The Hands of Time

billytheskink
June 26, 2024 at 12:22 pm
Given what Donna had to say about the helmet in that April 2022 story arc where Crazy creeped out Act I Lisa…she pretty much considers it to be a hallucinogen. Or at least that’s her cover story.

Since colorist Rob Ro didn’t show, I’ve added a touch of color. Click to see today’s B/W strip.

So: skeptic Donna acknowledges that the helmet is indeed “scientifically advanced” and “magically endowed,” and that the time travel effects are in fact not hallucinations caused by the trippy and possibly toxic fumes emanating from the helmet’s cheap plastics. Also, she’s time-traveled with Crazy on prior occasions. Got it. At least Batty and Burchette have taken the effort to change the appearance of Montoni’s storefront between the present and the past.

Helmet Head

Hello again dear readers, I hope everyone’s having a wonderful summer so far.

Having to snark on fresh Funky for the first time since December of ’22 is already getting to me. And it’s only Wednesday. But it gives me a chance to reconnect with you all, the long-suffering readers and unsalaried but dedicated team members. I mainly lurk on SoSF lately, but it does me good to see comments from old regulars and more recent commenters. Deepest thanks to comicbookharriet and Banana Jr. 6000 for crafting stellar content, allowing Epicus and me to rest on our meager laurels. And an extra tip of the SoSF straw boater to the aforementioned bj6K for tipping us off (“You guys aren’t going to believe this shit”) to this first installment of Funky Winkerbean’s Untold Tales.

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Pre-liminator

It’s probably just as well that TB is presenting this mini arc on his blog, as opposed to shoehorning it into his Crankshaft comic. If there are any readers out there who know only of Cranky and his pals, and are unaware of fifty years of Funky Winkerbean canon (big “if”), they’ve been confused enough by all these “new” characters turning up in Centerville. Also, kindly excuse my use of the word “canon” here, as Funky canon is, well, loose. We now know that “the ‘Eliminator'”, aka “Donald,” was really a young girl named Donna. 

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Fails Like The First Time

“Welcome to Funky Winkerbean’s Untold Tales. Back when Funky ended, I had mentioned that my intent was to create some new Funky stories now and then and post them on my blog. It took a little while for reality to catch up to intent, but it has as evidenced here by a small little story that I just didn’t have a chance to stage before the curtain came down on Funky...”

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