by Hal Bent
Happy Friday, I know I need a chuckle or three after a long work week. Of course, the humor is more likely to be the snark humor after reading unfunny after unfunny comic.
Farcus by David Waisglass and Gordon Coulthart:
It's funny because...umm, oh wait, it's not funny at all. He is too dumb to go to the supermarket? He thinks canned fish live that way in the wild? Is this a scathing denouncement of the American educational system that lags behind other nations in teaching science? This is really not humor, but commentary on America and it's role as a lagging superpower? No, I guess, it's just not funny.
Ben by Daniel Shelton:
Nothing funny at all about this comic. I think this is a primer for the elderly readers (I'd say "fans", but are there any people who consider themselves "Ben fans"? I imagine if I looked like the character, I might find it kind of a big deal, but otherwise...). "How to unload your horrible junk in a yard sale since you cannot figure out eBay to save your life" is likely what the creator had in mind when writing and drawing this turd, I mean unfunny crap, I mean comic.
Flo and Friends by Jenny Campbell:
Not to get all off-topic or anything, but when I was in college, I barely made over minimum wage, had no savings, no credit, was working to pay for school, movies and dates with my Sweetie-Pie, gas, groceries, and lots of beer, and somehow was pre-approved for a couple hundred credit cards. I would sign up for the cards on my way between classes because they lured you in with a giant bag of Peanut M&Ms and that would be my free lunch for the day. Paid for all those M&Ms later in life when I tried to buy our first house (bank didn't like all those credit cards in my shoebox under the bed) and being diagnosed with diabetes.
Last Kiss by John Lustig:
Bwahh-hahhh-hahhhh! As usual, Last Kiss steps up with some real humor. I am finally content with the comics this Friday with actually found a funny!
2 comments:
Eh, they can't all be winners. The problem with comic strips is there's no competition and (in the newspaper world), no opportunities for new artists. Once you become a staple, you get to stop trying.
*coughgarfieldcough*
Exactly! It's incredibly frustrating to see those relics churning out crap over and over again and blocking youth. As much as I miss Bloom County, Calvin and Hobbes, or the Far Side, I give Breathed, Watterson, and Larsen so much credit for walking away when their success allowed other opps and when their creativity lagged.
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