Tag: holidays

Owen the Clone

No wonder Cody and Owen are besties: both enjoy dressing up for Halloween, and then berating anyone who incorrectly guesses at who or what they’re supposed to be. Admittedly, today’s strip is actually funny! Generic Blonde Chick (Mallory or whoever) is kinda flirty, even playfully knocking on “Ben Reilly’s” head, before Owen’s fanboy douchery gives him away.

But the real treat today, of course, is the sight of Les in panel 2, strutting down the hall in full Elizabethan drag! “Hey Mr. Moore! Nice Shakespeare costume!” “Why, I’m not Shakespeare, you dunce! This is a Francis Bacon costume!”

Cody, You're Toast

Halloween is one of the High Holy Days in the Funkiverse, and this year is no exception. Cody’s idea of a “joke” is to dress up as one thing and then tell everybody he’s supposed to be something else? I assume that’s Owen (since Cody has no other friends); when did he get so skinny? He’s got a lot of nerve to insult Cody’s getup. When did Spiderman ever wear one of those goofy chullo hats?

Anyway, the kids in Westview should be grateful that their school district allows them to wear costumes to school. A school district here in New Jersey made news last week when they prohibited “Halloween Dress-up Day”.

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A tip o’ the SoSF leopardskin pillbox hat to the estimable DavidOrth
for once again taking over the blogging reins this past week!

Quality time spent with Dad sure isn’t what it used to be. These days poor Dad’s presence is barely acknowledged by his self-absorbed, distractable child. What’s changed? Why, it’s because of those newfangled “cell phones”! This strip’s anti-technology drumbeat is starting to give me a migraine. Are there any 21st century contrivances that aren’t making life in Westview worse instead of better?