Sunday’s strip was not immediately available, so have at it, early snarkers!
Update: Oh look, a health-care joke. I can think of several Westviewites and a Medinoid I’d like to launch into the Sun.
Today’s Starbuck Jones faux cover tips its funky felt tip to Norm Breyfogle, so feast your eyes on this pastiche from Batominc. Or, you know, look at the real thing.
Update 2: Erich reminds us that it’s no pastiche.
Now Batominc demonstrates what a skilled artist with a year’s lead time can do with a topical storyline. It does that by counterexample, mind you. Is it impressive the way Batominc avoided every salient feature of real Iraqi Freedom jackets?
And what an unexpected plot twist! Nick the Geek Who Looks Like a Tough Biker is an Army vet! Whoa!
Based on the Punisher skull motif, I guessed that Nick the Geek’s comic book store is based on Canton’s Bill’s Books and More, and @bobanero has noted the existence of a Black Hole Comics in Columbus. That store, though, does not seem to feature a Punisher emblem.
The best aspect of this strip, though, is Holly’s unwarranted esteem for her own negotiating skills. It would be even better if she were to imagine herself rounding the bases of a weirdly tiny baseball diamond.
Caveat lector, let the reader beware, is what Nick the Geek’s sign should say. I’m never shocked when Batominc fails to deliver on a narrative promise, so please imagine the next sentence in Truman Capote’s voice: Nick the Geek doesn’t look like a geek; he looks like a member of the Hell’s Angels.†
I know, I know, that makes me a beady-eyed nitpicker. After all, what’s more important—narrative continuity, or a weak pun?
†See? My superannuated references are to guys who died only 3 decades ago.
They? Who in the world is John referring to as “they” in today’s strip ? Is Holly actually thinking of going out of Westview to find a comic to complete Cory’s collection?
Is this arc STILL going on?
Becky, Rachel, and today, Holly, have all graced the Komix Korner with their feminine presence this week, threatening to poison the testosterone-laden atmosphere. So unlikely is Holly’s presence in the store that she feels compelled to explain why she is there.
Son of Stuck Funky 