43-7

Merry Pookster
September 28, 2013 at 10:24 am
Sure the scoreboard says 43-0….but is there any indicator of which is the home-team?
Looks like Westview is wearing their traveling uniform.

I had my post already written in my head when I read Pookster’s comment. I’d just assumed that Westview would be on the losing end of a 43-0 score. Today’s strip does nothing to answer the question of who won. Sunday-only readers would surely take this as a win for the Scapegoats.

Jarod has awarded himself the game ball, but has given Wedgeman (the number 12 whom he denied the ball in yesterday’s strip) even more reason to despise him. The rest of the team have all showered, dressed, and left Jarod alone at his locker. Well, not completely alone: Coach Bushka’s still hanging around, waiting for his “thank you”, which he causally, smirkingly accepts.

He Went to Jarod

Big thanks to my right hand man David O for guest posting lo these last two weeks!

Although we’ve only just met him, it seems like “the sportos” are well acquainted with Jarod Posey. His arrival in uniform is greeted with disbelief and jeers. “Posey the Nosey”? Just because it rhymes, I guess; loners are typically more interested in securing their own privacy than violating others’. We’re given an inkling of Jarod’s tumultuous home life, as well as a look at his newly-blond, though still receding, hair.

Gross Anatomy

Whoa!

I know things get a bit rushed sometimes, what, with everyone’s busy schedule but what in the heck is going on with the human form in today’s strip?!

P1. Coach is literally as wide as he is tall. Jarod looks like he swallowed an ironing board while Wedgeman… whoa, dude, is your head even attached!?

P2. Wedgeman suddenly has the body of an 80 year old man while Coach’s legs deflate like two leaking innertubes as Jarod devolves even further…

P3. It’s the Geico Caveman!

Posey

Hater Tots

So you thought that put a neat bow on the whole bullying issue? Today the bullying has escalated a hundredfold. Wedgeman and his boys unrestrainedly pelt Alex with tater tots, while the rest of the student body either ignores it or joins in the laughter. You’d think that having faced down the bullies seemingly on his own yesterday, Owen would be emboldened to confront them again; instead, he wisely looks around for a teacher, but is dissuaded by Alex. Her forbearance in the face of such abuse borders on masochism. Rather than making her feel inferior, the bullying actually gives Alex a feeling of superiority over her tormentors. Take that, bullies!

I’m pleased to announce that this Tuesday, April 9th is Son of Stuck Funky’s third anniversary! Let’s give away a book! Be sure to check back here Tuesday for a chance to win a copy of The Complete Funky Winkerbean, Volume II!