So I thought this was a party? Looks like it’s just the two couples. And why have they not donned their gay apparel? Cayla’s dressed in purple, for cryin’ out loud. Les’ genius plan to cheer up his guests is to drag them around the neighborhood in the snow, singing to strangers. Humbug, indeed.
Tag: holidays
Some Timely Shit
Hey everybody, it’s Les and Cayla! You win, Tom Batiuk, I have never been so thrilled to see Les and his bride! Not to mention their Talking Christmas Tree, speaking to us through the window in panel 1! Seems Funky and Holly are having a blue Christmas, thinking about their little boy in green. “I think I know what we can do to pick up their spirits!” urges Les. “Do that trick where your appearance completely changes from one panel to the next!”
The abrupt end to the Crazy Harry arc probably is due to the fact that Batiuk realized he only had til today to squeeze in his “Mayan Calendar” gag.
ximoK renroK
Today’s question isn’t quite as bizarre as yesterday’s, though the use of past perfect tense (why not just “Do you miss being a mailman?”) makes it a bit weird. I’m so sick of this arc that I’m reduced to picking on the grammatical construct. How about you guys and gals?
Would You Buy a Used Comic Book from This Man?
So I guess today we are back in the “present” after yesterday’s regression to Harry’s mailman days. Or…is Harry working both jobs now? It looks like he’s wearing his postman vest in panel 3. In other sartorial news, Becky’s empty, pinned-up sleeve provides visual focus, as always, as she and John decorate a black Christmas tree. And whoever would equate Harry’s taking a crummy job at the Komix Korner with greed? Clearly this is another one of those punchlines, scrawled on a napkin from Luigi’s of Akron, that Batiuk’s been just itching to use.
Funksgiving
Thanksgiving 2010: Becky is so exhausted from selling band turkeys that she’s unable to stay awake for Thanksgiving dinner with her family (no wonder she stuck Owen with the job this year).
New Year’s, 2011: While two living, breathing women compete for his affections, Les rings in the New Year pining for his long-dead wife.
Labor Day 2011: At Cayla’s family picnic, Les fouls a softball off his face.
New Year’s, 2012: Coach Bull is too busy fretting over the Lady Scapegoats’ winless streak to enjoy a party with friends.
Mother’s Day 2012: Summer carefully selects just the right card to leave on her mother’s grave.
Father’s Day 2012: Funky “honors” his father by dragging him from the rest home for an awkward meal at the food court in the bustling mall.
Readers have surmised by now that, in a Funkiverse where people avoid expressing joy lest they tempt cruel fate, the holidays are occasions to ratchet up, rather than leave aside, despair. Having decided that it’s too taxing to take Dad out of the home for the holidays, Funky contents himself with paying the old man a visit “now and then”. Pop may not recognize his only son, but you can’t blame him for thinking that this “nice man” must live in the nursing home too: he certainly looks to be of age.
Wishing you all a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Son of Stuck Funky 