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?
Check out the top of the left-hand navbar for a new fun feature here: The Comics Curmudgeon comment of the week! Every Friday (or so), I’ll pick the comment that I’ve arbitrarily found to be the most amusing and feature it in that spot for a glorious seven days. There’s no point to this but to give a little something back to you, the reader. Or at least those of you readers who are funny.
Apologies to all for linking to the hard-rockin’ sounds of Sleater-Kinney without warning you about the hard-rockin’ yesterday. I actually was browsing with my speakers turned off at that point, so I was wholly unaware of the hard-rockin’-ness.
For everyone who’s ever enjoyed Jowdy! the interjection, there’s now Jowdy! the t-shirt.
A quick look at my referrer logs brings up some alarming searches: no less than nineteen instances of “terry schiavo jokes,” seven of “site joshreads.com lesbian,” and one apiece of
“the truth about stressed out moms and crystal meth” and (of course) “i am britney spears and i am picking my nose stick figure.”
And finally, you knew I wasn’t going to let this one by:
Benjamins? Brah? Rap-dog? Criminey!
The Phantom, 4/21/05
I know where it looks like this is going, but most superheroes don’t dispose of their nemeses by lining them up and then shooting them execution-style in the back of the head. On the other hand, most superheroes have more super powers than a pistol and a purple lycra suit.