Well, in fairness, that’s typically how high school popcorn/candy sales work. The parents will buy two or three, some relatives will be guilted into picking up a couple, and the seller doesn’t even have to stop lounging in front of the TY! Watching Elvis the Pelvis! You know, I think it’s time he had a haircut!
As I said, that’s how it usually goes. Though it’s kind of sad to see how little Les thinks of his charges; naturally, none of them are going to put any effort into this…or into anything else, ever, for the rest of their lives. Supposedly, Les is a teacher, and is supposed to inspire them. Instead, he would just prefer to offer yet another highly-punchable smirk. The man is a walking disease.
It’s surprising that he still has all his teeth.
Son of Stuck Funky 
I wonder why the yellow shirt? I recall high school teachers who would frequently repeat the ties they wore every week, but never one who owned a single dress shirt. Or a closet full of the same dress shirts. And yellow is a really hard one to pull off when wearing it with a suit, to a wedding, or a funeral. Meanwhile, the lake effect snow is still spilling south into Ohio rather than east into New York.
That is one useless sign. “Senior class fundraiser”? What about it? What’s being sold? When? What’s the money being raised for? Batiuk, if you’re going to have a boring panel of a school sign that doesn’t have a hint of humor, you could at least try and make sure it makes a little bit of sense.
One of the good things about living in Westview is that no one is ever hassled by parents selling fundraising garb like this at the office.
You know, because no one in Westview has a job.
BanTom’s been doing these school fundraising gags since Elvis was alive. Like with rain, he just thinks the entire notion of students selling things is hilarious. That’s the joke. He’s not going to bother with jokes ABOUT school fundraisers, the premise (which is thoughtfully spelled out for readers on the school message board) is all he needs.
Les doesn’t put any effort into this class, so why should the students?
And what’s wrong with selling to friends and family? That’d always a good place to start. Les is running out of things to be a smug shit about, as impossible as that seems.
So this would appear to legitimize the question asked yesterday. It’s logical to assume that students who can’t afford the cost wouldn’t be going.
“We forgot a punchline today, but given how the last few worked out, that’s probably for the best. Please accept punching this picture of Les in your imagination instead as an alternative.
Sincerely,
Batom Comics”
I just read about Tom Batiuk’s fondness for CFL teams. I guess when you’re a Cleveland Browns fan and you refuse to switch allegiance to the hated Bengals, you have to really dig deep.
You’d think for someone who was actually a teacher, he’d have more to write about schools than “kids are morons” and “schools need money”.
I wonder if Les realizes that he and his fellow smug incompetents are why the masses want Westview High to dry up, blow away and allow them to send their kids to Big Walnut. He and Suicide Girl did a bang-up job alienating people with that stupid play, after all.
Cub scouts sell popcorn. I should know, I was a den leader for my kid’s pack. HS seniors don’t, ar least none that I have ever known in the past 40 years.
This arc ought to be real easy for T-Bats. He has years of “band turkey” strips for his assistants to redraw.
I never understood the business model of “produce some crap that nobody would normally buy, convince schools or youth organizations to sell that crap at a huge markup to people who feel obligated to buy it, and reap huge profits”, but it seems to work.
Anyway, today’s punch line is as old as that business model, and as I think about it there is a parallel between that and FW. After all, TB is producing some crap that nobody would normally read, convincing Brendan Buford to publish the crap in the newspaper where I feel obligated to read it, and reaping (huge?) profits.
Well, at least these kids will actually be learning a skill that will be useful for their future. Working door-to-door for scam marketing firms will probably their only means of employment in Westview.
Since the movable letters on the Worstview High sign are unprotected and at ground level, we have to assume they’ll be re-arranged in short order. What interesting anagrams can we make from “SENIOR CLASS FUNDRAISER”? Feel free to dispose of spare letters in the convenient snowbank.
To get things started, the obvious: “SENILE ASS FUND”
Or the equally obvious: “LES NO FUN”
Or the simple, yet elegant: “DIE LES”
Which we could elaborate to: “DIE OF CANSUR LES” on the assumption that the Lord of Language was too busy making clever puns and smirking to bother teaching his students how to spell.
Your contributions…?
Our retired cartoonist Berke Breathed should be getting Batty’s paycheck. Did anyone else check out his tribute to David Bowie yesterday and today?
–Our retired cartoonist Berke Breathed should be getting Batty’s paycheck. Did anyone else check out his tribute to David Bowie yesterday and today?–
Yes. Outstanding work as always, Mr. Breathed.
Heh,heh, I still have my Billy and the Boingers record. Wonder if that thing still works
Yeah i had a copy of that too….along with a Bill the Cat and Opus. Those were the days…even FW was funny back then too.
“I just read about Tom Batiuk’s fondness for CFL teams.”
@ HAnzMFG: I thought CFL referred to those curly lightbulbs?