Sounds more like a casual friendship than a serious relationship. Here’s a scenario: while working in the computer lab, Dawn will meet a tech entrepreneur named Zak. They have no previous knowledge of each other because Dawn finds her father’s romances “icky”, and Zak never knew Wilbur’s last name or anything about him. Besides, he’s clueless. They blunder into a more age-appropriate and attractiveness level relationship. Hilarity and/or heartache ensue, both of which will be resolved offscreen by Mary’s muffins and platitudes. Probably carrot/raisin, not cranberry/orange.
Jared is the guy Dawn chose over Hugo two (or more?) years ago, and they’ve been together since then, but they act like they barely know each other. It’s a surprise that Dawn didn’t remark, “Oh, you work at a hospital?”
Dawn’s been a student at the university so many years and still hasn’t graduated, a transfer to SRCc might be in order. She’d fit right in in Toby’s art class, where she could doodle and discuss the merits of the fries at Kara’s Café.
Yahoonski, that baboon’s eyes are extraordinarily soulful. Almost as if it’s a highly skilled graphic artist who’s been forced to illustrate endless panels of banal dialogue about working at a computer lab. “How did this come to be?”, it seems to silently implore the reader.
Anyway, excellent use of negative space, is what I’m saying.
Also: Reverend Lovejoy - "Baboons to the left of me. Baboons to the right. The speeding locomotive tore through a sea of inhuman fangs. A pair of the great apes rose up at me but -- bam, bam! -- I sent them flying like two hairy footballs. A third came screaming at me --HCCAAH, HCCAAH!! ...And that's when I got mad."
Maybe Hugo is back for another summer semester at SRCc. Or to go back to the house he never finished painting. June can take the next three or four months off and just recycle the panels from two years ago.
Realizing that time is different in comic strips I have to wonder if time stops for characters not in an active story line. Is Ashlee still riding the bus? Is Dr. Drew frozen while taking pictures of birds? Is the other woman who wanted Dr. Drew still walking around angry? Is Wilbur's mouth stuffed with the last sandwich he consumed? Are Sal and Eva watching a sunset and talking about how dogs are good? Is Aldo doomed to forever fall over the cliff? It boggles the mind!
@Thunderheels, time didn’t stop for Jeff”s daughter, Adrian, and her husband, Scott. We saw them driving off to their honeymoon, never to be seen again. Years later (could’ve been last year), Mary mentioned that Jeff was visiting Adrian and her family, which included several children. Apparently Adrian and Scott got busy post honeymoon. That being said, KM is far from a model of consistency, so Ashlee may still be on that bus, Shawna might still be at the door of the People’s Clinic with coffee for Drew, etc.
Thunderheels: A small correction, if you’ll permit me. Sol and Eve are the manic dog-adores.
Salaneva, on the other hand, is a dreaded intestinal affliction brought on by eating turnip muffins, or by handling baboon waste. Be careful out there!
13 comments:
Sounds more like a casual friendship than a serious relationship. Here’s a scenario: while working in the computer lab, Dawn will meet a tech entrepreneur named Zak. They have no previous knowledge of each other because Dawn finds her father’s romances “icky”, and Zak never knew Wilbur’s last name or anything about him. Besides, he’s clueless. They blunder into a more age-appropriate and attractiveness level relationship. Hilarity and/or heartache ensue, both of which will be resolved offscreen by Mary’s muffins and platitudes. Probably carrot/raisin, not cranberry/orange.
Jared is the guy Dawn chose over Hugo two (or more?) years ago, and they’ve been together since then, but they act like they barely know each other. It’s a surprise that Dawn didn’t remark, “Oh, you work at a hospital?”
Dawn’s been a student at the university so many years and still hasn’t graduated, a transfer to SRCc might be in order. She’d fit right in in Toby’s art class, where she could doodle and discuss the merits of the fries at Kara’s Café.
I think the baboon's expression pretty much sums up the prospects of this story line.
Yahoonski, that baboon’s eyes are extraordinarily soulful. Almost as if it’s a highly skilled graphic artist who’s been forced to illustrate endless panels of banal dialogue about working at a computer lab. “How did this come to be?”, it seems to silently implore the reader.
Anyway, excellent use of negative space, is what I’m saying.
The baboon is speaking to me. It's either saying "Here we go again..." or "I want to eat your face." Baboons are hard to read.
Also: Reverend Lovejoy - "Baboons to the left of me. Baboons to the right. The speeding locomotive tore through a sea of inhuman fangs. A pair of the great apes rose up at me but -- bam, bam! -- I sent them flying like two hairy footballs. A third came screaming at me --HCCAAH, HCCAAH!! ...And that's when I got mad."
Maybe Hugo is back for another summer semester at SRCc. Or to go back to the house he never finished painting. June can take the next three or four months off and just recycle the panels from two years ago.
HelenClark
Realizing that time is different in comic strips I have to wonder if time stops for characters not in an active story line.
Is Ashlee still riding the bus? Is Dr. Drew frozen while taking pictures of birds? Is the other woman who wanted Dr. Drew still walking around angry? Is Wilbur's mouth stuffed with the last sandwich he consumed? Are Sal and Eva watching a sunset and talking about how dogs are good? Is Aldo doomed to forever fall over the cliff?
It boggles the mind!
@Thunderheels, time didn’t stop for Jeff”s daughter, Adrian, and her husband, Scott. We saw them driving off to their honeymoon, never to be seen again. Years later (could’ve been last year), Mary mentioned that Jeff was visiting Adrian and her family, which included several children. Apparently Adrian and Scott got busy post honeymoon. That being said, KM is far from a model of consistency, so Ashlee may still be on that bus, Shawna might still be at the door of the People’s Clinic with coffee for Drew, etc.
Thunderheels: A small correction, if you’ll permit me. Sol and Eve are the manic dog-adores.
Salaneva, on the other hand, is a dreaded intestinal affliction brought on by eating turnip muffins, or by handling baboon waste. Be careful out there!
Dog-adorers. Dang you, auto correct!
Uh oh....that baboon knows something. He's not telling. I think he might be related to Jared and he's embarrassed about it.
KitKat and meg- Thank you for the corrections. I can barely remember my name let alone others.
Post a Comment