Westview High School – Page 93

MMM, Crepes…

billytheskink
November 15, 2011 at 11:30 am
…I think that Westview sports, girl’s basketball and band at least, will be saved, though. Probably by the sale of the Starbucks Jones 1991 collector’s edition foil-hologram cover issue 175 printed with ink containing the blood of Harrison Schmitt.

Les’ startled reaction in panel 3 must be because he thought Funky said something about “hanging the creep“

I guess there was more than one rare, valuable comic book in that vault. TB has positioned Act III Les as the gifted author, caring parent, wise teacher and sensitive ladies’ man (even though the rest of us see Les as a smug, self-absorbed schmuck). Funky’s function in Act III is the workaholic/philanthropist. Since the last time jump, the Funkster has stepped up to:

Rescue a stranded Les from NYC following Lisa’s death.
Make good on the Lisa’s Legacy proceeds that were stolen (by his son).
Sell a rare comic in order to pay the rent for his own commercial tenant, Dead Skunk Head John.

And now, when all appears lost for Westview’s high school sports programs, Funky once again descends from the rafters, checkbook in hand, to somehow save the day.

We Have Heard the Chimes at Midnight

That Shakespeare Halloween costume must have gone to Les’ head. Did he really expect Bull to pick up on a quotation from Henry IV Part II?

Quota-Bull

Screw football, boy’s basketball, and all other Westview sports: everybody knows that the Lady Scapegoats basketball team reigns above all other sports teams, thanks of course to Summer “Specialest Snowflake” Moore. Whatever will capture the imagination of the Westviewvians now that there’s no more girls’ hoops?

Re: panel 3: “You can stack the deck all you want…but chance gets the last deal.” I thought the whole point of “stacking the deck” was to eliminate chance. Maybe TB is really just tipping the Funky fedora to his fellow cartoonist Chance Browne?

Land of the Freeze

Apparently Linda Bushka serves as shop steward for the Westview faculty, and she breaks some bad news to the rank and file that the teachers may have to endure a “wage freeze”. Because a salary cut wouldn’t provide Jim up with a setup for a nifty punchline. And firing lousy teachers such as this lot is an impossibility in any school district, fictional or real. Eh, who cares? Feast your squinties on panel 1 Becky’s prominent pinned-up sleeve, Coach Kaz earring and bulbous nose!

But the Levy was Dry

One of the perks of being the Principal is being able to use the school’s message board to chastise the whole town. The bright side in all this, of course, is that now Roberta Blackburn will have to resign her BOE post.