by | March 11, 2019 · 12:11 am

Disarmed

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23 responses to “Disarmed”

  1. Charles
    March 11, 2019 at 12:39 am

    Don’t worry, it’s another wasted Monday that sets up the actual setup for this week’s strips.

    Naturally, if something bad has to happen, it has to happen to Funky.

  2. Epicus Doomus
    March 11, 2019 at 1:08 am

    “Les is coming by.”

    “Les is with me.”

    “I just saw Les.”

    “Lisa’s Story, Part Two.”

    “This pizza is cold.”

    It’s the ol’ Monday premise-delaying cliffhanger trick, a BanTom staple for generations. You’d think every Westviewian would have at least one snow blower and probably some sort of snow tractor too, but apparently Funky can’t have heart attack number twelve soon enough.

  3. billytheskink
    March 11, 2019 at 1:14 am

    Not even close, Funky. Not. Even. Close.

    “Les Moore book signing”
    “Starbuck Jones movie premier”
    “The Amazing Mr. Sponge”
    “Rip Tide: Scuba Cop”
    “My father, John Darling”
    “Band director Harry Dinkle”
    “Night manager Wally Winkerbean”
    “Weight of substantial ideas”
    “Funky Winkerbean prestige arc”

    I could go on…

  4. spacemanspiff85
    March 11, 2019 at 1:50 am

    “Have you heard of this thing called ‘gun violence’? According to the youth of today, it’s bad.”

  5. Paul Jones
    March 11, 2019 at 3:55 am

    And yet again, Batiuk’s need to avenge himself on anyone more popular than he was in high school rears its ugly head. Funky should be the happiest man in town but he isn’t because a filthy sadist wasn’t BMOC like he was supposed to be.

  6. Chyron HR
    March 11, 2019 at 7:08 am

    What exactly is Funky shoveling? It’s not his driveway because those are sidewalk slabs. It’s not the sidewalk running in front of his house because there’s no street on either side of it. It’s not the walk leading to his house because then Holly would still be inside and wouldn’t need to call Funky to talk to him. So what exactly is Funky shoveling?

    • Rusty Shackleford
      March 11, 2019 at 7:26 am

      He was out on a bender, just shoveling his way back home. Trying to work off the drunkenness.

    • bobanero
      March 11, 2019 at 9:23 am

      Perhaps Funky has died and gone to hell, where he’ll spend eternity shoveling a walkway that has no beginning and no end. Holly’s phone call is part of the torment, delivering the same bad news (perhaps news of his own death?) at regular intervals forever, telling Funky that he should be sitting down, when she knows damn well that he has no place to sit.

  7. Rusty Shackleford
    March 11, 2019 at 7:32 am

    Hmm, so what fresh hell is this?

    Bull went crazy and shot the high school kids. Being outside clutching signs, their slogans didn’t save them from this madman.

    Cayla finally busted a cap in Les’ behind.

    BATF is hauling Les out as they found he has a real machine gun in his house, it wasn’t cardboard.

  8. bayoustu
    March 11, 2019 at 7:58 am

    Nice to see beloved comic strip character “Ziggy” making a cameo appearance.

  9. sgtsaunders
    March 11, 2019 at 9:10 am

    Someone’s been SHOT!!

  10. Miskatonic Sophomore
    March 11, 2019 at 9:24 am

    I love that Funky immediately goes negative. His dread is reflexive. There is no possibility in his mind that Holly is calling with a pleasant surprise. There is no good news. Joy and hope are dead.

    • timbuys
      March 11, 2019 at 10:44 pm

      “Joy and hope are dead.”

      Well, that’s five words, but it does get to the heart of the strip’s pathos.

  11. Max Power
    March 11, 2019 at 9:36 am

    “I’ve received an envelope in the mail…it looks ominous…I’m about to start to open the envelope…”

  12. Gerard Plourde
    March 11, 2019 at 1:32 pm

    “Are you sitting down?”

    Where does she think he is? Does Ayers just randomly draw strips that TomBa adds whatever dialogue he planned to?

    • Rusty Shackleford
      March 11, 2019 at 5:03 pm

      I think you are right. Ayers draws some generic artwork, Batty swings around later to fill in the blanks. This is his secret sauce for doing minimal work.

  13. beckoningchasm
    March 11, 2019 at 2:20 pm

    “Nominated for a Pulitzer.”