BATMAN'S PARENTS ARE DEAD.

The comic strip harvest is just as bountiful today, and there's a bunch of stuff everywhere else, too. Carafe, for one. Time-Mind Sync-Warp updated today, as well. You can also check out my new-ish project (with comics from over a year ago) at Retro AoMP. There's also March Meekrat Madness at the Meekrat Entertainment Group. Ah, and I also reviewed a comic that Bryce got sent. You can read the review here, and I really hope you do because I get paid by the click.

Oh, and you should really take a look at "The Boy with Nails for Eyes". It's amazing, and you can read why here. Now then, the commentary:

Momma, 3/26/10

I've probably said this before, but the fact that Francis has actually undergone (an admittedly very minor) character arc in the panels of "Momma" is perhaps the most shocking thing to happen to the comics pages in years. I'm talking, of course, about his ongoing job at the pet store. What's more is that Mister Lazarus isn't resorting to the same few jokes he always uses for the character (namely, that he's a girl-crazy layabout) and is instead resorting to a whole new set of jokes which are still hoary and old but a nice change of pace, regardless.

F Minus, 3/26/10

I really like the fact that the clothed lions are so serious about it. I also like the hat on that one. That is just fantastic.

Curtis, 3/26/10

Remember last week when Curtis ate those peanuts? Well, as it turns out, they allow him to read minds. So far, he's only used this power to discover an old woman's hypocrisy and stop a minor crime from occurring. However, the fact that Curtis has benefited from his go at crime-fighting is telling: how soon will he succumb to the dark side? Most other strips would have those two thugs realize something is up with that kid, and then have them kidnap and abuse his power. Will Curtis do the same?

2 Cows and a Chicken, 3/26/10

This is the climax (and perhaps conclusion) of a multi-week storyline where a bunch of guys want to do something at this farm involving chainsaws and a race track, or something. All I know is that it took a direct turn to the morbid with this last panel. I mean, it's still darkly humorous, but really... that's just sort of messed up.

Flying McCoys, 3/26/10

I've tried, in the past, to not randomly point out flaws when comic strips use characters from comic books and whatnot. I really have. Otherwise, I'd be complaining some injustice against Aquaman pretty every week. When a comic strip's joke is that Batman gave his mother a bat-signal, though... really? Freaking seriously? Even if you're not familiar with the character's origin through the comic books, which is probably one of the most well-known origins in the world, chances are you caught it with one of the incredibly popular movies, all which reiterate the fact that Batman's parents, and the reason he became Batman, was that his parents were killed when he was a child. They may have even done something with this for the sixties' Batman show. What I'm getting at here is that this is a comic strip which should not have happened. Heck, just change "mother" to "girlfriend" and I'd be... okay with it.

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