Tag: pizza

The Sub-conscience Mind

Spode
March 6, 2013 at 6:58 pm
The thing I hate most about strips involving DSH John and Funky:
DSH (the most repulsive character in all of comic strips – I can almost smell him) is raising Wally Jr, who is the son of Wally, Funky’s nephew. Does TB even think about the inter-relationships among the characters in this claustrophobically incestuous little world he has created?
Why are these two shown talking about anything and everything except their most obvious, normal, natural human connection? Wally Jr: DSH’s adopted son and Funky’s great-nephew, who grew up in the same town Funky has lived all his life.

Spot on, Spode.  John explains to Funky that he intends to circumvent his wife’s efforts “to get us to eat a little lighter.” “Us“? Becky, with her huge head and scrawny frame looks like a walking lollipop, Rana is a svelte cheerleader, and Wally Jr., well, maybe he’s a little husky, but he’s only, what, 8? 12? 16? Surely Becky just wants to keep her second husband from turning into an even fatter fat slob.

John’s creepy countenance in panel 3 makes me wonder what the other occasions are when he chooses to ignore his conscience…

 

Call Any Vegetable

BeckoningChasm
March 4, 2013 at 7:17 pm
You know, I have a sort of bored fascination wondering how Tom Batiuk is going to stretch today’s situation–two morons wasting the time of a third–into a three week arc…

Maybe you’d like to see two different morons wasting our time? Having Crazy Harry to mind the store means that Dead Skunk Head John is free to occupy Harry’s old spot at Montoni’s counter and gorge himself on The Perfect Food.

The "Batch" -elor

“It’s like spring break for band directors…” And for retired band directors, and for the spouses of retired band directors, I guess. Rather than accompany Becky to Columbus, John takes advantage of her absence to “batch it”. Thanks, Inkwell, for looking it up; I was afraid John stayed home to “run a batch“, which actually sounds a lot more in character.

Does Montoni’s even make pizza without pepperoni?

Pizza My Heart

The crust is thin, but not nearly as this as this plot. Reckon it’s a little late for Cayla to be watching her figure. It’s weird, too, that none of Les and Cayla’s friends are helping with the setup. Note that the wedding date is Monday; expect either a comic book tribute or football-themed Sunday throwaway strip before we launch into an entire week of The Coming Wedding. Let’s see: backyard wedding, under a “golden canopy” that’s rapidly shedding its leaves, BBQ grill on wheels…what hijinks could possibly ensue? This might drag on for two weeks.

She's (Not) Having a Baby

BeckoningChasm
October 11, 2012 at 10:35 am
Well, with Batiuk’s penchant for leaving plots unresolved (Becky-Roberta, Cory enlisting), my bet is that this Maybe-Maybe Not Pregnancy is never mentioned again.

Link to today’s strip

A good number of you savvy snarkers correctly called “bullshit” on Cayla’s supposed pregnancy. Her announcement turns out to be Batiuk’s biggest “gotcha” since he pretended to kill off Sgt. Wally five years ago.

You’d think that with a one-year lead time, Batiuk would have a little more control over the narrative flow. But the plot pacing, such as it is, is getting even more out of whack, as TB tries to shoehorn in major plot events. Hence, we see Summer and Keisha starting college at the end of September, and Cayla ordering her wedding flowers after the chairs have been set up for the ceremony.