Guy Walks into a Bar

Raise your hand if you saw this coming.

As someone who tended bar on and off for over a dozen years, I always smile to see the classic comic strip depiction of The Bartender: wearing a bow tie and apron, and a rag wiping out a glass with a rag. That was me, kids, apron and all. Except I could usually manage a smile. This barkeep barely has a mouth; his panel 3 profile resembles Carl Anderson’s Henry (maybe this is just another tip of the Funky Fedora).

Note: In case you missed it on yesterday’s post, la gata loca broke a pretty major Funky development, so I’ve reprinted it here:

Completely unrelated to this weeks utterly depressing storyline, there’s an interesting sneak preview at some upcoming Summer 2010 strips

(SPOILER ALERT!)

In a return to the PTSD arc of a few months ago, things may be looking up for Wally in a story line, which personally, I think is very cool and remarkably un-Batiuk of late.  Of course, we may yet still be cruelly disappointed.

Wanna know? Well, you know those endings have to be earned and all…still you can savor the sneak peek at:

Bio/Interviews page of the Official Funky Winkerbean website at:

http://www.funkywinkerbean.com/bio.html