Don’t know if the book signing‘s been canceled or if it just hasn’t taken place yet. Meanwhile Harry and Becky view the wares on display, including “a GPS system for your trombone section.” Because if you’ve seen Animal House, you remember that trombonists have a terrible sense of direction.
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Today we learn that Harry’s not just in town to “compare notes” (HA!) with his fellow music educators…in addition to being a retired band director, Harry’s also a member of that most esteemed class of humankind: Author and Signer of Books! Get ready for the sight of adoring music teachers queuing up for their personally autographed copies of Vol. II (!) of Dinkle’s autobiography. And what does Harry have in common with Les Moore, Westview’s other A&SOB? Why, both have published books with the same titles as those by Tom Batiuk!
The world’s least-retired retired band director, accompanied by his wife and his protégé, attend the Ohio Music Education Conference. Presumably Becky’s attended this conference every year since Harry retired, so it’s unclear why Harriet (a blonde when we last saw her a year ago) needs to point out Harry’s tired old joke.
So I guess today we are back in the “present” after yesterday’s regression to Harry’s mailman days. Or…is Harry working both jobs now? It looks like he’s wearing his postman vest in panel 3. In other sartorial news, Becky’s empty, pinned-up sleeve provides visual focus, as always, as she and John decorate a black Christmas tree. And whoever would equate Harry’s taking a crummy job at the Komix Korner with greed? Clearly this is another one of those punchlines, scrawled on a napkin from Luigi’s of Akron, that Batiuk’s been just itching to use.
It’s already November and we’ve yet to meet a single student other than the perennial Sophmores Cody and Owen. Oh, wait! One of these faceless slumping shadows has been given a name!
Castle. Are we supposed to care about this guy? Are we going to find out he’s a regular at the Comix Corner and the love child of Lisa and DSH or are we never going to see him again!?
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