, Marie, you’ve got to make more use of dramatic pauses. First it’s ‘The beauty queen.’ Then you stop for a breath. Then you raise the bloody severed head. ‘Is no more!’ And scene.” –Artist formerly known as Ben

“I think that looks exactly like the face of a man engaging in a long-running gag … a gag running so long that he has to get completely drunk just to participate without questioning his lot in life and contemplating suicide.” –DaveyK

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Hello, Los Angeles and Los Angeles-adjacent folks! You all might recall that my long-belated Kickstarted novel, The Enthusiast, is finally written, edited, proofread, designed, and on its way to physical reality! It still isn’t entirely clear when the books will ship — we need to get physical proofs from the printer, and once we sign off on them they have to be printed and then shipped to the folks at Make That Thing!, who’ll be shipping them out to backers and setting up a storefront for everyone else to buy. But barring disaster, things will be ready by mid-December, so I’m going ahead and scheduling my launch party! If you’re in LA, please come by the Los Angeles County Store in Silver Lake, 6 p.m. on December 15! Here is the Facebook event, if you find those helpful. We’ll all have some wine and cheese, we’ll mingle, I’ll read a chapter, you can buy a book or three, and I’ll sign ’em, even if you already got it from the Kickstarter! Anyway, don’t worry, I will remind you about this event SEVERAL more times before it happens, but just thought I’d tell you to lock his date down NOW.

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HOORAY HERE IS YOUR TOP COMMENT

“If the Gil Thorp team put as much energy into creating a compelling plot line as they do into rendering realistic carbonator guns I might give this strip more than a passing glance.” –Tonya

HUZZAH HILARIOUS RUNNERS UP

“In other ways she’s far more advanced than many of us! For one thing, she hasn’t existed in bloodless stasis since nineteen fucking thirty-eight!” –Doctor Handsome

“In other ways she’s far more advanced than many of us! Then again, she did almost die in the most easily avoidable way possible, even after her tummy powers tried to give her a warning, so maybe it all evens out.” –pugfuggly

“Spidey’s natural first reaction to a dying child is to ask, ‘Is this a stunt?’ because having heightened ‘spider senses’ turns you into a giant asshole.” –Spunky The Wonder Squid

“Those are the only two reality shows I can name, for some reason. It’s almost as if I only have the broadest and loosest understanding of the genre.” –TheDiva

“I’m just hoping that A3G’s writer is openly making fun of the art now that the strip is ending so who cares. ‘Greg, is that you? I know you’re one of the most recognizable celebrities in the world who was recently dating my roommate, but you’re also so poorly drawn I can’t tell.’ The comma in panel 2 may have been added by the syndicate to take some of the bite out of Tommie saying ‘I see Greg’ as if she’s going to go through each of her senses to determine who this unidentified man is.” –Alex Blaze

“Look, Momma, I lied. I’m not working in an office building that only has stairs to keep the employees fit. That would be illegal, much like what I actually do. I deal drugs; not the popular ones, sadly. All I can afford is this chair.” –rbmalpha

“When they get around to presenting the ‘For Les’ easter egg transferred-to-DVD, the first line is going to be, ‘FOR GOD’S SAKE, LES, NEVER CUT DOWN THE TREE, OR I’LL BE CONSIGNED TO THE DEPTHS OF HELL!!!’ Les will masturbate to it nonetheless.” –handsome Harry Backstayge, idol of a million other women

“At least when Jay Leno used to read funny newspaper headlines, he read more than one at a time.” –Peanut Gallery

“So what’s the blocked-out letter behind Badass Jetski/ATV Guy? Is it a V? BLVDDK? Sure, why not.” –Pat Ferruzza, on Facebook

“Travel tip: When packing for a trip, consider using a single color scheme to save space and time. Lavender/purple co-ordinates work well for all seasons, don’t show stains, and are easily accessorized with souvenir scarves.” –Arabella

“The most amusing thing about today’s strip is seeing the back of Mary’s head, reflected in the mirror. At least I hope that’s the back of her head, because if it isn’t, then Wilbur Weston is somewhere in the room wearing white pants and bending over.” –seismic-2

“Where did he go, Tommie? The horse-demon who stole your face and replaced it with his own?” –G’Quan

“Ha, a true plugger would realize that if your primary concern is carrying weight, the best option is pure grain alcohol and an envelope of powdered Kool-Aid mix.” –Steve S

“‘And how did your husband die, ma’am?’ ‘Well, he was … he was trying to, uh … It was a hooker. He was shot and killed by a hooker while negotiating the price of a sex act. That’s how it happened.’ –The kind of stories pluggers have to tell to avoid embarrassment” –Joe Blevins

Thanks to everyone who put some scratch in my tip jar! And let’s give thanks to our advertisers:

• Oh, the Flesh You Will Eat!: Children around the world have vomited for joy reading the rhymes of Dr. Vireuss. Three of his “sickest” stories have finally been collected into one germ-ridden volume. There’s the tale of a man who would not — could not! — let a doctor save his life, a sick boy who puts healthy people into quarantine, and a little flesh-eating virus who goes on a big adventure. This hardcover volume of Dr. Seuss spoofs is highly infectious.
• Bluebeards Original is proud to join The Comics Curmudgeon as an advertiser! Company owner Paul Kaniewski is a longtime follower of this site, to the point that it inspired him to created the famed Aldo Kelrast MySpace profile. Bluebeards has been making top-rated beard care products for ten years now, so any bearded folks or those that love them, please check out the site and try their stuff.

If you’d like to buy advertising on the site, you can do so on a CPM basis through BuySellAds. To find out more, you can go to my BuySellAds page or just click here.