Tag: John

Harry New Year!

I’m not a huge believer in New Year’s resolutions, but I’ll make one here: in 2012 (well, after today) I will cease to snark about Becky’s Pinned-Up Sleeve. Back in November, snarker Charlene made this comment:

Charlene
November 29, 2011 at 4:24 am
…The lack of a prosthetic arm is one of the few realistic features of this entire strip. Her amputation is too high up for a prosthetic to be of any use.

Take it from me: not every amputation can magically be replaced with a prosthetic. You need a certain amount of bone and muscle left, and her stump is just too short.

So we will allow that Becky (and some real-life amputees) are not unwilling but rather unable to use a prosthesis.

But HOO BOY, does TB beat us over the head with that empty sleeve today! Do you suppose, when Becky puts on her winter coat, that the rolled up sweater sleeve tucks neatly inside the rolled-up coat sleeve?

Flash in the Pan

“Are you sure this comic book is worth anything, John?

“Here’s what it listed for in the price guide in fair condition.”

“Really!? ‘Fair’ condition, huh? Well I wonder what condition it would be in if it were properly bagged and boarded, or even slabbed? It’d probably be worth a lot more, am I right? Sigh…I’ll take your comic for the ‘Save the Sports Raffle’…but I think I’ll just refer to it as a coloring book.”

The (Comic-Reading) Kids Are Alright

Step right up and be clobbered by the Wall of Text that is today’s strip. Owen listens in rapt attention as John preaches from the Gospel of St. Wigransky.

Owen: “He was pretty sharp for a fourteen-year-old.”

John: “Yeah, just the age I like ’em… I mean, yeah, and he read comic books! Hey, speaking of comic books, I keep some, uh, special ones in the back. Wanna see?”

Wigransky Wersus Wertham

Day five of the “Video Games are Harmless” screed. “Golly, Mr. Howard, weren’t there nobody to stick up for comic books to that mean ol’ Doctor Wertham?”

I’m trying to figure out if DSH is just pulling a random comic out of that bin, or is that supposed to be a picture of this Wigransky kid (that John just happens to have laying around)? It doesn’t look like the only picture of him that I was able to Google.

Lesser Whark
November 3, 2011 at 12:53 am
This strip almost makes me want to punch John more than I want to punch Les, and that’s saying something.

It must be that oh-so-serious look he’s had on his face all week; I wanna punch him too: