The solidarity twixt football team and band is demonstrated again in today’s strip. Rather than actually depict the band, TB keeps them out of the frame, lest they detract attention from the real focal point of panel one, Becky’s painstakingly rendered pinned up party-blower left sleeve.
Tag: sports
It's On
So the clusterf**k that is the Save the Sports Raffle hurtles onward at breakneck speed, thanks in no small part to the estimable interpersonal skills of Chamber of Commerce president Winkerbean. No doubt it will be a smashing success, even with less than a week to publicize the event. “All of the local eateries” will be providing the food, meaning the menu will consist of pizza (natch), kebabs and tacos.
"Kil" Me Now
I know “it’s called writing”, but TB’s been doing a lot of it this week: once again today we’re treated to a first panel jam packed with Funky’s exposition.
Anybody who happened to read this September interview with Tom Batiuk already sees where this is going (spoiler alert!):
Without giving too much away, are there any more “big events” planned for the cast…?
TB: Sure! There are a bunch of big events, inside and outside of the strip…the girls’ basketball team is going to be vying for the State Championship…In the middle of the year, Les and Summer are going to climb Kilimanjaro.
This tells us that Funky’s improbable raffle idea will succeed (of course!) in saving Scapegoat athletics, and also that TB’s avatar Les will be making a Kili expedition, just as TB did in February 2010. Hopefully Summer’s bum knee will hold up!
Wishing my readers a safe and happy Thanksgiving! –TFH
Body, Can You Spare a Dime
It’s strips like today’s that make your humble scribe just want to…auughhhhh! “Body up”? A guy who’s lived his life around sports doesn’t know that it’s “buddy up”? This “meeting” between Bull, Funky and Les (and what is Les even doing here?) has degraded into a game of “Let’s Get Bull to Say Stupid Things”.
Jock-ularity
A raffle to raise money to fund the school sports programs? Are you shitting me? OK, Mr. Chamber of Commerce president, let’s “get all the businesses in town to contribute something”…I’m sure the Village Booksmith will— oh, nevermind. Maybe Komix Korner? He hasn’t paid his rent in over a year. What about Citizen Khan’s Deli? Hell, nobody’s seen him in over six months.
Today’s strip would have worked just fine as a two-panel, with Bull blurting out his “athletic supporter” remark as Funky and Les exchange knowing smirks. But how much more fun is it to have Funky patronize him, while Les looks on as if to say, “I know, right? The big oaf didn’t even get my Shakespeare reference earlier!” Stupid though he may appear, Bull at least knows when he’s being mocked.
Son of Stuck Funky 