Forget snooty Mallory Brooks; here’s Cody’s real significant other. 
Unlike cocky Cody, Owen treats this exercise with due reverence. Yesterday he looked on pensively while waiting his turn at pretend fatherhood. Reaching into the bag, he glances bashfully at “wife” Sara, who, though apparently less than thrilled to be paired with Owen, at least isn’t grossed out by him. Owen seems genuinely saddened by faux Fate’s cruel blow, but best bud and father of “twins” Cody is right there, informing the rest of the class of Owen’s underwear preference.
Tag: Cody and Owen
Owen, Blowin'
Super Band Mom, wearing her pink Ann Apple jacket, shows up in the nick of time with Owen’s horn, and the kid, without even tuning or warming up, nails his solo. Yay.
Blow It Out Your Bullhorn
Owen is not a morning person. But Blondie over there on the right is certainly rarin’ to go!
At Dawn, We Ride
Is anyone else as happy as I am to see Cody and Owen? After a fourth-quarter 2010 dealing with Les’ endless grief, Wally’s (hopefully resolved) anxieties, and Becky’s life turned upside-down by the band turkey sale, an appearance by Funky and Les’ 21st century teenage analogues means that we are back to teh funneh! But not before we spend the first two panels on exposition, courtesy of Chin Pubes Owen. The Marching Goats are off to the Queen City for the MENC North Central Division Conference, which, whaddaya know, is actually happening this week in the real world.
Houston? We Have a Problem
In case we didn’t pick up from last week’s strips that Les’ fame extends beyond Westview, Ohio, Keisha helpfully hammers home the point that this book tour is national, bitches. Summer’s glee over her father’s long-overdue success triggers a face-morph: not only do her beady little eyes light up, but her eyebrows suddenly thicken, her chin recedes, and she manifests an overbite. This startling transformation is lost on Cody and Owen as they pass by in the background, seemingly joined at the hip. Meanwhile, deep in the heart of Houston, Texas, Les struggles with getting his laptop hooked up to a projector. Where’s his “wife Mike” when Les needs him?
What the hell is Les doing in Houston, anyway? Yesterday he was in New York, on the set of the Today show, and Saturday he was calling Cayla from San Diego (there were palm trees in the background, so he sure wasn’t calling from NYC). Batiuk seemed to be hinting at a plotline involving John Darling’s widow Jan, a producer for Today, getting him booked on the show. Appearing on national TV would be a major milestone in an author’s career, but The Creator spends one day on it…SMDH (shaking my damn head)…
