awwwwwwwww, man!
Love to see.
Pay good money to see.
Kill someone (or rough ’em up a bit) to see.
Example A: Mary Worth getting what-for.
Example B: Les Moore getting what-for (aka, “Oh, Hell NO!“, aka, “Oh, Hell YES!“).
Example C: An explanation why Jeffy Keane is the way he is.
Yeah, we poke fun at her, the puppy made out of chocolate-chip cookie dough, but way down deep, we love her.
Thank heavens justice will be served (with real maple syrup on the side)!
[CC’s Mibbitmaker thought that BATIUK! would be a great collision sound. I think it does.]
It seems not so long ago that Mark was canoeing to Ben Miller’s Hidden Lodge on the Lake ( http://snarkitupfuzzball.nexiliscom.com/?p=3737 ). It seems he’s doing it again! But just when you think that strips are being recycled within a couple of weeks, let’s play “Find Six Differences!”:
1. Ben is wearing deck shoes, not heavy woodlands boots!
2. His daughter is diving into the lake!
3. There are no woodland creatures staring mindlessly at the lake (or at Ben’s daughter)!
4. Ben has changed his shirt (it was white; now it’s hazard orange)!
5. “Ben, Buzz; Buzz, Ben.”, rather than “Ben, Mark; Mark, Ben.”!
6. Something else, I’m sure of it.
Whether you find the last difference, I think we can all agree that Mark sure loves to canoe!
Then again, what are the odds we’re really going to see a nubile young woman swimming in Mark Trail? What are those Powerball odds? Yeah, you go and drop a couple of bucks on that — it’s way more than a sure thing.
You finally make it home, only to discover that your wife thinks you’re dead and has since remarried. And then she comes over and steals your Glock!
At least you have your sax and the knowledge that you’re not alone — a lot of your associates in ComicsTown have crappy lives, too.
(Oh, yeah, Wally — trombones are not saxophones. They are not sexy. They will never be sexy. Well, a “Rusty Trombone” might be an exception to the rule, but I’m not sure about that.)
Substitute a melting snowman for an exhausted band director and voile’! CSI: Westview! (or possibly CSI: Paradise Valley)
Well, at least something funnier than either comic on its own…
[Thanks to CC’s Braniff for the CSI riffs!]
If you run out of ideas, start philosophizin’ using popular culture references! Who cares if they’re well-known (Peanuts) or obscure (Star Trek: Yet Another Lame TV Spin-off with Even Lousier Ratings than the One Previous).
Batiuk, if you want to talk about the “Happiness Police”, try to keep to the subject:
I have no favorite character in Funky Winkerbean, but it seems the titular character might be on the fast track…
Meanwhile, Les continues to be creepier and creepier. (Harder, Funky! Harder!)
