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“You Didn’t Choose Brain Damage”. I think we have the title of the inevitable Kent State Press collection of these strips. Published just in time for the holidays.
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Based on other examples of how TomBa’s mind works, it wouldn’t surprise me if that book and title actually appear.
Linda may be on to something… I mean, I was the one who chose to read Funky Winkerbean, but I didn’t choose these “prestige” arcs.
Neither she nor Batiuk really understand risk or causation very well. It had to be rather obvious that bashing his head into something or someone repeatedly would have lead to some sort of nasty side-effect even if CTE was so much alphabet soup when he started out. He chose something…..he just didn’t know what it was yet.
Prediction: Bull kills himself AND LES WRITES THE BOOK!
Doctor: “According to our expensive tests and my expert analysis, you are…in the cone of uncertainty. Please stop by the front desk for your bill and have a nice trip back to Ohio.”
On the FW blog, Batiuk’s been teasing an upcoming arc about “old Hollywood” featuring silent film star “Butter Brinkel.” I assume it’s the same actor that Cindy referred to as “Butter Brickle” last July. I wonder how many concussions Tom Batiuk has experienced?
I saw that. His ‘research’ was googling pictures of Hollywood. Also, clearly a ripoff of Fatty Arbuckle. I suppose he’ll have to change the method of murder so his geriatric Ahia fans don’t get the vapors.
I’m assuming that this is going to be done through sepia-toned flashbacks as even a child silent movie star would be well over 90.
Jackie Coogan, who played “The Kid” in a number of silents, including one with Charlie Chaplin, would be 105 years old this year.
He also played Uncle Fester in the Addams Family back in the 60s. Just in case you wanted to know what a child from the silent film era looked like 55 years ago.
Oh, good grief! By the time this Hollywood (again with Hollywood) arc is over, Butter Brickle Brinkel’s name will be Oleo O’Reilly! And Pete’s will be something else with an ‘R’…