TB is not content to trash the character of Bull by making him seem stupid and ineffectual. Today he has Bull actually sashaying down the corridor to verify Summer’s claim that Ann Fairgood’s Nannys did indeed bring home the District Title trophy to old Westview. I don’t see Ann’s name on that hardware, and the golden figure on top appears to be ice skating rather than shooting baskets, but the sight of it is enough to elicit slackjawed awe from the coach.
Tag: bricks
Getting Wade
Jason
December 17, 2011 at 8:17 pm
So I looked through all the pictures on the “meet the cast” page, and I’m left with only one question:Who are these people, anyhow?
Seriously, hardly a third of them ever show up in the strip.
Today TB brings one of those unseen cast members off the bench. Meet Wade. Formerly a “homeless man hired to do odd jobs at Montoni’s” (according to the “Unofficial FW Fan Page“), he would later become Funky’s AA sponsor, and is pictured on the book cover at left. Wade’s presence in Funky’s Batiukmobile boosts the combined age of the car’s occupants well into the two century bracket. Knock off the singing, Pop; it’s disturbing!
Father Christmas
In an unusual, abrupt, but very welcome midweek “jump cut”, we see Funky picking up his old man at jokeishly-named “Bedside Manor”. The rarely-seen Pa Winkerbean is one of the most forlorn figures in this strip (and boy, is that saying something). We don’t even know his first name; we only know that he never speaks and that he is fond of a certain Britcom. And if you were to swap that Santa cap hat for a baseball cap, give him some glasses and enlarge the pores on his nose, he’d look just like Ed Crankshaft!
Season's Beatings
Summer’s ego took a beating tonight? She wasn’t the one who put up a brick with the game on the line. No doubt Dr. Les’ prescription for her bruised ego will turn out to be a trip to Montoni’s.
Flash in the Pan
“Are you sure this comic book is worth anything, John?
“Here’s what it listed for in the price guide in fair condition.”
“Really!? ‘Fair’ condition, huh? Well I wonder what condition it would be in if it were properly bagged and boarded, or even slabbed? It’d probably be worth a lot more, am I right? Sigh…I’ll take your comic for the ‘Save the Sports Raffle’…but I think I’ll just refer to it as a coloring book.”
Son of Stuck Funky 