Today's strip still has That chair jammed in the ladder And also two shmucks So what's with the chair? Is that really going to Keep folks off the dive? Les can dish it out "Memory lane is now closed" But he can't take it Not some great mem'ry Les scared to jump off high dive A weak Act I gag More memorable Was Les and the climbing rope A low bar to clear Les and the rope, though Had the off chance that he might Wind up hung to death
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Haiku Dive
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Future Schlock
“Hey Siri. Look up ‘futurians’ on Wikipedia.” I’m still tuckered out from researching Charlton Comics, a franchise which a surprising number of you were familiar with. Wikipedia has not one but three “futurians” articles. Let’s leave aside the New Zealand sci-fi punk band by that name. TB’s musical tastes are certainly varied, but I doubt that’s who he’s cribbing here.
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Flash ♥ Phil
Well if today’s panel 3 ain’t just the purest distillation of Tom Batiuk’s raison d’être over the last couple decades of Funky Winkerbean…Which is why I used that quote in the header of this page. Anyway, “that place” that Batty is trying to get back to doesn’t exist, and it really never did. Continue reading
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With the Markers and the Colored Balloons
Girls are either natural-born comic book colorists or complete screw-ups.
Like most people who will read today’s strip, I never heard of Charlton Comics, so once again, off to Aunt Wikipedia I go to glean some knowledge about yet another one of Batty’s obscure cultural touchstones. Though young Phil dismisses them as “crummy,” Charlton’s history is rather more colorful that the one TB dreamed up for Batom Comics. Continue reading
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