A good comics writer can keep the reader off-balance with any number of literary and/or visual devices. TB accomplishes it by employing lax, slipshod storytelling and draughtsmanship. I assume that's Nate's wife, and not Cayla from a hairstyle ago plus glasses. We were able to establish that Mr. Blackburn appeared in earlier Funky Winkerbean strips; can any of you FW scholars tell me when, if ever, we've been introduced to Mrs. Nate Green? I mean before today?
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You truly are the king of kings, Tom.
I mean "Nate".
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More like a promagaydon! Haw! Haw! Haw!
By the way, I think that is Keisha in disguise with Nate. Ooh, la la!
Check the couple that is not Nate and Keisha in P2. Blotto! No gay old time, indeed! Plus, no Les so far, which is always good! Whoo-hoo!
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That said, leave it to Tomboy to turn this entire arc into a Viagra commercial.
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Oh yuck. “Minefield”? No, more like one wingnut and a group of misshapen inbred hicks, but whatever floats Mrs. Nate's boat, I suppose. And we came up with “promageddon” here first.
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Cease and desist! I don't remember which one of you came up with it, but "Promageddon" originated from somewhere in here. Batiuk may have thought up the plot a year ago, but I know last-minute writing when I see it. And I hardly think "This is the student handbook — read it!" constitutes negotiating a minefield. Is that the gay couple in Panel 1, or is that Summer wearing a tuxedo? Otherwise, I don't see any same-sex couples in sight, but I guess it evens out since they chose the gayest prom these possible.
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Well, at least now I can go from being annoyed, insulted, and offended to being mildly skeeved out. It's a change of pace, of sorts.
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I think the first one could be a same sex couple, as they are both wearing tuxedos. I mean, surely the two can't be the only gay couples in Westview, right?
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Nate: "Really? My reciting from the student handbook induced erotic feelings in you? Well, forget foreplay! From now on, I'm just going to read excerpts from it every night!"
Mrs. Green: "…*…there's a chance I was kidding."
Nate: "It doesn't say anything about spouse-kidding in the handbook. And there's a good reason for that! It means it doesn't exist for me! So there!"
Mrs. Green: "Okay, I'm starting to see the drawbacks to your new Student Handbook-centric worldview."
Nate: "Ut! No dissing the Handbook! Says so on page 1!"
Mrs. Green: "ARRRRRGH!"
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So how is this going to drag on for another week or two. The prom is going off without a hitch, even though we've never even seen the same sex couple since they bought their tickets. What's left, he asked, afraid that the answer will be a week of Less smugly talking about how well the prom went.
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@ TheDiva: Either that brown thing is indeed his torso, or he is simply a head attached to a spinal cord and nothing else. Either way, it's kinda tragic. How Westviewvian!
Also, Toby from yesterthread: PLEASE keep posting here! Seriously.
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The extras in this strip are just tremendous. The possible SSC in panel 1 appears to pair Little Face Finney from Dick Tracy with a guy wearing a nutria on his head. And of course, the fellow in the big shouldered David Byrne jacket in panel 2 is asking himself where is that large automobile.
This almost makes up for TB spending a whole 3 panels patting
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I don't think the two guys in Panel One are the Ambiguously Gay Duo–the AGD had close-cut black hair and slightly shaggy blonde hair, whereas these two have shaggy black hair and prematurely balding black hair. Then again, Batiuk doesn't seem to show interest in any other aspect of the AGD beyond their gayness, so it's entirely possible he forgot what they look like.
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Why am I reminded of this (paraphrased) quote from Star Wars?
"You know, sometimes I impress myself!"
"That shouldn't be too hard."
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The reason we haven't seen Mrs. Nate before is that she's a beard (not to be confused with the mustache Batiuk gave Cayla when she was black): Nate's actually gay, and the storyline will end with his coming out.
No, that might actually be interesting. More likely it will end with several more days of self-congratulation (because for a principal to take a stand against bigotry, when the student handbook backs him up 100% anyway, takes tremendous courage).
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…oh, and "negotiation skills."
I do not think that phrase means what Mrs. Nate thinks it means.
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I'm STILL thinking the shaggy black hair/balding guy are another gay couple that are able to enjoy the prom since Principal Nate had Vanquished Intolerance™ and allowed them entry, which wouldn't have mattered, as I think I pointed out that there was no danger of them not going anyway: Jinx sold them the ticket, didn't she?
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The best thing about this arc was that it didn't feature Les or too much Summer, thank God. The worst thing about it was, well, everything else. Thankfully it's almost over and we can move on, four weeks of ANY FW arc is always a really ponderous death march. Lest ye forget, last year he did like seven straight weeks of Les, so it could be a lot worse. It will end as it began: not much of anything will happen and whatever does will be stupid, like always.
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Just spotted Toby's comment from yesterday: "If you all dislike the strip so much, why do you bother reading it?"
Um… because it's the strip we LOVE to HATE? Dur-hey!
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If you all dislike the strip so much, why do you bother reading it?
If you dislike this blog so much, why did you bother posting? We snark. It's what we do. And we're good at it. When I came on board I posted from a standpoint of someone who's worked in the industry and had a stormy life (in a good way) to reflect upon. And I had a theory and a time when all the strings would come together , and all the questions answered. But now, so much has been left unsaid and undone, and the humor is scant at best, and "the message" is so watered down, that I don't much give a rat's ass either.
There was a time when we would have eagerly awaited each day's step toward Comicgeddon. But that time has passed.
And so has my interest in explaining this any further…
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I know black don't crack but Mrs. Green looks pretty young to be the wife of a grey-haired Vietnam vet like Big Nate.
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Mrs Nate??? Hold the phone. Nate's been to 'Nam, right?? He'd have to be at least 60 to have been to Vietnam. Mrs Nate appears to be about 30 or so. Hey, maybe this IS a Viagra commercial which, if you have ever notced, tends to feature older, graying guys and much younger looking women. Hmmm…
Glad she's impressed by how he solved a non-issue by bravely confronting a gym full of people who agreed with him. Not counting mental case Roberta, who was never a threat to anyone.
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Amazingly, Helskor slipped that one in while I was writing mine. Cue the Twilight Zone music! Oooooeeeeeeeeoooooooooo……
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…Mrs. Green looks pretty young to be the wife of a grey-haired Vietnam vet like Big Nate
For a fleeting moment I imagined she was a female student, who in panel 3 appears so hot to trot that she's ready to lead Nate outside. Of course, I immediately applied the rule stated by S.P. Charles above:
A variant of this rule is:
When reading Funky Winkerbean, one must always remember to apply these rules when trying to discern the author's intent. If it seems "interesting" or "funny", you're probably just projecting.
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The best thing about this arc was that it didn’t feature Les or too much Summer, thank God.
Yes, let's all say a silent prayer (even if you're an atheist, this can make you find religion) of thanks for how much worse this arc could have been. It could have been Les instead of Nate, and it could have been Cayla getting all horny about Les bravely facing down Roberta as Mister Blackburn yelled at her to shut up.
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I knew the lady could not be Cayla. She's smiling. Does Cayla ever smile?
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Today's strip makes me think of the scene from "Blazing Saddles" when the sheriff prepares to give his speech. "Excuse me while I whip this out."
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Does Cayla ever smile?
No, because she's too stoned all the time.
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Beanie, you forget this is Winkertown: she's Nate's third wife. The first two died of… well, you know…
It's just that nobody noticed, because the universe revolves around the Moores.
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Comment of the week material, IMHO:
**That said, leave it to Tomboy to turn this entire arc into a Viagra commercial.**–Sgt Saunders
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