After an excruciatingly long conversation with the store owner who was just trying to make polite conversation, Crazy Harry delivers a bit of Dialog That No One Would Ever Actually Say and comes across as almost as smug and pompous of an ass as Les.
Again, one has to wonder, why in the hell did Les have his book tour in a pizza joint when he could have helped out an actual bookstore!?
When he’s not guzzling free coffee at Montoni’s, Crazy Harry can usually be found upstairs talking “komix” with Dead Skunk Head John. Harry sends DSHJ on a fool’s errand to acquire a rare volume of Tarzan comics, which will complete his plan to rule the world. If one wishes merely to rule the teenagers of Westview, all it takes is putting a sign in the window advertising “Breakfast Pizza”, as evinced by the rapt expressions of the youngsters in panel 5.
Instead of tipping the Funky fedora to Burroughs, whose Tarzan books provided the narrative, TB would do well to doff his cap to Hal Foster and Burne Hogarth, two legends of the Sunday comics who brought the Lord of the Jungle to life.
Here’s today’s comic.
More of Cody’s assdouchery: he plans to feed his new family by “running a comics shop”. Because that career path worked out so well for Mr. Howard, right? No wonder Mallory is looking daggers at him, while protectively holding her “babies” away from this loser. Cody would pin his family’s future on his ability to acquire and resell the most collectible comic book in history.
The “graded and slabbed” lingo suggests that comics fanboy Batiuk has learned a little bit more about preserving collectible comics since the “Starbuck Jones” arc…you wouldn’t just throw Action Comics #1 in a safe…
Talk about unfortunate timing! For Batiuk’s sake, I hope that casual readers of his strip realize that he writes these well in advance, and is not rushing to print in an attempt to capitalize on Friday’s horrific earthquake in Japan.
…You mean it was all just a dream? Pete is jolted back to (within a quarter-inch from) reality, and looks positively inspired. Wait until the editors at DC get Pete’s latest story treatment: Superman versus Deadline Doom and Writer’s Block! Soon Pete’ll be wearing a red apron and bussing tables downstairs with Wally.
Son of Stuck Funky 
