The fired-up Mrs. Blackburn marches into Nate’s office to express her displeasure. From Cayla’s blasé reaction, it appears that everyone who seeks an audience with the principal does it by storming in and making demands.
I’m beginning to find Mr. Blackburn even more aggravating than Mrs. Blackburn. Right or wrong, least she’s capable of expressing emotion. All he’s doing is standing around with that stupid camcorder.
I know what you’re thinking: “In Thursday’s strip, Roberta was putting up a poster on the wall to Jinx’s right…Friday, we don’t see her, and then today she’s standing at the other end of the ticket table…and her outfit has changed from blue to red!” Don’t be so quick to blame Batiuk’s sloppy continuity, reader. Take a look at that face! Those beady eyes, the flat beak, that wart on her…oh, that is her chin. Roberta Blackburn is clearly a witch! Even her surname is dark and evil. She simply, magically materialized around the corner, the better to spy on our unknowing teens…
We get it! Roberta Blackburn is a horrid, miserable woman! Bring on the gay teens already!
Charles
May 1, 2012 at 1:01 am
I usually don’t post specific spoilers about upcoming strips, but I figure this one’s okay.So Linda’s gone from seeing Roberta putting up a sign, walked into the break room, gotten herself some coffee and had a conversation with Becky. All this has happened, and three days or so from now, ROBERTA WILL STILL BE PUTTING UP THE SAME STUPID SIGN.
You think it’s easy padding out a story arc for a whole month? Say it with me, people: endings…have…to…be…earned! At this rate, Sunday’s non-gay-prom themed throwaway gag will be a most welcome palate-cleanser.
(From yesterday’s
panel 1)
Sure, Linda, anyone would mistake a doddering oldtimer with a camcorder for a “movie crew”. It’s really just ol’ Pa Blackburn, whose cross to bear (other than having meddlesome Roberta for a wife) is having to visually document his family’s every move.
C’mon, who ever heard of a senior citizen (not a faculty member) volunteering to hang around the high school for no pay?
Batiuk often finds inspiration on return visits at least once a month to his old high school (Grafton Midview), where he attends classes and observes students. “I just sit and let things go by,” the 65-year-old said. “It’s a great experience. It keeps me grounded and keeps me real.”
“Funky strip to address hot-button issue“, The Columbus Dispatch, Friday April 27, 2012
Oh, right, right…well anyway, looks like Roberta Blackburn, Becky’s Mom, has gotten over the sting of the failed school levy, and has decided to once again grace the Westview School system with her presence. “My best prom ever”? Well, it’s guaranteed to be better than Becky’s senior prom…the one after which she lost her arm…
Son of Stuck Funky 
