Arm-istice

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Over at Jitters Coffee Shop (hey: the lettering in their front window is sdɹɐʍʞɔɐd), Rachel has apparently summoned Becky for a sit-down. “I know this is a crazy time of the year for you…hey, speaking of crazy, did you know your ex-husband treats a trip to the supermarket like a commando raid? What is up with that?” And when oh when will the Creator Batiuk grant Becky a prosthesis? There are only so many ways to rock that rolled up/pinned up sleeve look.

Oh my…Darling?!?

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What the…

Via flashback, Batiuk resurrects the other character whom he famously killed off. I guess the Westview football coaches really do have to talk to the media. And back when “Bull” Bushka was still playing (I’m guessing that’s him in panel 3, holding his helmet and weeping), their coach was…I don’t know, some guy. Young Ed Crankshaft, perhaps? Well, he does share Ed’s doorknob-esque nose, as well as his “is-he-being-sarcastic-or-is-he-really-that-clueless” worldview.