Charles
April 10, 2012 at 11:31 pm
You know, if you want your bully to be credible, it’s probably not a good idea to have your bullied character insulting him, seemingly with impunity…If Cody really believed that Wedgieman was going to beat the crap out of him, he wouldn’t have sassed him like that.
Yep, Cody's a real tough guy when he's standing behind his new bodyguard. Her work done here, Summer walks her angular, boxy ass away down the hall.
The way she's walking away…the way Bull walked to the trophy case a few months back…this guy can't draw "walking," can he?
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Nah, the way she's walking is clear: Holding that hand out invitingly, as if to say, "I need a man now, more than ever, and I guess you're about as close as it gets in this town." And the feeling's mutual, since Cody's standing there thinking, "Thank you for saving my hide. I love you, Steve Perry."
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After school Cody You see I have to call you Cody because there might be some confusion who I'm talking to with this high school hallway be so crowded with three people and Slumber might think I'm asking her for a date so I have to say Cody but then you told me about the chess club but I can't do that and boy do you see how Slumber is walking away maybe if I ask her for a date it might happen but no if you Cody asked her for a date she would say yes and I said yes….
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Summer isn't walking so much as performing Bob Fosse choreography down the hall.
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Is Cody actually checking out Summer's ass as she walks away? Please tell me I'm seeing this one wrong…please?
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Slumber has never looked more like a dood than she does now. Is this because the fat little guy with the white beard can't draw girls, or because BatWuss asks him to butch her up to the max?
In BatYuck's little matriarchical society, even the bullies are big pussies. Big tough guy steps off because some skinny girl (?) tells him to? What's the threat? That she will kick HIS ass (off)?
So Slumber flips her ten gallon hat back on, twirls her six shooters, slips them back in their holsters, and lumbers off into the sunset. Cue the Bonanza theme. Cody admires her flat little boy-ass as Slumber saunters off to defend another pussy in distress.
I think we all know where BatSuck is going with this. All these totally dickless males in Wankerbean — this IS autobiographical, isn't it?
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The throwaway bully gets a last name but Cody doesn't, even though the last name (or insulting variation of it) is the preferred term bullies use for the bullied. I don't understand TB, which is something I probably ought to be thankful for.
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The vibe I'm getting? Cody actually WANTS that brawny, take-charge Wedgieboy to beat him silly ( and so forth). Why else would Cody keep slinging those weak-kneed barbs at the "bully"? Summer, you and your neutral-mode robot assface are just getting in the way of something potentially beautiful. Step out of line!
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Poorly written, poorly drawn, poorly executed. Also, if Cody didn't deserve a beatdown before Summer jumped in, he sure does now with his bullshit attitude.
Summer doesn't seem too bright to me, so maybe Wedgeman should take her up on her offer and bust up her good knee. I hate you, Summer Moore.
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can't figure what but that door in panel 3 just don't look right
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flappy: Good call, that door appears to be open, but it also appears to lack the proper door hardware that'd be visible if it was open. What, are we to believe it's some sort of (chortle) magic door? I really hope someone got fired over that blunder. Maybe it opens into another dimension where FW is funny. But I doubt it.
I can't believe how fast this turned into another Summer arc. I warned everyone that 2012 would be a heavily Summer-centric year and so far it's coming to pass. The fact that she is by far the second-most despised comic strip character of all-time isn't going to stop him: it's her senior year, dammit, and he's going to force us to experience it with her whether we like it or not. We haven't even gotten to the prom, the mountain, the wedding, her first car or the college stuff yet. It's going to be unbearable.
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Let's see…bully accosts dork/geek/nerd in the corridor for no real reason. as Batiuk flies in the face of the current "stop bullying" movement…dork/geek/nerd chooses not to try to end the incident quickly, instead choosing to provoke the bully, in effect giving him cause to beat the shit out of the dork/geek/nerd…athlete girl – girl! – with sexual identity issues steps in and cuts the bully dead with a take on an old cliche while dork/geek/nerd continues to provoke the bully while at the same time affirming his dork/geek/nerdiness…as the girl athlete who saved his ass walks away, he's checking out hers, completely overlooking that she knows he's a dork/geek/nerd with an unused dick…
Can this possibly get any more pathetic?
