Hey everyone, Zachary the Stupid Inventor back again for this Wednesday's comics review!
Let's begin, shall we?
The Bad:
Luann: I have the same exact reaction as Quill in the 2nd panel when I read this strip.... zing!
Lio: I'm a big fan of Lio, I really am. I even bought the brand new book that's out. But I must say I was severely disappointed with today's Lio strip. First of all, the first panel doesn't make sense after you see the "joke" in the second. So this store doesn't sell seafood, it sells specially made cakes FOR crabs to eat? I was just going to ignore this strip and pretend like it never happened but I remember posting back in July about a different crab cake strip:
Off The Mark: This strip is from July 21st (is it weird that I remember this?) and pretty much the same idea, but the end product makes more sense and is a lot funnier. I'm not saying Mark Tatulli copied the crab cake idea, I'm just saying that it's bad enough today's Lio wasn't funny, even worse that it didn't make sense, and REALLY bad since it's not even the first comic to make a "Crab Cake" joke...
Solution: Just my humble opinion, but I think the Lio strip could have been saved by having Lio in the first panel looking in a cook book with the title of the recipe being "Crab Cake", and then having a scared crab peeking in through the kitchen door and then the same second panel.... would have worked a lot better in my opinion, but feel free to disagree with me in the comments!
Nitpicks!
Reality Check: I didn't find this strip so funny, but I just wanted to point out how weird it looks that they're supposed to be "eating dinner" but there is only bones left. My guess is that a half eaten animal would be considered too gory for the comics page, which makes sense. So I think the cartoonist compensated by giving the animals full cheeks and food sticking out... thought that was worth mentioning.
Curtis: So his dad had just been sitting in a sweat drenched shirt all this time? I think it would have made more sense if his dad was just coming into the house in panel 1, then took of his shirt while standing in panel 2 and 3, and finally sat down like he is in panel 4.... Still I think the sandwich that Curtis is eating in panel 1 and 2, and the subsequently gagging on in panel 4 is a nice touch, so points for that!
The Good:
Free Range: This panel makes me laugh not just because of the joke, but because of the mental image it inspires for whats going on inside... good job!
Pearls Before Swine: This is a funny storyline so far, but why would finding a bowl allow you to have a casino? I think it's only if you are of Native American decent, no?
Pickles: As an occasional Bow-Tie wearer myself, this storyline has been awesome so far, and also hilarious! Go bow ties!
Ok, that's it for me, see you all next week!
Zachary Snyder
Stupid Inventor
1 comments:
Whoa, disagree with you about Lio.
I think you're over-analyzing it.
The funny part, to me, is more that he's having a birthday party for a crab.
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