I guess the joke, if that is the correct term, is that Thatsnought never thought being a musician would entail heavy lifting.
It’s quite possible that, in the myriad of universes parallel to our own, this joke is considered quite a knee-slapper.
In this universe…not so much.
It strikes me that there’s someone who might start to rethink a career in cartooning.
Wow, it looks like Bernie and Thatsnought are determined to make this sale! In the second panel, it appears they are physically forcing the mattress against that lady, shoving her back into her own home! “Buy this mattress or we will kill you with it!” Wow, that eleven dollars is as good as theirs!
Many folks have pointed out the idiocy of this arc–you don’t lug the damned mattresses around, the same way you don’t carry around turkeys that are becoming dangerous by the minute as they thaw and incubate. No, you show pictures to folks and take orders, then you order the stock, and then you deliver the orders. But that’s not the way things work in the Batiukverse.
Okay, fine, comic strip rules are not the same as real-world rules. But here’s my question, specifically about what we’re seeing here, with Bernie and Thatsnought shilling a mattress.
What happens if they sell it? Are they done for the day, or do they have to go back and get another mattress, come back and start again at the next house on this street? Is there a flatbed truck just out of sight that has a dozen or so more mattresses for them? Has this arc been poorly thought out?
Uh, I mean um *cough*
Well, I’m sure there are at least half a dozen people saying, “Hey, you wanted him to do more funny strips and he’s doing them! There are jokes! You people are ungrateful and should be thanking him!” Well, okay, but honestly, this strip doesn’t give me much to be thankful for. The problem is, as far as “funny,” that ship has sailed many years ago. Tom Batiuk has no idea how to be funny.
And if you’re not going to be funny, at least get the logistics right.
Greetings, all, BChasm back again for a spin on the Devil’s Tricycle. First of all, shout out to Comic Book Harriet, whose hosting last week was outstanding. Great insight and great humor–two things Tom Batiuk wishes he still had.
Today’s strip was not available for preview, but if I’ve learned anything, it’s that Tom Batiuk’s ability to generate boring and uninvolving content easily beats my ability to predict what will appear. What will we get? More Lisa auction? Les on his book tour? Bull reliving his high school football career? Funky’s failing health? Why, it’s like some kind of monstrous game show, where the only prizes are terrible! IT’S A TORTURE DEVICE FOR THE MODERN AGE!
(Felt tip to Red Letter Media, from which much of the above was stolen.)
Son of Stuck Funky 