Swing and a Miss

If these two dopes would just say what’s on their minds…but no, it’s much more melodramatic to have them be unable to express their feelings like adults.

The ship of narrative has lost its rudder. TB spends two years setting up the Les/Cayla thing before allowing them to consummate their relationship, only to have them agree to “take a break” a few weeks later. Props to Cayla for finally showing some backbone; negative props for following that up with an internal “one more chance”.

Awkward

Today it’s Les’ turn to give an interior monologue…in widescreen! Even in his private thoughts Les cannot bring himself to use “that word” to describe his feelings for Cayla.

What’s up with the glowing blue auras?

Care-Les

billytheskink
May 24, 2011 at 10:27 am

Romance between a pair of dead-eyed 50 year-olds using dialogue rejected by the publisher of novels aimed at 13 year-old girls.

Riff Chick
May 24, 2011 at 10:29 am

Les blocks out his wife’s apparition long enough to fuck another chick who, self esteem issues aside, is attractive and available, and the moment she says “I love you” he recoils in horror.

Les’ horrifed expression has cooled into a “meh” face. Needy Cayla obviously expects him to respond in kind to her expression of love, but Les, having already gotten the milf, I mean, the milk for free, sees no reason to buy the cow.

The L Bomb

Last week, the Cleveland Plain Dealer ran a letter from longtime reader Michael F. Ward of Mayfield Heights, Ohio.

“I hope and pray that all of your cartoonists have gotten rid of their desires to push the sleaze envelope…we had ‘Funky Winkerbean’ creator Tom Batiuk portray his main characters, who are not married and are supposed to be role models at the high school where they are both employed, engaged in a cutesy little rainy-afternoon tryst…”

I expect Mr. Ward will be even more offended when he read’s today’s strip to discover that not only were these two not married (to each other),  they didn’t even exchange “I love you’s” first!