bricks – Page 56 – Son of Stuck Funky

Intolerably

Charles
May 16, 2012 at 1:59 pm
Actually, Nate going all Rules-Lawyer on this is actually pretty cowardly of TB. But we already knew that. And his lecturing the children as if they weren’t already in support of what he’s arguing is a narrative failure.

Nate continues to “tell it like it is”. In classic TB “tell-don’t-show” style, the principal states that intolerance exists “inside this building as well.” But the only objection we’ve seen to the SSC (same-sex couple, if you’re just joining us) has come from perennial Puritan Roberta and the mob of anonymous adults outside the building. Wouldn’t it make for a more compelling story to portray at least a few students as less than accepting? Instead, Batiuk unwisely casts this as an old-fogeys-vs-the-kids conflict.

Quizlings

Jeffcoat Wayne
May 11, 2012 at 12:22 am
How fortunate Summer just happened to pass by, and how extra fortunate she just happens to have everyone’s cell number programmed into her phone.

Indeed, and now “everyone” is prepared to walk out. I bet Owen comes out with that “With great power comes great responsibility” quote five or six times a day, whether or not it applies (and here it does not). Cody, meanwhile, still feeling the effects of his abuse at the hands of Wedgeman, has accepted his insignificance.

Westboro Meets Westview

“So what’s up with all of this?” Turns out that Roberta is not the only intolerant jerk in Westview. She’s merely the ringleader to at least a dozen others, and boy, are they pissed! It’s an ugly mob in every sense of the word.

Doesn’t like gays, but has huge purple polka dots on his sleeve.

“GOD HATES
THE FLINTSTONES”

What’s Lisa
doing here?

And I am very surprised at
Kevin the Midget.

Eff this guy.
Seriously.

Look out! She’s got
the crazy eye!

Fortunately, who should happen by but Summer Moore, defender of the defenseless, who instantly springs into action to organize a counter-demonstration. Hell, instead of a cellphone, why doesn’t TB have her pull a can of spinach out of her hoodie, gulp it down and then proceed to beat the crap out of the demonstrators? She’s that awesome! Oh, right… we still have three more weeks to fill…

Summer of Love

We know that Cody’s a fan of show tunes*, and his panel 1 dialogue suggests a song cue; you can almost hear the strings swelling in the background as he confesses to Owen his feelings for Summer. Owen’s as surprised as the rest of us to witness this turn of events.

*As seen in this strip from 2009

Whale Meet Again

Oh thank God, no basketball.

I strongly suspect that today’s strip was originally supposed to run last September. Mainly because Mr. Moore is assigning his language arts class their “first book” of the year…a week before the beginning of spring? Also because said book is Moby-Dick, which you’ll recall figured in Maddie’s plagiarism arc six months ago. I’ll let this go, though, knowing how much Batiuk hates it when his readers pay more attention to his strip than he does.