Westview High School – Page 92

Communication Breakdown

Charlene
December 26, 2011 at 1:42 am
Cayla…is not actually a Cassandra; she’s simply predicting doom and gloom without any sense of either having said anything worthwhile or being ignored. In other words, she’s a typical Funky Winkerbean character.

sourbelly
December 26, 2011 at 3:01 am
Cayla…seems to have suddenly, and for no discernible reason, become a Nattering Nabob of Negativity for no particular reason.

Charles
December 26, 2011 at 4:37 am
Obviously, Batiuk needs to make Cayla as much of a negative ass as he can so she fits in with the rest of the cast. Sheesh…Can you imagine being a high school athlete, and not simply that, but a good high school athlete, with a Mom like that?

We’ve seen the She-Goats stink up the joint before. But the weird thing about the season just underway is Cayla’s sudden lack of confidence in her daughter’s team. “High expectations goeth before an upset.” “The customer is always wrong.” Covering her eyes when Kei$ha makes a free throw. Look at her lack of expression as she bemoans their lack of teamwork. What the hell has gotten into her?

Season's Beatings

Summer’s ego took a beating tonight? She wasn’t the one who put up a brick with the game on the line. No doubt Dr. Les’ prescription for her bruised ego will turn out to be a trip to Montoni’s.

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.

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.