Death, Milk, And A Contact Lens

Hey everyone!
Zachary, the Stupid Inventor, here with this weeks comic review!
I liked having the nitpick section last week, so it's back again this week.... but there really wasn't any Weird strips today, so that section is taking a break....


The Bad:
Non-Sequitur: This "Ekert" storyline has been going for what seems like forever, and I personally don't find it funny, original, or even interesting, at least so far. I think the major flaw was the two weeks they spent debating whether or not to open the locked shed containing the Ekert, by the time they opened it, I couldn't care less what was inside...



Strange Brew: This is the worst comic today in my opinion, there's just so much wrong with it. Why would a superhero buy stolen gear? Especially stuff that is easily recognizable as some other hero's? Batman doesn't buy gadgets, he makes his own! Oh, you mean that isn't Batman, just a lame rip-off? The logo on his chest looks like a dog, but his hood looks like a chicken head... That bolt seems like a last minute addition and looks weird... and the green lantern lantern isn't GREEN! The reason why I really despise this comic is because I think the cartoonist knew it wasn't funny, but figured since it was just Comic Con a panel with a bunch or random superhero references would get passed around a lot... Comedy comes first, not pop-culture references.... grrr...

Crock: These next two strips suffer from the same problem: Trying to combine the world of a comic with the modern day and ending up not really making sense. Also in this one the dad comes off sounding like a jerk rather than funny...

B.C.: Same problem, especially since the whole tablet/ocean communication gag has been around for as long as I can remember... at least have some cellphone looking device made out of rocks and twine, or maybe a bird carrying the message... maybe I've just been watching to many episode of The Flintstones...

Nitpicks*:
Hagar The Horrible: Is Lucky Eddie relieved or in more pain by the new shackle arrangement? Those lines are just meant to draw attention to the shackles, but his face doesn't seem to show either pain or a smile... could just be me though.
Hazel: You know this is why people bring giant umbrellas to the beach.... kind of makes this strip redundant when you think about it...

6 Chix: This is a cute strip, but Witches are more "Green" than just apples! They ride brooms which use no gas, and they live in houses made of gingerbread! They definitley should have mentioned the house made of gingerbread because she's talking to "Hansel and Gretel"... if she was just going to stick to Snow White then she should be talking to dwarfs perhaps?

Hi & Louis: I understand the appeal of making this strip a one panel picture, but if she's first saying "I dropped my contact" then they would either be still standing or just starting to crouch down... she should have said "Has anyone found my contact yet?" the joke would be the same, but it would fit with the timing of the comic.

The Good:
Lio: I like this "Playing With Death In The Park" strip, I just wish it was a series of strips... like Death flying a remote control airplane and having it crash, or Death riding a paddleboat... there's not punchline in that one I just think Death in a paddleboat is hilarious... oh well. :D

Mother Goose and Grimm: Even if you don't like milk humor, you still have to admit 3 jokes in just 4 panels is pretty impressive.

Pearls Before Swine: Funny strip, although the "poorly drawn" first drawn panels look like my Stupid Inventor normal panels! (See? I knock myself too!) How often would you say that Stephan Pastis puts himself in the comic? I'm not complaining, it just seems like a lot... when is coming out with a Stephan P. plush?

Henry: This one made me laugh, but I also love how the story is told without words. Henry looking at the rainy window really sells the strip, and while at first I would have said the fourth panel isn't needed, the puzzled look on the mother and the sweat drop coming from Henry make it funny in it's own right. Great strip all around! One minor nitpick, maybe they could have put a picture of a raisin loaf in the word balloon in panel one... just to make it almost completely wordless.... the "Raisins" box would still be in panel 3 in case people didn't figure it out.... just my opinion, it's great either way.

Ok, that's it for me! See you next week! Feel free to correct me or get revenge and review my comic strip in the comments.... :D

Zachary
Stupid Inventor

*Zachary is not a trained professional cartoonist. Any and all comments made in this subject are Zachary's opinion and his alone. Feel free to disagree... in fact I encourage it! Let me know in the comments what you think!