Beetle Bailey Comes to an End

I'm not a fan of the Golden Globes.  Frankly, why would I want to watch a bunch of movies and people I've never heard of when a bunch of awards that essentially mean nothing when they win Oscars and Emmys a few months later? Anyway, onto today's comics and don't forget to check out my site everyday and feel free to follow me on Twitter.

Frazz

Does anyone remember that episode of "The Twilight Zone" where the Earth is moving closer to the sun so everything is getting hotter but then it turns out to be a dream and the world is actually moving away from the sun and getting colder?  I've actually had intelligent discussions about what I would have happen.  I always choose the world freezing because for the most part you can turn up the heat, put on more clothes and basically keep yourself warm through various means whereas the world being plunged into the sun would just be horrible.  You can only take off so much clothing and air conditioning only works so much before you are just sweltering and it's only 115 degrees outside!!

As for where I would live.  Neither Phoenix or Miami, thank you.

The Duplex and Garfield

Yay!  Odie just caused an intergalactic incident.

Hi and Lois

Or, instead of ordering a damn pizza, you could, I don't know, just make dinner and tell your kids that is what they are going to eat.

Also, what family of six can survive on just one pizza?  Hell, I can barely survive on just one pizza.

Reynolds Unwrapped

Nice.  Fart joke.  Stay classy, Reynolds Unwrapped.

Rubes

I like this one but the joke could've easily been done with just generic kids.  I wonder why Leigh Rubin chose to portray The Family Circus kids.

Girls and Sports

What the hell are they talking about?  Why are you sending an email?  Just call her!

Fun fact:  The Girls and Sports Wikipedia page is one of the pages I watch and it is, by far, the one that is vandalized the most.  Most of it is people just comment on how bad the art is which makes me wonder if those people can better than this.

Beetle Bailey

Oh my God!!  After five and a half centuries, could it be?  Is Beetle Bailey finally coming to an end?  Oh, wait.  Beetle just signed up for another 60 years.  Luckily, he will not see any actual action.

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Hopes Dashed and Confusion Reigns

I'd like to start out today by celebrating the end of Frog Applause, which has long been a thorn in the sides of various DCReviewers!

...wait, that's just a joke? Curse you, Frog Applause, for offering hope and so cruelly yanking it away! Anyway, here's some more stuff.

Spider-Man

I think it might be one of the lesser (though still fantastic) Kirby monsters, and not ol' Fin Fang Foom. It's a green hand, though, so there's still a little bit of hope. I like the look on the minister's face. He's loving this so much and why shouldn't he? He's at a bizarre wedding where both Spider-Man (even though it's the lackluster comic strip version) and the Thing are in attendance. I wouldn't be surprised if he started promoting himself as a minister for officiating super-hero weddings.

Let's wrap up today with two strips that puzzled me:
2 Cows and a Chicken

The first three panels are self-explanatory, and even if you haven't been following the strip everyday, you can figure out why each is important. The last panel just mystifies me, though. Is that back at their farm? I still don't understand what's happening.

Reynolds Unwrapped

I have no theories about this one. It's just confusing.

That's it for this Friday. Check out the Meekrat Entertainment Group today, and especially tomorrow, when we celebrate the third annual Otter Pun Day. It OTTER be a good time.

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Thanksgiving... barbecue??

Having been sufficiently stuffed the pst couple days, Arkholt returns with some comic blurbs to start your weekend out with.

Brewster Rockit:

While Captain Brewster is being his normal dim self here, it is true that Vulcans such as Mr. Spock do not eat meat.  Too barbaric, I guess.  It does seem to defy logic to pass up something so delicious, though.

Retail:

While I must praise the strip for its obscure Pink Floyd The Wall film reference, I don't think the song is apropos for the Black Friday aftermath.  It could be, but only if someone's father was killed because of the mad shoppers.

Reynolds Unwrapped:

"WHAT!? You're far too young to play that game!"


Finally, a strange synchronicity:

I don't know about anyone else, but I've never had anything barbecued at the end of November.  It's too cold and I can't imagine someone cooking a turkey that way.  It would be okay if just one of these strips had something about barbecuing or grilling, but two in one day?  It really makes me wonder about people.

