Tag: Ann Fairgood

Old

Growing older is a big deal in the Funkyverse. I spent a good deal of time trying to figure out Summer’s “gift” of “a senior’s discount card to gateway drugs“. I’m assuming that somewhere in Westview (or maybe Centerville) is a drugstore called Gateway Drugs. Because “gateway drugs” (no caps) usually refers to “the theory that the use of less deleterious drugs may lead to a future risk of using more dangerous hard drugs and/or crime”. Or to quote George Carlin: “Mother’s milk leads to heroin”. Note Summer’s dimples: another of TB’s devices, whenever a character thinks they’re being clever, the dimples appear.

In other aging news, after going from age 50 to 75 yesterday, the Fairgoods have snapped back to middle age. What the hell?

Delivering Darin

Happy birthday, dear Darin. In your honor, TB is showcasing his full array of fancy, non-hand drawn visual effects:

  • Panel 1: whenever an image is displayed on a screen or is behind glass, it must be faded and have highlights streaking across it (and what does today’s panel 1 have to do with the rest of the strip? ).
  • Panel 2: when lit candles are depicted, apply a glowing effect to suggest an arc welder’s blinding glare.
  • Panel 4: When depicting past events, if photo-album corners are not used, make the colors even more washed-out and muddy than usual, and apply halftone dots over all.
Bonus (hand-drawn) visual effect: check out how Darin’s adoptive dad Fred Fairgood ages about twenty years between panels 2 and 5!

In the Midnight Hour

Almost midnight? Time for some huggin’ an’ a kissin’! Bull has loosened up with a few drinks, and Ann and Fred Fairgood exchange fond glances. Cayla and Susan each look for their man, but…where’s the host with the most? No doubt, he’s with a ghost.

TB cuts Cayla a little slack today by drawing her to look like Valerie from Josie and the Pussycats.