Well! Who’s sounding like a “pedantic schoolmarm from a bitter hollow” today? I’m sure all you “hidebound literalists” in the audience, as well as all you beady-eyed nitpickers, feel duly chastised for dismissing Serious Storytelling Art as mere “comic strips”!
Epicus Doomus
November 8, 2012 at 11:03 am
…Is all of this some sort of attempt to justify the continued existence of comic strips or something?
Nope, just more of Tom Batiuk railing against us Philistines…
Either it’s still sinking in for Becky, or Batiuk doesn’t trust the reader to recall that yesterday Roberta stated that yes, she’s going to be a Band Mom (again). Or “more like a band grand mom”, since Wally Jr. is now in the elementary school band. This despite the fact that by my reckoning, Wally Jr. should be at least fourteen years old.
Most
carelessly-rendered
neon sign ever.
Looks like Batiuk plans on letting the Kilimanjaro Saga unfold on an alternate-week basis…
Today we find ourselves in the familiar confines of Montoni’s. I always asssumed that the lettering in Montoni’s window was a neon sign, but the closeup in panel 2 reveals that the letters are not connected. Maybe they’re painted on, or maybe they’re those gummy window clings? Though that doesn’t explain how they light up.
“The Boss”, meanwhile, is finagling with the guy at the car dealership. Stress, strain, killer-shark issues, and two time jumps have beaten down our titular character to the point where he matter-of-factly renounces his very manhood, self-identifying as “a little old lady”.
Epicus Doomus
May 16, 2012 at 12:37 am
Is that f*cking Les standing there behind Nate in panel two?Jeffcoat Wayne
May 16, 2012 at 1:01 pm
I believe that’s both Les and Cayla standing off to the side behind Nate. How fun!
Yep, Lord and Lady Douchebag have a place of honor behind Nate, and Summer beams her approval as he wraps up his sermon. If “the long and short of it” is that the SSC is allowed to attend in accordance with the school’s rules, why the hell didn’t Nate just tell Roberta that when she blew into his office? Oh, right: this is a month-long prestige arc.
promulgate (ˈprɒm(ə)lgeɪt), verb: promote or make widely known (an idea or cause)
Yes, Les Moore is the avatar we love to hate, but at least give him credit today for not losing his patience and smacking the living shit out of Owen…minus a few points for referring to Owen’s choice of “typeface” instead of “font”.
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Son of Stuck Funky 