Tag: Les

Les Who's Coming to Dinner

I’m looking forward to Labor Day to see if TB follows through with introducing Les (and us) to Cayla’s family. There’s a lot of plot potential in such a meeting. It would go a long way towards giving us some insight into why a fairly young and (occasionally) attractive woman like Cayla would fall in love with such a douchebag as Les Moore. Even your humble scribe cannot see that far into the Funky future, but I’m going to bet right now that the meeting takes place “off-camera”, and we’ll catch up with our newly-engaged couple after the fact.

Ring Me Up

Riff Chick
August 18, 2011 at 12:25 am
God, even when he’s proposing he’s still the most obviously self satisfied jerk in comicdom. He’s not even asking for Cayla’s hand in marriage, he clearly assumes she has no logical choice but to accept Les’ generous permission to clamp on the ol’ ball and chain.

Remember, Riff Chick, endings have to be earned!Les finally gets around to a proper proposal, proffering the ring box with his fat little pasty hands (but still not getting down on one knee). What is with all the tight closeups in today’s strip? ‘Specially in panel 3! Yikes.

Indecent Proposal

The real surprise today is that Les doesn’t make Cayla get down on one knee while he proposes.

Let’s rewind, though, to panel 1: Who starts a sentence with  “In the main…?” I’m surprised Les went with that cliché instead of “At the end of the day…” And the park is “kind of a touchstone” for him? Oofah! There’s just something about Cayla that gives Les verbal diarrhea…For her sake, I sure hope that diamond is more genuine than the dialogue in today’s strip.

Same Old Used to Be

As he and Cayla walk off that delightful Montoni’s dinner, Les once again holds forth on his favorite subject: Les. For somebody who’s expressed homesickness for somewhere he’s never been, and who spent his college years planning his “getaway”, he is solidly stuck in the hometown of his past. Of course, Les is unable to speak about that past without conjuring up his late wife. It’s hard to read Cayla’s expression in panel three (hell, I’m assuming that’s even her!). She’s either rolling her eyes at the umpteenth gazillion mention of Lisa, or she’s totally not listening to him.