Well, yes, it can. Batiuk, having already opted to pass on addressing the bullying problem among school-aged kids, might be setting up a storyline where:
a) Dork/geek/nerd makes an awkward yet well-intended virginal play for the girl athlete, who is waaaaaay out of his league, and is gently but firmly – and awkwardly – rejected, bringing any one of a number of reactions up to and including suicide, to say nothing of the heavy-duty guilt trip the girl athlete will carry…
b) Girl athlete, whose true sexuality has been as much a secret to the strip's followers as it has been for her, is forced to face her own inner conflict, and one way or another, along the way she is outed…
c) Or, worst of all, the girl athlete, who is actually straight but confused, hooks up with the dork/geek/nerd, giving us the next generation "Lisa and Les," thereby confirming that this strip will go on forever, with jumps well into the late 21st century…what could possibly be worse than that?
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In the next scene, Mongo proclaims his deep feelings for Sheriff Summer.
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Summer: "Why don't you find someone closer to your I.Q. to pick on?"
Wedgeman: "Um, because I really hate Cody? Duh, McFly!"
Cody: "Neener neener neener, can't touch me, you big weener!"
Summer: "….*….oh for, why did I even get involved?!?" *storms off*
Cody: "….wow….that sweatshirt that looks like she's slept in it for the past four weeks. Those sashaying arms. That floppy, wobbling head! I think I'm in love! Or at last in lurve! Hey, Summer! Did you know that I'm very, very fertile? HEY, COME BACK HERE!"
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OB Dan: Yes, yes, option A. Of course. That way Summer and Les will share the guilt of a suicide, though maybe Summer's victim will succeed where Les's failed. Will that be better or worse? (Since he'll be out of this strip, it would be far better for Cody, of course, but for us? Tough call.)
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Heh, I was so hung up on the wussiness of Wankerville's males, I didn't even notice Sheriff Slumber was wearing THE SAME GODDAM RED SWEATSHIRT SHE WEARS EVERY DAY. So when she becomes a W(L )NBA coach in Act IV, will she finally graduate to pants suits?
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Worst bully, stupidest kid getting picked on by the bully – seriously, Cody, this is one of those times when you refrain from your not very clever smart-ass remarks – and crappiest hero. As Super Slumber walks away in the final panel, can someone explain the lines around her head? Are those action lines, in case we didn't realize she was walking? Is she laughing or crying? It's called "drawing," TomBat.
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Summer walks like she has a rash. Make that several rashes.
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OB Dan: there's always option d): Batiuk never mentions Cody's gender-bendered infatuation with Summer ever again after this week. He just doesn't seem to have the energy for anything as melodramatic as options a) and b) anymore since the last time jump.
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Beanie: "Funky" is still drawn by TomBat himself. Chuck Ayers ("the fat little guy with the white beard") only draws Crankshaft. Batiuk bears all the blame for the way the Funky characters look.
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I rather like the door in panel 3. It's very MC Escher-like, becoming two dimensional when you look at the wall inside the room it's opening into, three dimensional when you look away and at a focal point like the 2 by 4 board Summer is carrying in her back pocket.
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@Erich — thanks for the info. I thought Ayrhead said in that interview that he was "the artist" for BOTH Wankerbean and Crankshit. The styles are very similar. So I guess I'm still confused. Wonder if BatYuck drew the old Wankerbean but fat fuzzyboy took over the artwork for "reality based" Wankerbean. Either way, it's really crappy artwork with LOTS of problems.
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So the motion lines on Summer's head and she sashays away. So is he wagging her head to and fro? Does she have a smug eyes half closed expression on her face?
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I picked up that Ayers does the penciling on FW. Anyone have a definitive description of Ayers's role in FW's production?
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