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I posted a comment on an article about Beetle Bailey's 60th anniversary where they compare Mort Walker and his strip to Charles Schulz and Peanuts. I commented that, like Jim Davis, Walker uses a "corporation" to produce his strips unlike Schulz who did everything himself. I want to apologize for that as Walker does not use a corporation to create Beetle Bailey. He, his sons and Jerry Dumas meet once a week to discuss the strip then they go play golf. Does Walker touch his strip anymore? Probably not except to sign them in the corner. Anyway, here's today's strip:

Beetle Bailey 9/5/10

It's really amazing how different the strip looks now. In the article I commented on, someone said that Walker needs to update the strip--basically not show Sarge pounding Beetle into a bloody pulp. Really? That's what you would update? Not, you know, sending them to war or hell even a base in Germany would at least be a step closer to relevancy.

Drabble 9/5/10

For once, I was right there with him. Until I noticed that he has a squeeze bottle of ketchup in his pants.That is ketchup right?

Mary Worth 9/5/10

"I will spend the rest of my days going bar to bar trying to find out who killed Richie, just like my father."

Slylock Fox and Comics for Kids 9/5/10

Slylock, the most unAmerican fox ever known, blatantly accuses the majestic eagle of thievery even though the ostrich and penguin worked together. The eagle doesn't want that stupid tricycle, he just wants his country back.

Lola 9/5/10

I'm fairly certain "It's a Small World (After All)" is a copyrighted song and very expensive so I doubt ice cream trucks could use. I usually hear them playing "Pop Goes the Weasel", "Mulberry Bush" and occasionally "Turkey In the Straw". If anyone has heard an ice cream truck play "It's a Small World" let me know in the comments.

Broom Hilda 9/5/10

First, that seems like an awful lot of headache inducing just to get a child to go the bed. Second, why would anybody buy a book from someone named Broom Hilda?

Reynolds Unwrapped 9/5/10

This is perhaps one of the most insulting comic strips I have seen in a long time. Mr Reynolds, you shame me.

Todd the Dinosaur 9/5/10

Technically, watching the news on PBS is like listening to NPR--it's informative and to the point and bordering on dry. But if the kids these days actually got their news from PBS or NPR, this world would be a better and more informed place.

Panel from Grin and Bear It 9/5/10

Look, kids, it's the 21st Century and it's 2010. We don't care that you are gay. You can quit hiding it.

Ask Shagg 9/5/10

I hate Ask Shagg and I bet you a dollar that somewhere there will be a kid who tells their teacher that they learned about vasserlines over the weekend.

Nancy 9/5/10

I really have nothing to say about today's Nancy but I do want to point you to this site. I knew there were people who believe that we didn't land on the Moon but people who actually believe the Moon doesn't exist? That's...I don't know what. What I like is that their "reward" for proof the Moon does exist is a paltry $100,000 and it has to be conclusive physical proof--sent by email.

I would almost go as far to say the site is a joke but considering there are people thinking the President of the United States wants to bring down the country I don't know what to think anymore.

The Born Loser 9/5/10

I'm pretty sure the Thornapples have taken a vacation this year but I'm not in the mood to search through my site to find out. But please, feel free to do it yourself. I love how Brutus has decided to take his family on vacation after Wilberforce has already started school.

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Succinct and Hateful

I'm running on all cylinders right now, folks, between this, Time-Mind Sync-Warp, Meekrat Entertainment Group, Carafe, and March Meekrat Madness. You should click on all of those, by the way, either before or after you read these succinct comic reviews which are far more hateful than usual.

Wizard of Id, 03/11/10

I, for one, wonder why coffins like this haven't been created yet. Wouldn't you rather be buried in a racecar rather than a normal, plain old coffin?

Nancy, 03/11/10

I'm rather surprised that there's a shout-out to "Pearls Before Swine" in this comic. As one of the old guard (Nancy has been around forever, though its creative team is relatively new) I'd think they'd be sort of against "Pearls". Glad they're not, though.

Luann, 03/11/10

Why would you even answer the phone in this situation? Brad's an idiot.

Wee Pals, 03/11/10

So is this kid, for wanting to stay up late to watch "Jay Leno".

Rose is Rose, 03/11/10

Pasquale, though... this kid is just a putz. No one liked these kinds of kids when I went to school, and I don't think that's changed any in the relatively short time since I've been there.

Argyle Sweater, 03/11/10

Another mention of Jay Leno, albeit in a much less complimentary fashion (though an endorsement from Wee Pals is anything but complimentary). I'm more interested/angered over the mention of a Stamos. I throughly dislike all things related to "Full House" and its actors, especially the Stamos. I'm glad his wife left him for Jerry O'Connell from "Sliders".

Reynolds Unwrapped, 03/11/10

How did the woman get fully-dressed without realized that it was S&M gear?

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