Runnin’ With The Drivel

Link to today’s strip

I was going to say that Funky’s blistered, fat and diseased bare feet (ugh) probably wouldn’t do wonders for Montoni’s business, but then I realized there’s nothing much to worry about there. Les is especially punchable there in panel two, if he has a facial expression that ISN’T obnoxious I’d like to see it. Then again, maybe not. Thank God this ponderous little slog is finally, mercifully over because I’ve had all I can take of these two sweaty assholes and their nonsensical babbling. Like I always say, any Les is way, way too much.

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Author: Epicus Doomus

V.P. at SoSF. Does not approve of new WP layout at all.

22 thoughts on “Runnin’ With The Drivel”

  1. You know, there’s got to be at least one pool even in this town. Could go there. Don’t get many blisters from swimming. But no, Lisa calls.

  2. No, Funkman! Don’t do it! Don’t take your shoes off and expose your sweaty, blistery feet! Not at Darin and Jessica’s table! Well, on second thought…. Normally, this would be a health code violation, but I’m guessing among the Funkman’s many hats he’s also Westview’s official Health Inspector, so he’ll give himself a pass.

  3. Les: “You know, Funky, you sure are way inferior to me.”
    Funky: “I know, Les. Not all of us can be gods upon Earth, like you.”
    Les: (Smirk)
    Funky: (removes shoes and socks, being in the holy presence of the one true god)

  4. I have never actually seen a checkered tablecloth done in soulless black and vomit green, but I’m not surprised one exists at Montoni’s.

  5. I suspect this as the end to a “filler” week…and now back to some sensitive issues affecting young people.
    Brendon… get a job!

  6. Ironic that the least athletic dweeb in high school is now the only one not fat, decreppid, and severely out of shape.

  7. … and Funky totally disregards the sign on the door:
    No Shoes
    No Shirt
    No Service

  8. And after massaging his sweaty, blistered feet, Funky goes in and starts tossing some pies. It gives his Hawaiian a certain tang that it would otherwise lack.
    And damn, Les in the second panel is about as punchworthy as he gets, which is pretty punchworthy.

     

  9. Les is such a dick. Look at how amused he is by his pal’s decrepit condition, almost as if he’s thinking “in high school I studied way harder than Funky did and now he’s such a comical oafish loser, ha ha!”. Such a condescendingly smug little asshole, even when the subject matter is sheer fluffery.

    All I can really say about this arc was that at least TomBat was considerate enough to take a nap during a holiday week. I gotta say, trying to find anything witty, snarky, amusing or even non-annoying to say about this one was tough sledding, man. I have gained even more respect and admiration for the job TFH does with SoSF after this week. Anyone can have a field day with something like Summer reading her dead mother’s diary on video as Darin’s bio-dad looks on sneeringly, but when BatNard gives you something like this to work with it’s like tapping a dry well. Tip of the Epicus keypad to TFH, our fearless leader, patient commandant and all-around hero who dodges the minefields of inanity and mediocrity for us without flinching. Salut!

  10. Wait, if they’re inside, shouldn’t the Montoni’s logo be reversed?

    And if not, don’t tell me a massively obese man in very real danger of heat exhaustion is sitting out in 114 degree direct sunlight, sweating as he drinks a tiny diet soda while his smug “friend” smirks at him.

  11. what batty got for sunday , comic book rip off our one more pun to wrap this wk ? can’t wait

  12. Where are the fucking customers? Is this a goddamn charity? Jesus H. Christ, find another setting for your witty exchanges.

  13. “Wait, if they’re inside, shouldn’t the Montoni’s logo be reversed?”

    And how long did they run? It looks like it’s suddenly dark outside.

    Or maybe fate is approaching ready to strike both of them down and put an end to this.

  14. “Wait, if they’re inside, shouldn’t the Montoni’s logo be reversed?”

    Simple, the reader has to be constantly reminded of the players in this farce.

    Having the lettering done in the proper order on the window would require them to be able to read transposed as if reading thru the back of a piece of paper (a necessary survival skill in many venues).

  15. Re. to Rusy. There aren’t any customers. When was the last time we saw a customer there? I’d think that this was just because it was before opening hours, but we didn’t even see real customers when Frank stopped by to find Darin.

    In re. to Josh. That was perfect.

  18. Foreshadowing some band camp hijinks up above, I see. TB must have a calendar marked for each month so he can repeat crap every year.

  19. Les: “So, how about we kill a week next year with the same story arc, just with slightly different gags?”

    Funky: “Sure, we’ve done that every year for the last six, why change?”

  20. A Ha! I got it now. Funky’s really out of shape and old! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. I sure am glad Batiuk bestowed upon us a whole week of stips dedicated to that theme. It’s not as if we could tell that from the first week of Act III.

  21. I see from the masthead that George C. Scott is going to guest-star in the next arc.

  22. –“Wait, if they’re inside, shouldn’t the Montoni’s logo be reversed?”–

    The Midwest Euro Trash that keep going to S’inotnom always wind up severely disappointed.

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