Batiukmobile® – Page 33 – Son of Stuck Funky

Oh Shoot

With our girls finally off to college* (more than a month after classes began), Les turns his attention to the Lisa’s Legacy® Run (which had already taken place this time last year) and, uh…oh yeah, the wedding. Cayla, who just a week ago was almost giddy describing the wedding plans, expresses her wish to die. Even Les is taken aback. I’m sure this is meant to be taken as a joke, except Cayla’s not smiling: in fact, she looks utterly defeated.

Your humble narrator’s feeling a bit defeated too, because once again, the upcoming strips are not available online for preview…even Senor Tortilla’s URL workaround isn’t working. So it’s back to “placeholder” posts again, that will go live at midnight eastern, with a link to the strip and my snark to be added later.

*Seeing Beetle Bailey and Popeye instead of Les and Funky? Click here.

It's Just Been Raining…on My Face

No, Cayla’s crying. Maybe it’s because, instead of following her mom’s footsteps and becoming a standout for the Akron Zips, Keisha is destined to continue being superstar Summer’s trusty shadow.

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This Is "Y" We Snark

While the autumn weather in Westview may be “a little dicey“, just an hour away in tropical Kent, Ohio, it rains every damn day. You’d think that Les, knowing this, would dress accordingly and advise everyone else to do the same. You’d also think that after climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, Summer’s legs would have a little more shape.

The Wedding Un-planner

I suppose that the reader is expected to chuckle at Les’ lackadaisical approach to wedding planning: typical last-minute male thing, amirite? But Cayla’s reaction could serve as a response to any number of instances of TB’s own sloppy storytelling, e.g., Summer in April of her senior year: …”I’m going with my dad to check out a college this weekend.” “Seriously? That just occurred to you?”

Fair to Middling

…is Les gone? Oh, thank God.

So long has it been since we last saw Wally, Rachel and Buddy that whoever colors these strips has forgotten that Rachel was a redhead, and Buddy is a Golden (not Silver) Retriever. Comparing today’s strip with this strip from nearly two years ago shows what a difference Buddy the Wonder Dog has made in Wally’s life. Back then, it was Rachel who dragged Wally to the fair, where his anxiety immediately got the better of him. These days, it’s Wally who takes the initiative (weirdly waiting until they are already getting into the car to suggest a destination). It’s unclear how the dog developed a fried pickle addiction in the two years since their last fair visit.