Sure It Was, Mason

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I wonder how many years he’s been waiting to finally find an excuse to use that gag? Well done, BanTom, well done. And what’s the deal with that tiny dining room table? That whole town is overrun with leaves every year but there isn’t a single table leaf to be had. Go figure.

And what the hell is up with Mason’s rapidly-receding hairline? I thought he’s supposed to be some sort of Hollywood pretty-boy, so what’s with the enormous forehead? Come on, Batom, the guy’s only been in town for like a day, the effects wouldn’t be hitting him THAT quickly. He kind of looks a little like Andrew Jackson there in panel one IMO.

Their reaction to Mason’s joke is actually totally logical if you think about it. They sit there stunned upon hearing Mason’s joke because let’s face it, how many actual jokes do these people hear? It’s like if you visited some long-lost indigenous tribe in some remote rainforest and showed them your smart phone. They just can’t comprehend it fully, there’s nothing to compare it with. Then they burst into laughter as if his joke was the funniest thing they’ve ever heard, which it very well could be. And Les is totally devastated as he realizes his dumb puns and stupid bits of wordplay will now be held to a whole different standard. So the whole thing is pretty plausible IMO. In a way, Mason Jarr is their new god. Now all he needs to do is get his hands on the holy scrolls aka Holly’s SJ collection and he’ll rule that town.

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Author: Epicus Doomus

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16 thoughts on “Sure It Was, Mason”

  1. Batiuk has actually named a school D.U.I. and had a team named “the Fighting Consensus-Builders”, so why would anybody in this universe think what Jarr is saying is funny?

  2. High School is one of the few topics of conversation allowed in Westview. The others are comic books, pizza and Saint Lisa.

  3. @MJ: Don’t forget cancer. And dying. And what a “pistol” that Ed Crankshaft was about 15 years ago.

  4. Someone will have to sit Batiuk down and explain to him that his love of puns and wordplay only makes sense when they are actually funny. At all.

  6. Whoa! What’s with that table?? A 3 by 3 foot card table that’s two feet high? And what about proportion? In the 2nd panel, Summer appears to be the size of Sasquatch. Wait. It’s called “drawing.”

    Where’d Crayola get the oversized choppers? I’d almost rather see a Lynn Johnston sticky-out-tongue laugh.

  7. That second panel needs to be included in art class textbooks as an example of terrible scaling and proportion.

  8. Hey gang, some website maintenance going on today so if we’re down fret not, it’ll be back.

  9. You’re talking to a group of people who’s high school mascot is a scapegoat. Of course you have to explain that it’s a joke.

  10. Do you think the reason they’re not eating pizza is because, faced with a strip that has that much content to absorb, a FunkyFan’s head would explode when exposed?

  13. Maybe Mason Jarr forgot his Rogaine at home. Given the sense of hopelessness in Westview, the pharmacies probably don’t stock Rogaine. After all, who in Westview is can ever improve his situation in life? Besides, having scant amounts of hair is in fashion in Westview. The more you can look like Dead Lisa, the better.

  15. The look on Les’s face is priceless. It’s a look that says “Oh, no! Now people will laugh when I make my stupid pseudo-profundities!!”

  16. “Hmmph. My agent laughs at all my jokes. I guess some children WERE left behind.”

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