Hello everyone, BChasm back for week two of my guest-hosting stint, on what we in the guest-hosting-stint business like to call “hump day.” And let me first offer an apology for the promisingly lurid title of this post, which seems to portend things of interest happening in the strip. Ha ha, this is Funky Winkerbean, interesting things need not apply!
This entry’s title comes from a 1964 movie starring “Coffin Joe” that, in the true spirit of Westview, I’ve never actually seen. But it contains the word “midnight” so it also becomes my clever way of saying that, once again, a preview of today’s episode was not available before press time.
I don’t like leaving everything to the last minute, so in order to “get started” on content I don’t yet have, I thought, well, I’d better “get started” anyway. Writing about something without having material at hand, or doing any research? Where have we seen that before?
Once the actual content is available, I may add what I laughingly call “insights” to this post. Or maybe not! Should I be lucky enough to fall over dead, however, I’m providing some generic comments that will work no matter what Monday’s strip might contain.
Oh, that wacky Owen! Thank you for your service, Harry Dinkle. Yes, Funky, the weight of the world is certainly keenly felt. DSH John, you sure make history come alive! Get your sad on, Wally. Becky and Bull, yes, students today can be quite the problem! Watch out for the Lord of the Late, Pete! You, uh, sure like old things a lot, Crazy. Jessica and Darrin, um, die in a fire? Les, I’d like to throttle you senseless and then beat your corpse bloodless.
UPDATE: Well, as a joke, today’s isn’t too bad. It sure looks like Les wants to take an actual bite out of his Apple in that last panel.
Son of Stuck Funky 
I don’t believe I’ve seen Les’s teeth before, unless they had a featured role in that, “That’s where he began everything he would become” smugfest earlier this summer.
Wow, what a thoughtful gift, it’ll be perfect for Les. Now he can saunter on into the teacher’s lounge and make smug, self-depreciating jokes to his miserable, struggling co-workers about how difficult it is to operate his expensive new toy. Lucky them.
The smirking. The wordplay. Les Moore. Yes, after a few excruciatingly dull weeks, that familiar Les rage is back. Just look at him there in panel three, what a f*cking dick. I already detest this arc regardless of where it’s (ahem) “going”. And f*ck Cayla too, she’s only encouraging him with the gifts and the coy smirking.
So I guess technology is only evil when it’s not being showered on Les as he so richly deserves…
Apple? Wait, shouldn’t that be “Pineapple”?
looks more like Kindle , o wait almost forgot who the artist is ,good work on cayla also bathacky
Wow, I thought it was the finished copy of the “Lisa’s Story” script that Cayla so thoughtfully wrote for Les because his whiny little ass couldn’t pull himself together under the pressure of having the entire summer off to write the damn thing. Oh, it’s an iPad? Cool, an entire week of Les bitching about how he doesn’t know how to use it and how technology is so evil. Thanks for the gift, Cayla. We all appreciate it.
Well it’s not a long arc about how great comic books are and how people who don’t like them are small minded old women. It’s just a really bad pun. The difference is the same as the difference between walking down a long hot road and that angry panda gif.
Hi, snarkers! It’s time for fun with Les & Cayla. Let’s see if we can enumerate all the affronts to continuity in this single strip!
Les has a serious case of Archie teeth there in panel 3.
Who is this “Black” woman some of you speak of?
So we missed any opportunity of the college daughters off for the summer or going back for another losing year of Lady KSU basketball…..Meanwhile Cory must be a Sgt. by now…….and a POW.
Excellent comment of the week.
Cayla: “It’s a little back to school present for my favorite teacher.”
Les: “Um, where have you been for the past few weeks?!? School’s been in session for a while now! We just had that big night time football game! I helped sell peanuts, remember?”
Cayla: “…forget it. Just forget it, Les.”
Les: “Forget it?!? You’re the one who forgot it!”
Cayla: “Hand me back the damn plaque!”
*Cayla snaps the plaque in two, storms out*
Les: “Now what’s her problem? Oh, well. Back to moping about how HARRRRRD my life is!”
Look at that expression of “happiness” on Les’ stupid face. Man has it been a long time since Batom’s drawn an actual happy person…and it really shows right there.
It’s comparable to the Un-Smile Wally gave us when he shared with Rachel that he prefers Buddy to his own son because a dog doesn’t have needs for affection or healthcare like an evil, stupid human child.
(Um, yah, dogs are just tools, to be put back on a shelf, Wally. Go on thinking that.)
But (ugh) the Way Les’ brows are arching in the final panel. His over the top surprise in the first panel was completely phony. He not only expects expensive gifts from his wife, he sees them as his natural right.
There’s something very…Eddie Rabbit-esque about Les in Panel 3. Jesus Christ I’m dating myself!!!!