Strategizing

To be continued Friday at Meekrat's Emporium of Nonsensery.

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Shoe steak, forgetful fish, ellipsis errors, stealing spears... oh my!

It is the triumphant return of Arkholt from his "vacation," going to his sister-in-law's wedding and having to deal with all of his in-laws.  Nah, it wasn't that bad.  No need to feel bad about it, especially when there's funny comics to be read.

Hagar the Horrible:

What Hagar doesn't know is that that's actually the sole of a shoe.  I don't see how, since the tread is quite visible to me.  I guess to vikings, "steak" just means "shoes." That's why Lucky Eddie doesn't really need to cook it for that long.

Ollie and Quentin:

One question here: If the fish only has a seven second memory, why does he say "Not the seven-second memory thing again?!"?  The fact that he is annoyed by people asking him that means that he must remember that someone has asked it before.  Therefore, either his short-term memory only lasts seven seconds but he has a good long-term memory, or this strip wasn't thought through completely.

It's still cute, though.

Funky Winkerbean:

If Rachel had been paying attention, she would have noticed the ellipsis at the end of the guy's first speech balloon.  Then, she would have known that he was lying in the last panel.  Unfortunately, she was doing something else at the time and probably didn't have time to look.  Lucky break for that guy, I guess.

Alley Oop:

Really, if you have to go and get the full army in order to deal with just one guy, you might as well just forget it.  Also, he seems to have not only knocked them out with his large stick, but stolen their spears.  Who's to say that he couldn't do that with the whole army?  I'd just give up and go home.  Well, first I'd make a new spear, then go hunting, and then go home.  That is, if I was a caveman I'd do that.  If I was just me, I'd just go home.

I think lots of people would have trouble reading it, since it's so small.  In a newspaper, it would be even smaller.  Therefore, I will share it with you: "Stephan Pastis played with Star Wars figurines until he was 16 years old." That's not bad, actually.  I know plenty of folks who play with them and are much older than that.

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OH COME ON.

I'm just going to repeat the same joke six or seven times, okay? Great. Here we go:

Beetle Bailey, 10/9/09

OH COME ON. Sarge doesn't have any friends!

Hagar the Horrible, 10/9/09

OH COME ON. A liquor license is needed to sell any sort of alcoholic beverage, including beer or wine!

Ollie and Quentin, 10/9/09

OH COME ON. That worm is not physically able to play that tuba!

Lio, 10/9/09

OH COME ON. Lio could not lift a pumpkin of that size that easily!

New Adventures of Queen Victoria, 10/9/09

OH COME ON. "Frog Applause" doesn't have any reoccurring characters!

Pluggers, 10/9/09

OH COME ON. Cracker Barrel doesn't take reservations!

Blondie, 10/9/09

OH COME ON. This is basically the same joke as the whole Mom's Diner thing discussed yesterday, except altered ever so slightly to become a little fresher, which doesn't mean that it's funny by any means but at least Blondie is trying, if only a little bit, which is good!

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Things are wrong today.

I've nothing to say in this little intro except that you should go visit the Meekrat Entertainment Group and partake of the message boards, which really need a new name. If anyone has any ideas on what that name should be, drop by the message boards and let us know.

Hagar the Horrible, 8/20/09 and 8/21/09

What's wrong with Hagar the Horrible today? It... looks very off. Hagar, who usually has Fred Flintstone-like hands has normal hands, which looks a little weird but wouldn't be as noticeable if it wasn't for the lettering. I mean, here's yesterday's strip:

That's what it's been like since forever, really, and I have to wonder what's going on to make it change. Is there a new artist or something? Only time will tell, I guess.

Cow and Boy, 8/21/09

...unless this psychotic boy hunts us all down first. That girl has every right to be freaked out by this.

Fred Basset, 8/21/09

The boy isn't the only one getting into the killin' mood. Fred Basset, who is usually quite congenial, has bird-related blood-lust. Quite an angry comics page today. Don't go without a weapon or you'll wind up like this guy...

Speed Bump, 8/21/09

Buried in a shallow grave. The joke will be on them when the decomposition sets in and all the crows and whatnot feast upon the exposed flesh.

Neurotica, 8/21/09

Nope, just a bad joke.

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