Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Mary Worth 1,328

The thing about Person Magazine is that it's only about one person. And it's the same person each week. Which makes it kind of interesting, except for that person. And who is the person whose privacy is invaded day after day by the relentless paparazzi? Gina "The Waitress" Black, of course.

Today's Full Strip

17 comments:

Peggy Olson said...

Last week's issue of Person Mag featured those two box-office stars, Brad Pinn and Angela Jane. Next week, George Crooney. See, Dawn, not all life is brutal.
I've said it before, but I have to say it again.

Peggy Olson said...

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Wilbur needs to send Dawn to a psychiatrist for depression, not to Italy. Maybe Georgio is a doctor at the Istituto di salute mentale.

Punky said...

We get it, we get it. Dawn doesn't want to pack. Stop the presses. Meanwhile, Dawn's at the edge of her bed in the first panel, and there's magically room for Wilbur to "cop a squat" in the second panel. And to continue the creepiness I mentioned yesterday, what's with Wilbur's spread-eagled pose? You'd think he was riding the NYC subway.

fauxprof said...

Ever since I read this morning's strip, I've been thinking up almost-but-not-quite magazine titles: Scientific Canadian. Pacific Monthly. Athletes Illustrated. The Wednesday Review. (Anything but contemplate the increasing creepiness of the Wilbur-Dawn relationship.)

phoebes in santa fe said...

The list of things wrong about the Wilbur/Dawn relationship actually pales to the absurdity going on in fellow comic, Apt 3g.

Today, a wealthy young woman, who's pregnant and whose mother evidently died in childbirth and who has a personal, full-time mid-wife, has collapsed in an empty apartment. She's going into labor, but didn't realise it at first because no one ever told her that labor pains are not a presage to the flu, but rather, a baby being born.

Sometimes the witlessness between the two strips is difficult to know which is worse, day-to-day. And that includes the artwork, too.
Though I think Apt 3-g's on top this week...

Anonymous said...

Who in the world holds clothes like Wilbur!! Seriously!?!

Anonymous said...

Dawn needs Prozac! A far more suitable Mary Worth storyline than a summer trip to Italy!

Anonymous said...

Would someone please just slap Dawn?

LouiseF said...

You silly people. Dawn doesn't need psychotherapy or psychotropic drugs. . . .Don't you remember, all can be cured by a visit from Mary Worth?! Next strip, Wilbur is in a quandary. He just paid several grand for last-minute tickets to Italy, his daughter is languishing and not packing for a fabulous trip, and despite the fact that HIS JOB IS GIVING PEOPLE ADVICE ABOUT HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS, he is without a clue about what to do. I can already smell the coffee and muffins over at Mary's. Personally, I think he should retire and just let Mary Worth take over "Ask Wendy".

KitKat said...

Like LouiseF today, I also contemplated Wilbur's ability to splurge on last-minute airfare to Italy. Who knew that being an advice columnist was so lucrative, especially considering that we haven't seen Wilbur WRITING a column in years. I'm in the wrong line of work.

I'm awed by Wilbur's ability to balance that pile of pink fabric on his arms.

heydave said...

I shouldn't take a few days off from visiting "Maryland" and expect everything to be peachy when I get back. Dawn, refusing to pack for a free European vacation, Wilbur holding some obviously heavy object wrapped in the pink drapes... it just hurts my brain.

Mary said...

Back when all the action took place in the produce department, I was loving this story. Now that the plot has been reduced to watching a character not pack for vacation, it just isn't that compelling anymore.

Bring back the pears!

Anonymous said...

Dear Wendy,

My daughter is an incredibly spoiled brat with bad haircut, a monochromatic wardrobe, and poor taste in entertainment. (Is "Person" magazine the same as "O" magazine?)

I want to take her to Italy to help her get over a non-relationship she didn't have with a Tab Hunter lookalike, but she doesn't want to pack. I'm forced to hold the pink curtains as if there's a baby wrapped up in them.

I'm especially concerned because, between the non-relationship, her addiction to Game of Thrones, and her former internet obsession, she appears to be in a world of her own. And that world is NOT the Worthiverse, where we live and where time not only doesn't fly, it falls out of the sky dead.

What should I do?

Sincerely,

"Ham Sandwich With a Bad Combover"

--Beagle Vet

Anonymous said...

I would say Dawn would have a better chance of getting out of her funk if Wilbur went to Italy by himself.

Punky said...

Love Mary's sentence @12:18: "Now that the plot has been reduced to watching a character not pack for vacation, it just isn't that compelling anymore." I can see Moy is stuck in a rut right now. Tomorrow's big drama: Wilbur asks Dawn, "So how's that suitcase? Have you filled it yet?"

Vicki said...

so... what does Teddy Bear think of all this? Does HE want to go to Italy? Maybe he's wrapped up in that pink-whatever thing that Wilbur is holding?

I'm hoping "Dave" and his new girlfriend are somehow on that same flight. That would be awesome!

James in North Dakota said...

There have been many people commenting on whether or not the strip will follow Wilbur and Dawn's frolics in Italy or Mary answering mail...I have a feeling that by the time Wilbur and Dawn actually get on the plane, there will be snow on the ground.