The DCR: Not quite Daily, but Trying!

by Hal Bent

Catching up is hard to do...somehow the bonds of physics and thermonuclear science (or maybe just thermoses) affected my space/time and left my "daily" wanting (or I was busy with other obligations, deadlines, and actually having to work). OK, so space/time Star Trek/Dr.Who issues are much more intriguing, but who cares? It's time to review comics! Time to catch-up for the week.


Adam@Home by Brian Basset:

OK, so I gotta give some kudos to practically uncredited artist Rob Harrell for the Godzilla costume...it's outright fantastic. I want to wear it tomorrow! Even better, it hides that idiot Adam from view.  I do have to say that if my ten year old daughter ever used the phrase "I need to let my freak flag fly" my reaction would be a bit more different than the heavy eyelids and dead soul expression of Adam in the final panel of the second comic. Clayton needs a kick in the groin for any "hashtag" comments. 
Where is the wife, Laura? Ahh, that explains the Miley costume idea by Katie...she wants to be like Mom, who is off "twerking" with her boyfriend (she's Miley and he's Robin Thicke?) while Adam trick or treats with the kids.


Ziggy by Tom Wilson & Tom II:

Hat, shirt, pants, and shoes. Wow, best Ziggy comic ever.
I like that Ziggy is deeply entrenched in reading blank pages. What a surge of joy through the Zig-man as he flies through the paper for the first time. "I'm so intellectual and sophisticated" he thinks as the Parrot looks on in utter disdain.


Real Life Adventures by Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich:

Or you're just a weak failure of a parent. Beads of sweat from minimal exertion, child looking on in disappointment, wife still surprised by his inadequacy, his stomach hanging out over the table...this belongs in Adam@Home!


9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney:

It wasn't funny at all last week....so let's run it out for another week.  Is this some weak form of political satire? It's not funny, and I understand not funny is going to happen, but this run is just painful. The character of Thorax is usually portrayed as a powerful non-human in human form, so I keep waiting for him to do "Something". Alas, I guess I just have to go to Pibgorn to check out some more "interesting" drawing by Mr. McEldowney in his post-post-modern adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.


Nancy by Guy Gilchrist:

Not a big fan of Nancy...but I'm all over any cosplay in the comics...not sure if they're going for the 1940s/50s theme or just DC comics heros?  I mean, Mary Marvel in the mainstream media just is not a very modern reference.