Snark It Up, FuzzBall!

Or, in the world of Mary Worth, Clinton to Smif to Hahn.  Best just to see the evolution.

The original strip:

Which led to a long discussion at The Comics Curmudgeon that “Hillary Clinton” couldn’t possibly fit on the banner behind her, and speculation as to what it might actually say.  When “Hill Person” was proposed, CC’s Écureuil Écumant  came up with the fer real ‘n’ true portrait:

And I eventually sniffed out the other possibility — violinist Hilary Hahn (yesIknowthefirstname’smisspelledsosueme):

Thanks, EE!

…there’s always room for doubt.  And since this is the Judge’s second or eighth marriage or something…

And then, there are just times you should skip all those fancy-schmancy dinners at the captain’s table.  You never know who’ll you run into!

…that’s if you’re doing it wrong.

I’d bet good money I mashed on this topic at least once before.  But then again, the first time pretty much had Dolly messing with her mouth just like this, too.  So I think we’re even.

Ew.

…I’m pretty tired of widdle Sara’s literary turn.  Or turns.  One minute, “I’m going to write books!”  Then, “I’m not going to write books!”  Then, “I’m going to write one book.”

You know, Sara, I’m pretty sure that you can’t even wipe your snotty little nose, much less author a book.  This primadonna complex of yours is wearing mighty thin. And I don’t think I’m the only one who feels this way.

READ Prince Valiant.  GAZE with the greatest admiration at the panels — beautifully drawn, beautifully colored, the last bastion of classic newspaper comic art.

Okay, snicker like an adolescent at this…

CSI:  New York, Law and Order, etc., etc…now is not the time to get complacent!

(Actually, can we cancel Funky Winkerbean?)

I suppose not. OTOH, may we’re just cancelling characters, one at a time.  We can only hope.

And let’s wrap up October (at least in Westview) with an all-too-easy one…

…and he’s been stuck with a loser patient! Welcome back, Rex! O, how I’ve missed you!