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Curtis, 11/14/04

Often, it’s not the punchline of a comic strip that makes me laugh the most. In today’s Curtis, the funniest thing was in the first panel of the second row: the evil Dr. Horsehead hides out in a “Co-op of Iron.” Curtis is an urban strip in the literal meaning of that word, and this just screams out “New York” to me in a pleasing and funny way. Were Dr. Horsehead’s parents renting back in the 1960s, and lucky enough to get in on the ground floor when the building went co-op? Do his neighbors complain to the Co-op Board about the constant gunplay, whinnying, and evil cackling? Is there a doorman? A view? And where do the other evil geniuses hang out? In the Condo of Despair? The Penthouse of Terror? The Walk-Up of the Damned?

I also like the pink welcome mat outside Dr. Horsehead’s door. Jeez, Supercaptaincoolman, all you had to do was knock.

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Apartment 3-G, 11/13/04

Now we know the shocking truth behind Apartment 3-G’s current white slavery storyline: Margo’s evil supervillain client “Mr. Eldon” is really none other than … Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter!

No, really:

I’ve totally lost track of where Eldon/Specter is supposed to be right now. Did he get that picture from her purse? Does Margo carry around a framed, captioned photo of her and her ex-boyfriend in her purse? Because that would be pretty weird.

Incidentally, our evil slave master must be too busy managing his ever-growing army of hapless drones to understand the nature of carnal love, because otherwise he’d know that Pete could be her boyfriend and her handler. I do like the fact that he casually uses the nickname “FBI Pete” in his thought balloons, just like everyone else in the strip.

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Mary Worth, 11/12/04

“His name is Tommy! And he’s got a great fashion sense, and such beautiful long hair … and when he gets back from his ‘business trip,’ he’s promised to share all his ‘stuff’ with me! Oh, Mary, he’s so … dreamy!”