“Nice to have you home son, even if it could potentially trigger an alcoholic relapse!” Props to Funky for being painfully candid with Cory about his condition (“…when my self-esteem bottoms out”? Lawd!). So ol’ Wade is still around…he was not looking so good when we last saw him at Christmas 2011.
Category: Son of Stuck Funky
Christmas in the Heart (Attack)
Today’s strip is a lot more fun if you imagine “the best Christmas present” is not Cory’s return, but rather the sight of Funky clutching his chest, ready to keel over. Like, this:
On behalf of Team SoSF: Merry Christmas!
The Son through a Window
I happen to be a sucker for those “returning soldier surprises his [blank]” videos. My two older brothers both served in the armed forces, and I still remember the joy my family and I felt upon their safe return. So I guess I won’t beat up Batiuk over having Cory pulling the old stealth maneuver for the second Christmas in a row. Though it is kind of fun to remember that Cory’s training and experience afford him the ability to sneak up on his parents and take ’em out before they knew what hit ’em.
A Very Cory Christmas
Ah! Christmas in Westview, where the yellow cabs are orange and you exit the cab and walk around to the driver’s side window to settle up your fare. The sight of Mom and Dad trimming the tree brings a skull-splitting smile to Cpl. Cory’s face.
Interest Adjustment
Batiuk does love his little in-jokes. For the second time this month, we get a reference to a certain “old bus driver” whom everyone remembers but nobody can name. Something else that TB loves is really lame wordplay, and having his FW characters invoking Ed Crankshaft lets him double his output of malaprops.
Son of Stuck Funky 
