By bats | September 30, 2013 - 8:20 am
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…that we’ve seen in 9 Chickweed Lane (and Pibgorn), is this really a surprise?

New CL

So. We’ve determined that there is only one virgin in New Hampshire.  And counting…

New 9cl

Oh, fine. Now we have the honeymoon to deal with.

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By bats | September 28, 2013 - 10:41 pm
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The Comics Curmudgeon‘s faithful Poteet knows a metric butt-ton of the flora, fauna and ecology of the Great Plains (weren’t they the three fairy godmothers in Sleeping Beauty, too?).  Always striving to increase her knowledge beyond those horizons (yes, even beyond the state line of Lu Ann Powell’s beloved East Dakota), when she suggests that a certain comic strip could be improved by substituting elephant seals for the current characters, who am I to dispute this Great Notion?

New 9CL

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By bats | September 24, 2013 - 1:09 am

(following that unauthorized bit of spelunking a day or so ago)

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Gotta love that Rex expression!

Another day, another bunch of Buck so wanting to play catch-up with Rex…

New Rex

But perhaps things will improve in Rex’s afternoon appointments…

New Rex 2

Yes…FUN WITH REX WHEN HE’S PLAYING DOCTOR! Whheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

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By bats | September 20, 2013 - 11:35 am
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Some species have it:  consider gorillas, orangutans, lions,  most species of sea lions and seals, elephants — the males far outsize the females.

Oh, yeah, the people in 9 Chickweed Lane, too.

(No, I can’t explain Amos.)

New 9CL 2

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By bats | September 17, 2013 - 4:14 pm
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…the cute girl veterinarian was vindicated, the bad farmers were hit with bats…yes, This is New Hampshire justice!  As someone recently comments over at The Comics Curmudgeon, “I’m not going to read this strip anymore; I’m just going to look at the pictures.”

Still, it might be a good idea to do so at your own risk.

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By bats | August 31, 2013 - 6:41 pm
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When Brooke McE did A Midsummer Night’s Dream, did he screw with it as much as he’s doing with Romeo and Juliet?  Big fights missing, Prince Paris suddenly a major character, no sign of Mercutio and Tybalt, etc.  I’m thinking that frolicking with a comedy is a lot easier than dealing with a tragedy, since his strips are mostly humorous (well, that’s what we’ve been told), so using one of his stock character that will die (according to Will) may be hitting a little too close to home.

I think, if the casting process is still going on, that Mercutio and Tybalt should be played by Solange and Edward, sinct Tybalt refers to himself as “the Prince of Cats.”  Well, that’s what Will says.  Maybe he’s just a beefwit. As are we all beefwits.

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[I hang my head in something sorta like shame to admit that I find Paris hot.]

 

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By bats | August 22, 2013 - 11:42 am
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…Shakespeare was fun while it lasted (as in, “not turgid,” “not insufferable,” etc.).

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By bats | August 18, 2013 - 6:18 pm

…and Brooke MacEldowney can be forgiven a lot of things because of his cats.

…and the tiny gato reminds me of Bete Noire in the old Gordo comics.

Not Scoopy 23

 

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By bats | August 7, 2013 - 6:19 pm
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By bats | July 30, 2013 - 9:24 am
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…is not necessarily an ad for toilet paper.  It is, however, the beginning of a new storyline…and Brooke steals from the best, since he’s doing Romeo and Juliet.  His Midsummer’s Night Dream adaption was pretty darned good (read, I’d buy a copy of it, particularly if I found it for half price at Bookman’s), so I have high hopes for this.

OTOH, I don’t recall a teddy bear in R&J.  So let’s all just start humming together and think of a bear with very little brain as we ponder:

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Yeah, I can steal from the best, too.

 

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