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Basket Case

Happy Easter, gang, and a tip of the ol’ SoSF Easter bonnet to Epicus and SoSFDavidO for their guest stints over the last several weeks! Your pal TFH is stepping in to ramp up the “festivities” marking the fifth anniversary of Son of Stuck Funky this week!

Before laying eyes on today’s tableau, I’d have wagered that today’s holiday would have passed unremarked (as it is in today’s Crankshaft, but then Easter 10 years ago might have fallen on a different Sunday). Despite the abundance of baskets, bunnies, and eggs, this scene suggests Christmas (specifically the Epiphany) more than Easter, as Westview’s Holy Family is surrounded by the Magi bearing gifts. I recognized dowdy, nondescript Kerry, Fred’s daughter from his first marriage, though she’s not been seen since Thanksgiving 2013. It took me a lot longer to surmise that the big smirking blonde to the right is Jessica’s mom Jan Murdoch Darling (you’re welcome).

Anyway, it’s a good thing for Skyler that this mob showed up bearing baskets, else he’d have had to content himself with that pitiful tiny basket before him, which I don’t think even contains any chocolate—that green rabbit’s probably made of carob or some crap. It’s certain that the basket’s chintzy size has less to do with “keeping Skyler away from candy”—on one of the two big candy holidays all year, for goodness’ sake—and everything to do with Boy Lisa’s meager Montoni’s salary.

Thank Les

DavidO here snarking from a somewhat dusty room in here…*wipes an eye*

In today’s strip, we’re celebrating a major holiday with nary a Les in sight. Neither is there a mention of book tours, ghostly wives, pizza or marching bands. We even get to see Skyler in a somewhat closer view today and the kid doesn’t look bad.

Let’s be thankful for everything we have today, including a FW strip that doesn’t make every bone in my snark body ache.

(Sn)ugly Baby…

DavidO here, with a strip title swiped straight from a Seinfeld episode!
My ponderings about how little Skyler would look close up weren’t answered in today’s strip and that’s a good thing. Someone needs some SERIOUS practice with baby faces and heads. And arms legs and torsos. Thankfully blankets can be an uncertain artist’s best friend but the strip is starting to remind me of the opening Austin Powers routine, except with Skyler’s face instead of Austin’s willie. I mean, seriously, what is that supposed to be in P2? It looks like they’re fawning over a potato. Tombat better get to some real world life-drawing classes in soon or start stepping up his exposition even more to accommodate for his art.

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Koffee with Kerry

Charles
February 6, 2013 at 2:59 am
You know, I realized that this is probably the incredibly botched introduction to the Lisa Coda*, as Darrin realizes that he, too, has a father who he has never met. So he goes and hunts down his bio dad to reconnect, despite never having met him and only knowing that said bio dad raped his bio mom when she was a teenager. (He knows that, right? With all her addiction to drama, Lisa HAD to tell him that, right? Right??)

You know, sometimes adopted children don’t want to meet their biological parents, and a situation like this would most likely be one of those times.

I’ll take the “forced at gunpoint” comment to mean that Darin’s among those who would not care to meet his “real” father. I doubt even more that Frankie would appreciate Darin’s visit (unless, of course, Frankie’s suffered a stroke too).

I took a peek at the “Teen Pregnancy Story Arc” (how’s that for a catchy title) in the Archives section of the official FW site. Upon further review, it appears that Lisa consented to sex with Frankie, rather than having been forced. Just wanted to throw that out there.

Binders Full of Broads
(posting at the Comics Kingdom page)
January 26, 2013 at 12:50
Hey, some of us young people like to eat Jell-o and watch TV, too. It’s the people who drink coffee with both hands that concern me.

* “Lisa Coda”: In his blog post of last Nov. 6, Batiuk teased something he’s been working on: “Events in the present will spark a sort of flashback/prequel which will crossover into real life…as well as a crossover with Crankshaft thrown in for good measure. Oh, and lest I forget, a long lost character as well.”