Tag: Cayla

Ribbed For Her Pleasure

Speaking of St. Lisa, panel 1 seems weirdly evocative of the cover of the first Lisa’s Story book.

I hope you all enjoyed your nearly three-week respite from Les (I know you enjoyed it). Today he’s back, and if you thought his marriage to Cayla meant he’d finally stop talking about his dead first wife, well– oh, you didn’t think he’d stop? Neither has Les stopped thinking that his wry, nonsense-logic brand of observational “humor” is funny to anyone but himself. What has changed is that Cayla, rather than rolling her eyes at Les’ mentions of his late bride, has taken to physically and verbally abusing him each time Lisa’s name comes up. The fact that we see Les in the bathroom taping his ribs before this action takes place suggests that the abuse is ongoing. Notice in the last panel how he’s gone from a smug wiseguy to a pathetic, cringing little milksop.

 

Fake Punt

Who else had to look up what it means to “outpunt your coverage“? Obviously it’s a football analogy (so of course it comes out of Bull’s mouth), but in football, when you outpunt your coverage, you’re giving your opponent a chance to return the punt and gain good field position. However, according to urbandictionary.com defines this as “when a guy with no looks and no money lands a hot chick.” What a nice compliment to pay a girl about her father.

Lois Lame

If yesterday’s strip made you gag, you better be sure to have a barf bag close at hand before you check out today’s strip.

Batiuk takes Sunday off again, filling the space with another comic book “tribute”. Last month we had Les and Cayla as Superman and Superwoman; today they’re Supe and Lois Lane, on an Action Comics cover from 1955 (spoiler alert: the story ends with Lois awakening to find that her marriage to Superman was only a dream).

But what’s really pukeworthy here is that two minutes into his marriage to Cayla, Les has to bring up his “first wedding” to Lisa. A noted author once said “Endings have to be earned.” You know what else has to be earned? The respect and the good will of your audience, if you expect them to let you get away with “writing” sappy, facile garbage like this.

Who Could Ask For Moore?

Well. The tree managed to hang onto its beautiful golden canopy of leaves until the big day. And Mrs. Les Moore hangs on to her groom, the better to flash that band o’ gold (remember Les still has his from last time). The guests (where is Cayla’s family?) are all choked up, but Jim goes even further by inexplicably declaring this union to be the best thing that ever happened to him.

Knot in My Backyard

Well, it’s official.

BeckoningChasm
October 18, 2012 at 12:11 am
Look closely at [Les’] face. He looks more rueful than happy.

I guess what we’re seeing today is what passes for Les’ “happy” face. I just had to see how that grin would look, unhidden by that damn goatee. I think it’s actually an improvement. He looks like an Archie character.

“Sisters” Summer and Cayla seal the deal with a painfully awkward fist-bump. The guests are invited to pick up their folding chairs and proceed to the backyard for the post-nuptial pig roast; I’m sure they’re glad they dressed up for this.