Tag: hatchet face

Alterior Motives

The exposition on awesome continues as we learn that the move back to Westview is more than just a broken dream…it’s two broken dreams. Why two? Well from the counter of Montoni’s, Darin will be financing Jessica’s documentary (an painful digging into the past)…and the second broken dream? It would appear that all the research Jessica needs conveniently sits in a small file box in Les’ office…for it was Les who wrote a book about the murder of John Darling in his first of many futile attempts to secure a book deal. I’d like to see the look on his face when his co-opted material gets Jessica the regional Oscar. Speaking of painful digging into the past, I suspect a bit of revisionist history…as it would appear that Jessica was the popular cheerleader and not at all a member of the AV club.

-Stuck Funky

McHurrrr!

Warning: some of the informative links below, while not NSFW, may be more graphic than you would appreciate

Today Summer shares the finite details of ACL reconstruction from the comfortable ‘hair chair.’ The admittedly graphic details of the surgery sends Les off to *HURRRR!* in the bathroom. Such a reaction makes me wonder how often Les managed to *HURRRR!* while learning about Lisa’s cancer. One can imagine a scenario where the doctor said something as basic as “Well, what happens is that mutated cells undergo rapid and uncontrolled replica-*HURRRR!*”. However, that’s in the past. We could go on for days about whether this associative-bulimia serves to bring back fond memories of Lisa (like everything else); or make easy jokes like “Haha, Grey’s anatomy makes me vomit too…and that’s just from the commericals!…am I right, people?”. The real story here is the use of the flexor hallucis longus (big toe muscle) in repairing Summer’s anterior cruciate ligament. According to the NIH, such a procedure actually requires a tendon from the knee or hamstring. The flexor hallucis longus (big toe muscle) graft is actually meant for achilies tendon repairs. Perhaps Les is fully aware of this and the emotional and financial investment required of a medical malpractice suit is enough to make him *HURRRR!* The more likely scenario is that Les knows the mistake in procedure will sever Summer’s hoop dreams…thus fulfilling the prophecy that fate treats all denizens of this strip as mere chew toys.

-Stuck*HURRRR!*ky:

Dinklelicious

Link to today’s comic.

“My…Commodore 64? What? No, no, charcoal sticks…on deer hide…you see? Like primitive man, cavemen…Commodore, Commodore 64, that’s…that’s a computer, right? I’m talking about primitive techniques…before ink and paper, even; before printers and computers…your joke, it, it makes no sense; it wasn’t funny at all…why are you grinning that hideous grin?”

 

Pete-rified

Today’s strip:

Vespertine is a term used in the life sciences to indicate something of, relating to, or occurring in the evening. Wanted to clear that up first.

TB appears to be giving his komix-fanboy proclivities free rein with this week’s arc (he’s also recycling this Sunday panel from August ’08). This format kinda suits him (if in fact it is TB drawing these strips), because he can get away with giving his characters pepper-shaped noses, pencil wrists, and, yes, the hatchet face, and nobody will blink an eye.

How evil is the Lord of the Late? Just check out his thumb and index finger in panel 1: he’s crushing Pete’s head!