Introducing...Dustin
The National Cartoonists Society handed out the Reubens recently. Richard Thompson (Cul de Sac) won for Outstanding Cartoonist, beating out Stephen Pastis and Glen Keane. The comic strip Dustin won for Outstanding Newspaper Comic Strip and The Flying McCoys won Outstanding Newspaper Panel Cartoon. A full list of winners can be seen here.
We've showcased many strips here that were nominated for the Reuben but we've never featured Dustin so here we go.
Well, that wasn't bad at all. I don't necessarily consider a rolled-up newspaper a blunt object but whatever. Special thanks to King Features Syndicate and their DailyInk website for actually having the last month of Dustin posted. Now let's look at some Sunday comics.
Sadly, Mark Tatulli wasn't nominated for anything but it's good to see he can still have a good time. And speaking of Mark Tatulli...
What? When was the last terrorist attack in America? May 10, 2010 when a man tried to use a pipe bomb to blow up a mosque. He failed. Before that? The Christmas Day or Underwear Bomber in 2009. Also unsuccessful. Jim Doherty, quit trying to scare us.
Everything he's doing is kind of dangerous and since it is just a blinking turn signal, I don't think it's worth getting into a car wreck.
Oh, no. It appears that Drinky Crow has finally drank himself to death.
Ha! Well, it's about time Momma learned that the people who work in banks are soulless. Even the tellers. They are the worst.
Brutus, you go into a fancy restaurant by yourself so the waiter is probably thinking you are waiting for the rest of your party because who in the hell goes to a fancy, sit-down restaurant by yourself?
We've showcased many strips here that were nominated for the Reuben but we've never featured Dustin so here we go.
Dustin 05/22 thru 05/29
Heart of the City
Lio
Panels from Dick Tracy
Betty
The Knight Life
Momma
The Born Loser
5 comments:
Apparently, the 'Reuben' standards have lowered considerably since they were established..'Dustin' is one of the worst strips to come out in a long time.
"Who in the hell goes to a fancy, sit-down restaurant by yourself?"
The answer is usually people traveling for work who have a large meal stipend. I used to go to fancy, sit-down restaurants by myself all the time when I was a customer service engineer. It was a lot healthier than going to McDonald's and using as much of the meal stipend as possible is compensation for having to travel at the last minute all the time. My experience was that I tended to get served faster, since they usually knew I was traveling for work and they don't like a single person to take up a whole table for too long.
People who travel the world by themselves also find themselves in a similar situation, I imagine.
Not that this was the case in that comic. I suspect the comic artist had already written the joke, but had to cut it down to the minimum number of characters to draw it fast enough to make 3pm tee time.
So sticking your arm out the window and clenching your hand into a fist is supposed to indicate that someone's light is blinking?
News to me...
Also, what the hell is "Betty"?
I wonder if that's really Drink Crow or if the artist for The Knight Life just drew a bird that coincidentally looks like him?
Yeah Momma, and I'm sure if the bank, or your employer, owed YOU money, and didn't pay YOU on time, you would be perfectly fine with it, right? Because you're only human, right? And maybe the bank is "rich" because they are fiscally responsible, unlike you.
Re Crimestoppers: Because if it doesn't happen in America, it doesn't really happen, right?
This is the kind of blinkered non-thinking that led to 9-11 in the first place; the attacks didn't succeed because they were based on some elaborate, brilliant plan, they succeeded because we left ourselves wide open.
Dustin blows.
Nothing to it. No heart. Some slight humor with nice art.
You should hear the story of how the syndicate "sold" it too.
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