Oh thank God, no basketball.
I strongly suspect that today’s strip was originally supposed to run last September. Mainly because Mr. Moore is assigning his language arts class their “first book” of the year…a week before the beginning of spring? Also because said book is Moby-Dick, which you’ll recall figured in Maddie’s plagiarism arc six months ago. I’ll let this go, though, knowing how much Batiuk hates it when his readers pay more attention to his strip than he does.
Now it’s Cory’s turn to express his outrage at the school’s decision to remove the “vendos”, and Linda gleefully directs him to the “healthy” alternative to potato chips. She’s having a little too much fun with this whole thing.
Epicus Doomus
December 22, 2011 at 12:47 am
…Time for some “old senile people” hilarity, just in time for Xmas. Ho, ho ho indeed.
“Who’s this?”, asks Pa of the guy he was sitting behind five minutes ago in Funky’s car. Dunno if TB presents this as evidence of Pa’s senility, or just to provide continuity for those Sunday-only FW readers.
Professor Kablichnick’s Formula for Science Silliness: take one science factoid from last year’s news, then make a lame attempt to make said useless factoid relatable to the little monsters in his classroom, then watch as Cory rises to the bait. By the way, Jim, the lunar shrinkage occurred gradually over the last billion years. You may be old, but the difference in size since your high school days is infinitesimal. And in what way does this impact Cory? I’m pretty sure that he mutters “Perfect…why does everything always happen to me?” anytime there’s a pause in Jim’s lectures.
Today’s panel 1 reminds me of the recurring “I’m crushing your head! I’m crushing your head!” bit from The Kids in the Hall. And speaking of crushed heads, we’re treated to another 2D profile view of Cory’s dour mug. Instead of occasionally getting his own arc, our favorite juvenile delinquent now exists solely to deliver snide, snotty comments to others.
Son of Stuck Funky 
