Tag: Cayla

Beating 'Round the Bushka

Epicus Doomus
June 5, 2012 at 12:39 am
Panel two [of Tuesday’s strip]  = worst Summer drawing ever?

Well, maybe…that is, until today! What the hell happened here? Looks like TB put down the “Funky felt tip” and went for the Sharpie Magnum 44! Summer’s crudely rendered mug resembles that of an an Egyptian mummy.

Jeffcoat Wayne
June 7, 2012 at 12:48 am
Bull’s gonna help Les train to climb a 19,000-foot mountain? Riiiiiiight. Bull looks like he can’t even climb into the team bus without breaking a hard sweat. Christ, he looks like he’s about to pop a spleen just climbing out of his minivan.

Meanwhile, fat, lumbering, old Bull Bushka is all of a sudden this powerful, bellowing drill sergeant, and for the sake of a “punchline”, Batiuk has un-retconned Les and Bull’s high school history. Today’s strip just sucks on so many levels.

Con"Grads"ulations, Class of 2022–err, 2012?

Guest blogger DavidO here, reporting for duty for my last entry before passing the reins back to someone with much more talent than I, TFHackett!

Confusing, impossible to decipher time-jumps aside, Summer and Company (Aka, the nameless, faceless rest of her class) has finally graduated from high school!

Call me an ol’ softy but I can’t find too many faults with Sunday’s strip, aside from the smirk on Summer’s P1 baby picture. It’s actually rather well done and paced at a level that lends itself well to a one-shot Sunday strip.

Enjoy it, Snarkers. Dailies like this are far and few inbetween.

It's Called Cloning.

Things sure are moving quickly in this story arc; today’s strip makes it obvious that _____ has gotten a scholarship to Kent State!

Now, I have to admit, _____ has always been one of my favorite characters for the following reasons:

1. Despite being raised by a single parent, _____ has been able to really push herself and become a star basketball player on her high school girl’s basketball team; so much so that Kent State has invited her to the campus and she’s even been able to get a scholarship out of it.

2. ____ is incredibly cool about the fact her parent has entered into a mixed marriage, and is even very close to her new “sister”, _____.

3. ____ May be a girl, but she’s all tomboy at heart, and isn’t afraid to throw down with the boys.

4. _____ loves Montoni’s pizza! Thankfully, she has a parent that works there so she can get a good table. She also has parental figures that work at the local high school that she attends.

Seriously, is there any reason to have Keisha around if she’s just going to be Summer II? How much more interesting would it have been if Keisha didn’t get a scholarship to Kent State and had to slog through classes at a local community college? There’d be resentment, drama, jealousy over Summer’s charmed life and Keisha’s valiant struggle to validate herself…

But what do I know; I’m not a writer, apparently.

A non-turn of events!

A single phone call reveals what a most snarkers and my long-dead grandmother suspected; Summer will be going to Kent State. With most folks a lot more wary of the value of a college education I’m not sure Les should be making his smirk/smug satisfaction face.

In a development that should surprise no one, Summer II got invited to Kent State as well, causing Cayla to break out into her best hatchet-face.

Comin' up, one side of spatula smack!

Guest blogger DavidO here, filling in as best I can for the very funny TFHackett!

Les looks like he’s just about to set some ground rules with a spatual upside of Cayla’s head, if his tiny flippered arm will let him reach that far. Meanwhile, Keisha’s transformation into a classic Westview Turtle person is almost complete. And, of course, no gathering would be complete without at least mentioning Montoni’s greasy pizza.