Son of Stuck Funky

It’s been bothering me for a while now; Pete looks like someone famous but I can never remember who. With the profile view in tonight’s strip it hit me!

Only Howard Cosell looks less like a melting waxwork figure.

In any case, Pete still can’t see the upside of getting the chance to work on a truly epic story arc in the canon of Mr. Sponge and instead continues moping as if he’s tasked with actually killing someone off in real life with his bare hands.

You’re a writer , Pete, and from the way you’ve been played up, the last great dreamer. Surely you can figure out how to bring Sponge Jr. back. Besides, it’s comics! You can basically pull a Simpson’s reset with the barest of explanations and readers will take it. How do you think Superman survived a storyline like this?

I haven’t read it but Superman probably hit Jimmy in the head with a rock and gave him amnesia. I’m sure Westview’s boy genius can figure something out.

While waiting for tonight’s strip to update, I’d like to point out the Urban Dictionary definition of sponge.

Sponge: A lazy, workshy tosser who would rather let his friends pay for everything than put his hand in his own pocket

Well, heck, I know people like that, and while amazed at their gall when it came to the “I forgot my wallet” routine when out to dinner in a group of friends, I never thought these people were individually amazing.

Oh, the strip is up! Oh, it’s a writer thinking outloud about writing. I can’t snark funnily on this. Apologizes to all.

SoSfDavidO here, ready for another snark! And holy cow, what a revelation today! From the look of today’s strip, it appears the publishers of the fine piece of literature that is the Adventures of Mr. Sponge and Son are after money. Notdoing the story of his adventures proud but money! And they’re willing to temporarily kill off a minor, easily replacable character to do it!

Hi folks! SoSfDavidO here with another sneak peek into the workings of what went into making a comic book way back in the early 2000s in today’s strip!

Hoo-boy. Absorbing Junior. I’m assuming his sidekick has the same lame powers his big pal Mr. Sponge has but he can’t absorb as much. We’re talking pints to Mr. Sponge’s gallons.

If I know one thing about comics, (and this goes for books and movies, too) it’s that the target demographic wants a character they can not only identify with but fantasize about being. This is why Wolverine and Superman are so popular. Who wouldn’t want to fly, or be an invincible bad-ass?

This is also why Fantastic Four sucks so much. What kid wishes they could stretch their arms really long or be stuck as a walking orange cinder block? And the Invisible Woman? Geez, could that be more offensive? Johnny Storm is kinda cool but he’s a bit of a douchey showoff.

I’m trying to imagine some universe where Mr. Sponge could last as a super hero past a MadTV skit. It’s like watching Hell’s Kitchen and everyone is ordering risotto for a appetizer. It’s so dumb it’s baffling.

Hi folks! SoSfDavidO here with another sneak peek into the workings of what went into making a comic book way back in the early 2000s in today’s strip.

Hey, great, just what this strip needs, another pudgy bald white guy that’s impossible to tell from another! I’m not sure what’s going on with Pete’s eyes but I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt on drugs and chalk it up to late night 4-Chan browsing sessions while downing a 6-pack of Jolt Cola.

Panel three Pete looks– well, I can’t read that expression at all but I think Batuik was going for “shocked” at the idea of of killing off a superhero for ratings. I mean, it’s not like DC Comics did that way back in 1992 or something.

It’s when in the Funkytime line, the early oughts? Comic companies were already crapping out zombie-variant themed books with multiple foil covers and crossing storylines over in such a way you had to buy 16 comics a month just to follow your favorite X-Man. The fact it’s all about the moolah should have been obvious to Pete even back in Westview when he was a collector.