Finally, some genuine mid-week suspense for a change. Is he going to play this for laughs or are we about to travel down Batiuk’s Dark Path yet again? The last time Funky had to face his own mortality all sorts of hi-jinx ensued, not the least of which was the birth of “Starbuck Jones”. Maybe this time Funky will go back in time and tell BatYam to forget all about this “serious” new direction of his and go back to writing gags before it’s too late. I can’t see this being quite that ambitious, but a good ol’ Funky health scare beats the hell out of four more days of gym jokes. It’s way funnier too.
Is it just me or is the background getting darker with the dots?
I think that’s the subtle indication of Funky’s worsening condition.
Subtle? In this strip? Batiuk sneezed his hot chocolate onto the drawing.
I am sooo conflicted. After Fearless Leader punked us years ago with an April Fool’s Day heart attack strip, I’ve been wary of being reeled in again. But, the strip looks legit, and copyright laws and all, so I’m guardedly optimistic as to the possibility of more misery in the Funkyverse.
Indigestion? That’s what you get for eating your Double-decker Death-dealer Pizza before gym, Funky. Especially when use that tainted pepperoni.
Curious; the seattlepi site runs a different strip for 1 April, one which logically precedes the strip here. This strip doesn’t have the date written inside a panel. Did Batiuk write “4-2” on Fitness Guy’s black shirt? Or is this an April Fool prank?
Comics Kingdom now shows the same strip as SeattlePI, the one where Funky tells the trainer he’s not working out. So I think CK accidentally showed tomorrow’s strip a day early, and Funky doesn’t have his heart attack until tomorrow.
Hahaha, excellent! This strip hasn’t provided a laugh in months.
And by months I mean decades.
Shoulda been you, Les.
“Lisa never had to work out.”
The actual strip is bad wordplay about how lazy and apathetic Funky is. Batiuk is doing another death fake-out……
FINALLY, a FUNNY one! Was that so hard, Tom?
Crankshaft was funny too, I guess Batty is playing an April Fools joke on us.
The misery will return tomorrow!
The giveaway is the trainer in panel one. He has the exact same stance as Monday’s strip. Still, well done, sir, well done!
I have no idea what you’re talking about, sir.
That’s dirty pool TFH!
AND you have deprived us of the real strip which I am sure was full of hijinks and hilarity.
See, that is how you do April Fool.
Here be the real strip https://skyfutonsockfun.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/200401.gif
Thanks for playing along!
It was a master stroke. Err…infarction.
Ha, you got me too. Just so used to Batty’s laziness…
Kudos and huzzah! I was so excited to comment first, I didn’t even think about the date.
Have to be quick on the draw to beat this fine group of snarkers, and I let my haste blind me.
Again, we’ll done TFH!!
Me too. April 1 came around quickly. I was thinking…it’s April..already? The time just keeps flying by faster.
I once had a heart attack. Never thought of clutching at my liver.
Gee whiz. A Funky Winkerbean character is having a medical emergency. I’m so shocked. I wonder if he’ll be perfectly fine. So much drama. Yawn.
Exactly. It’s gotten so old. Like watching a soccer game and hearing the announcer get loud as the players are about to score – and miss. The only reason we knew for 100% sure that Bull was getting killed is because the papers announced it.
I bought it. It seems so Funky.
Great song, though.