“Are you sure this comic book is worth anything, John?
“Here’s what it listed for in the price guide in fair condition.”
“Really!? ‘Fair’ condition, huh? Well I wonder what condition it would be in if it were properly bagged and boarded, or even slabbed? It’d probably be worth a lot more, am I right? Sigh…I’ll take your comic for the ‘Save the Sports Raffle’…but I think I’ll just refer to it as a coloring book.”
So the clusterf**k that is the Save the Sports Raffle hurtles onward at breakneck speed, thanks in no small part to the estimable interpersonal skills of Chamber of Commerce president Winkerbean. No doubt it will be a smashing success, even with less than a week to publicize the event. “All of the local eateries” will be providing the food, meaning the menu will consist of pizza (natch), kebabs and tacos.
Funky grudgingly accepts the travel agent’s generous donation of a trip to Tanzania to climb Kilimanjaro. Judging from his reaction, this makes for such a lame prize (especially compared to a Disney vacation) that he has no choice but to foist it off as a “mystery trip”. Kind of weird coming from an author who’s actually climbed Kilimanjaro himself!
I know “it’s called writing”, but TB’s been doing a lot of it this week: once again today we’re treated to a first panel jam packed with Funky’s exposition.
Anybody who happened to read this September interview with Tom Batiuk already sees where this is going (spoiler alert!):
Without giving too much away, are there any more “big events” planned for the cast…?
TB: Sure! There are a bunch of big events, inside and outside of the strip…the girls’ basketball team is going to be vying for the State Championship…In the middle of the year, Les and Summer are going to climb Kilimanjaro.
This tells us that Funky’s improbable raffle idea will succeed (of course!) in saving Scapegoat athletics, and also that TB’s avatar Les will be making a Kili expedition, just as TB did in February 2010. Hopefully Summer’s bum knee will hold up!
It’s strips like today’s that make your humble scribe just want to…auughhhhh! “Body up”? A guy who’s lived his life around sports doesn’t know that it’s “buddy up”? This “meeting” between Bull, Funky and Les (and what is Les even doing here?) has degraded into a game of “Let’s Get Bull to Say Stupid Things”.
Son of Stuck Funky 