Is Dr. Jeff's 'again’ meant to indicate that he's already (willfully?) forgotten what Mary's told him, or does it display his belief that Wilbur's life is a karmic circle of disasters that are superficially varied but basically the same thing happening to him over and over?
Crankshaft, 8/22/12
Press on, dreamer — this is Crankshaft.
Funky Winkerbean, 8/22/12
“Pleeeeeeeease? And thank your lucky stars you only lost an arm, young lady!”
Family Circus, 8/22/12
“Or we could stick seeds in all that dirt on me and grow crops right here.”
B.C., 8/22/12
They’re a family business. Have a nice day.
— Uncle Lumpy
Mary Worth, 8/21/12
Wilbur and Dawn recover from their TV-induced “people came together to help one another” hallucination and realize that life is, after all, brutal. And that they both kinda miss Dave. Back to square one: the perfect Mary Worth story arc.
OK, POOL PARTY!
Herb and Jamaal, 8/21/12
It’s so unfair, because Jamaal really was checking out her blouse — everybody is saying “bold, flowery prints” for fall, but Jamaal thinks the only way to avoid ’70’s Earth Mother connotations is to build the look on a classically constructed garment. And the stitching on this one is simply slovenly, it’s a size too large, and for God’s sake tuck it in. Seriously, girl, you go out in public dressed like that? And slap people when they notice? Bitch.
Shoe, 8/21/12
P. Martin Shoemaker (Shoe), an editor at the Treetops Tattler, documents a single exception to the pending collapse of his industry.
“Say, you’re not by any chance reading Shoe, are you?”
“Don’t be ridiculous.”
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 8/21/12
THE EYES OF SNUFFY PEER INTO YOUR SOUL! FEAR HIM!
Judge Parker, 8/21/12
Sam begins to suspect that all Avery’s talk of passion, seduction, Old Hardy, wild life, and prevailing in the end may not be entirely about fishing. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer, our Sam.
— Uncle Lumpy
Apartment 3-G, 8/20/12
Under the terms of a 2005 bar bet between Apartment 3-G writer Margaret Shulock and artist Frank Bolle, Bolle buys the drinks whenever Shulock traps him into drawing something or somebody new, and Shulock buys when Bolle slips the trap. Now comes Margo’s “breathtaking”, “gorgeous” new client Greg Cooper.
I hope Frank doesn’t have any early meetings tomorrow.
Pardon My Planet, 8/20/12
Oh, is that what those are?
Also, the guy is apparently texting “STD TGIF SOP”, which I think means he’s looking forward to contracting a venereal disease tonight like he does every Friday?
Pluggers, 8/20/12
The First Axiom, “pluggers are obese” is here revealed as inconsistent with the Second Axiom, “pluggers have no shame.” The Pluggers universe will now explode in a hail of lipids and self-hatred. Don’t stand too close.
— Uncle Lumpy