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The Hazards of Holly

Hi snarkers! Oddnoc here. I wish I could could say we’re in for a thrilling treat this week, but we’re reading Funky Winkerbean. That makes us the worst reading club in America.

Today’s strip features a—wait for it!—pun! Oh my gosh! A pun in Funky Winkerbean—I can hardly restrain my glee.

You don’t see the pun, you say? Er, it’s in panel 3. No, not in Harry’s speech balloon. It’s in DSH’s. “Nick the Geek.” Still no?

Maybe that’s because the pun is based on the name of guy who died on Christmas Day 1966, 47 years ago, Nick “the Greek” Dandolos. The guy was born in the 19th Century, so this fits right in with Funky Winkerbean’s focus on “contemporary issues affecting young adults.”

Comic Con

They? Who in the world is John referring to as “they” in today’s strip ? Is Holly actually thinking of going out of Westview to find a comic to complete Cory’s collection?

Is this arc STILL going on?

Sunday Unfunnies

Who says comics have to be funny? Not Tom Batiuk, who realized that comics could move beyond the ‘Gag a Day” schtick and also be sad, depressing, morose, bleak, distressing, dreary, gloomy melancholy, dismal and and heart-breaking as well.

Today’s strip is a perfect example of that. Sure, you could read about the various wars being fought at the moment on the front page of any newspaper, and get biting social commentary on the matter from political cartoons but why not have the crushing reality of having a child in a war zone wedge itself between Slylock Fox and Marvin?

Lisa’s Snorey

It’s great you stayed up all night finishing the script you should have done 22 months ago and all but don’t be too surprised if praise doesn’t come flooding into your email box just yet as it’s around 3:30 A.M in L.A. and even the crackheads at Mann’s Chinese Theater have passed out for now.

Link to today’s strip.

Best Boffo Award

After using three outdated terms for a successful theatrical production or smash hit, one has to wonder what script Les handed her. All this hyperbole over a script where the main character dies of cancer? Making my head hurt even more is that Oscar was mentioned after Les made it clear that the script was being optioned by a Lifetime-esque TV channel.

Link to today’s strip.