Dayton Calling

Hello, dear friends.

I have missed you. I hope you have been well and that no one has been mean to you or tried to slap some sense into you. Because, I have to say, I like you as you are with all your warts, flaws, tics, scars, etc.

I like what's inside you. You are a special person, capable of great things. I think once you understand how "The Coolidge Effect" works ... you can start to make some changes and maybe get outside and meet someone who'll be able to tolerate your specialness.

REPLY ALL

I would like to start with an old favorite of mine. "Reply All" has been delighting readers for many weeks and I can honestly say I think the art is getting to me.

"Getting to me" in that I still don't get it. It is awful! I'm sure Donna is a nice woman and tries her best, but there are too many talented illustrators looking for work. The art is a detraction. It's not cute or quirky or delightfully underdone. It's hideous. The characters are ugly, the lettering is lazy and amateurish, the panels are basically slightly altered close-ups of the sixth panel.

The joke today was one of her better ones, in that I think it was coherent and I know some friends of my mom might like it, not my mom though.

BORN LOSER

OK, The Born Loser is one of those comics that shocks me that it still generates enough revenue to pay for an "artist" and a "writer" to produce it. I don't remember the last time I saw it in a real newspaper. Dayton Daily News does not qualify, for the record. I do like that the camera moves and we get a close-up of the mom with the cathedral roof nose. 

I'd like to wipe that smug look of the dad's face though. Then maybe the mom would fall in love with me and we could become a couple and we could do things behind closed doors that junior would never see and there would not be a court in the land that could convict us of anything because we're two consenting adults and we're just doing a little something called "exploring." 

I did see a copy of "50 Shades of Gray" on my mom's nightstand last week. Slightly disturbing. I have noticed a spring in my dad's step lately. Coincidence? Probably, as they live in different cities now.

That's all for this week. I think you'll agree this dispatch was one of my best ever. Due to a personality conflict, I have had an opening in my life coaching schedule. Please reach out to me at mr.navy.bean@gmail.com for rates and expectations. Keep in mind I do not like stupid questions or people who think there are limits to what they can do.

Also, head on over to www.gocomics.com/navybean to read the Washington Post 2x nominated "Best Webcomic" Navy Bean.