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!
Anyone waiting for some sort of Bautikian demise for Coach better stop holding their breath; no, from the look of today’s strip we’ve got at least a few months of “Unlikable loser no one likes teaches coach a few things about football, and, in turn, learns a lot about life.” strips coming down the pike. Now, if Jerod is supposed to be the new coach’s assistant or new quarterback I couldn’t tell you, but prepare to wallow in 80s high school movie troupes that’ll culminate with Jerod being crowned the Westview Homecoming King.
Not bad for a 30 year old who still hangs out at school!
C’mon, Jarod! You know janitors aren’t allowed to smoke in here, either..
Right off the bat, some fellow snarkers are wondering why a 40 year old man in a trenchcoat is hanging out in a high school bathroom. There is a period in everyone’s life when they can wear a trenchcoat; for most of us, it’s the period of ONE WEEK when you’re 19. Unless you’re a detective, then you have a free pass. Otherwise, trenchcoats in today’s societal view = trouble.
Post Columbine? Serious trouble.
I’m going to just imagine Jarod was held back a few years and has a bad case of really early receding hairline but my Snarker sense is still tingling on this one, as I have no idea where this arc could be headed. Hopefully it’s more than just a “Smoking is bad” lecture from 1967. The Brady Bunch covered that very well, thank you.
Today’s strip show Bull reverting back into full-on caveman mode, ready to beat the piss out of whoever is smokin’ in the boys room. Good thing they’re already near a toilet, though Bull will probably finish with the American Standard Swirlee.
Ya know, a SMALL nod to the event that changed the course of America might be nice. This is the funnies, of course, it’s not like I’m asking Garfield to stare sullenly at an American flag for three panels but it’s a little off that a strip that deals in melancholy as currency would pass up the chance to remember what happened on this date in New York City over a decade ago.
No such luck. Instead, today’s strip is just a time-marking daily grind forward until the next real story arc. Even the telephone pole and goal post weigh in on the current situation with some of the most weirdly-spaced dialog balloons since Mark Trail!
Son of Stuck Funky 