Good Lord, there’s a lot of verbiage in today’s strip, including a whole panel’s worth from yesterday. Les fondly reminisces about the time Ronnie’s inattentive driving nearly got them killed. And this was before cellphones!
Tag: smirk
Blow It Out Your Bullhorn
Owen is not a morning person. But Blondie over there on the right is certainly rarin’ to go!
Life with Buddy
Back at home, Buddy gets acquainted with his new mistress. Wally raises the dog owner/parent parallel again, but instead of a five-year-old, Buddy is likened this time to a newborn. I like how pleased with himself Wally appears in panel 3.
Air Bud
I’m going to leave aside the fact that the flight attendant is a dead ringer for Summer. Instead, let’s focus on her lack of knowledge regarding her airline’s policy regarding traveling with dogs. “I don’t think…?” “Well, I guess…?” Is this her first day on the job?
Over at the Comics Casserole, Alladinsane posted a link to some rules and regs regariding service dogs, which Summer the Stewardess clearly has not read…
Bonus!
Tom Batiuk was interviewed by petliferadio.com about the service dog thingy. You can download the podcast. There are commercials; the interview starts around 4 min., 30 sec.in, and yes, I listened to the whole thing. TB talks with the very chipper hostess about how he researched the Buddy arc (via phone and email); the rest of it is the standard biographical info that is available elsewhere. He brings up the “quarter-inch from reality” thing and talks about “Writing!”, and about how comics should “reflect what’s going on”. Hearing him talk, he sounds like a pretty likable guy, and not a Les-Moore-ish ass.
Could've Named Her MD 20/20
Still unwinding from my Lake Placid trip, but here’s Monday’s strip. Have at it!
Son of Stuck Funky 
