Thursday, November 21, 2013

Mary Worth 1,726

Mary's expression in Today's Strip looks a lot like I do right now that blogger isn't allowing me to upload Today's Strip: Like Burt Lancaster going after some crazy bad-mouthed hillbillies.

Tonight, when I get home from work, I'll try again.

16 comments:

Toots McGee said...

"Leave me alone, you jerk!"

Once again, I'm reminded of "Thank you, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes

Will Mary deliver some tough love to this wayward youth, like Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, or will still deliver some swift kicks to this jerk? Will there be tasing?

Toby's Evil Clown said...

Wanders, you are loved and appreciated for your tireless efforts. Thanks for keeping us entertained!

Mary's Cranberry Mothballs said...

Mary and Danny Partridge have been wrestlig now for three days straight. Shouldn't someone need a bathroom break? There are no "Depends" on the market that work that well!

IHeartTheTroll said...

Okay, now we see that Madame Smug has been walking around Central Park in shoes with a bit of a heel. And even so, she STILL didn't fall when Danny Partridge shoved her?? On the upside, at least we're getting treated to some pretty 'unsmug' facial expressions on her mug for a change.

fauxprof said...

This is not a very good Mary Worth PSA. As any police officer will tell you, let the mugger have the purse! Fighting back is likely to lead to serious injury or worse.

On another note, I'll bet Uncle Joe hasn't had this much fun since his DC comics days. The troll even resembles The Joker sans makeup. Maybe that IS The Joker, fallen on hard times, and seeing Mary's purse as a sure fire source of Max Factor Extra Pale Pancake and bright red lipstick. He'll have to mug someone else for the green wig, though.

Yahoonski said...

I think she looks remarkably like James Coburn in p2.

heydave said...

Catching up after being away, however briefly, is only precious and hilarious. The plot development (such as it is) is only of epic proportions.

I feel like I turned away only to miss history passing by...

But..
Sensible shoes, Mary!
Mugging: you're not doing it right, Troll!

Shmoopie said...

I'm pretty sure Giella is being held hostage in some dank basement, while Ms. Moy and/or the syndicate produce these stories and use up every scrap of art Giella has ever created during his long drawing career. It is only when a story requires some totally new action (i.e., mugging in progress), that they let Giella out into the sunlight and lead him to his drawing desk for a few hours or days.

The insanity we see on the mugger's face and the viciousness of the attack on Mary is proof to me that we are witnessing a desperate cry, nay, roar, for help.

FREE GIELLA!!!

KitKat said...

What a face - is Mary morphing into the Incredible Meddler? Tomorrow she'll have the handbag strap and maybe her scarf wrapped around the throat of the mugging troll.

Vicki said...

cooool..."leave me alone you jerk!" would come across even more Aldo-ish, though, if she were packin' heat!

Anonymous said...

Mary's outburst must have made Mr. Muggles soil his blue pants, because now they are gray.

Thorpnotized said...

@Anonymous-12:14 PM; His pants were already grey in the second panel yesterday.

Dave in Parma said...

I'm seeing more Martin Scorcese, sans glasses...

http://www.beyondhollywood.com/martin-scorsese-on-the-case-of-the-snowman/martin-scorsese-2/

Jack Worth said...

I wonder if she is so ready for fight for that purse, because she has DOSC' plaque in it, and she was on her way to the engravers to get that, less than perfect woman's name off of it and replaced with her own!

LouiseF said...

Just to amplify what fauxprof said regarding Mary's inadequate PSA. .. How does Mary know her assailant doesn't have a gun??? Is she overcome with pique just because she is in the nervy big city?? The longer she stays in New York, the mouthier she gets?? Mary living dangerously. . .I like it.

Chin Napkin Groupie said...

Dear Wendy,
When confronted by a mugger what should one do?
"Afraid in New York"

Dear Afraid,
Be confident and ward him off by saying something like "Leave me alone you jerk! It has always worked for me.