Thank heaven for hospital administrators like Jill Black, who feels so passionately about keeping things exciting and inspired that she's willing to use one of her three wishes to destroy any vestige of happiness to which these two losers cling.Today's Full Strip
Adrian's thought balloon: "Thank you, thank you, for sending someone to stand up for me. Unlike Mary, who only offered lemon meringue pie. Someday, teach me to stand up for myself."
ReplyDeleteShe's doing it again! Mary (or rather her giant head) is moving like a stealth bomber from one side of the room to the other between the two panels. What's freaking me out more than anything though is her inaction and silence. Has she gone mute?
ReplyDeleteThe All Seeing Head of Mary...
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I called it people!
Jill wants Ted, and will do anything to get him! (Please make it so...)
We love this "boring and uninspired" comic strip, don't we, Adrian?
ReplyDeleteWe love this "boring and uninspired" character, don't we, Adrian?
We love this "boring and uninspired" style of illustration, don't we, Adrian?
And I'm sure, put Jill Black in a black and white polka dot outfit, she'll turn into Cruella de Vil!!!
So goes another day at Santa Royale Jr. High.
ReplyDeleteJill! Was the thinking that or whispering aloud? I never saw perforated thought balloons before.
ReplyDeleteChester, I think that was a whisper.
ReplyDeleteI can't really tell where this is going, and usually I can. Is Mary going to try to rustle up a boyfriend for Jill?
Aside from the guy with the "walls that would scare children", I can't think of any other man in the Worthiverse who's eligible.
I don't think this is about Jill at all. This is what I see unfolding:
ReplyDeleteAs Scott proclaims his love for his boring and uninspired bride, Mary grows anxious. What to do about Adrian's exotic honeymoon fantasy?
Boring and uninspired? Let me introduce you to a friend of mine.
ReplyDelete"Hi, I'm Wilbur. Say, do you like sandwiches?"
Well, I finally get it. This is all about Karen Moy's message that there is nothing wrong with boring and uninspiring. She is, afterall, the poster child.
ReplyDeleteUh...Jill wants Ted? I think not. Tranny Jill wants Adrian. Mary Worth is SOOOOOOO cutting edge.
ReplyDeleteA traditional dress, a plain invite, 2 kids and a mailbox. (yawn) This is entertainment? Jill and I both might prefer they go through a dramatic break up. Or get this boring wedding over with and move to wherever it is Delilah lives.
ReplyDeleteI've got it! Let's introduce Jill to Charley, who is anything but boring and uninspired. Remember his porn collection, and his love for Rodgers & Hammerstein? C'mon, he's way more complex than either Scott or Adrian, and far from boring.
ReplyDeleteJared, your comment made me laugh out loud. You haven't even SEEN boring and uninspired until you've seen Wilbur.
@Heydave: I have to agree with Anonymous. Jill's expression and body language in panel one say "Get your filthy mitts off me, you boring, uninspired ape!" Unless she's playing hard to get.
ReplyDeleteWomen like Jill cannot afford to play hard to get.
ReplyDeletePanel 1 is so action-filled, with Jill's "Charlie's Angels"-inspired judo hands. (But she's actually mimicking Kelly in the famous pose, not Jill!)
ReplyDeleteSo is Jill one of those people who's only happy when those around her are miserable, or does she really think Adrian and Whats-his-name are boring and uninspired? I vote for the latter.
Why is it that Adrian & Scott never seem to hear Jill's ''stage whispered'' insults? Does Mary hear them, or is it just us readers?
ReplyDeleteAnd Maude, why is Mary continuing to be so uncharacteristically silent during these tirades and stage-whispers? Isn't anyone (I'm looking at you, Mary) ever going to say to Jill, "What's your freakin' problem?" Or am I being too Type A? Maybe I should go munch on one of Wilbur's ham sandwiches and calm down a bit...
ReplyDeleteIs it just me, or is Scott beginning to look more and more like Archie Andrews? He appears to be about to enter his junior high school year.
ReplyDeleteHmm...If Scott is Archie, that would make Adrian Veronica, and Jill one heck of a nasty, bipolar Betty. I guess Mary is Miss Grundy? Wilbur would make a great Mr. Weatherbee!
ReplyDeleteScott confronts Jill as Adrian performs a scene from Song of Bernadette.
ReplyDeleteI'm actually finding Jill's severe personality disorder fascinating, which is why it's so disappointing that this storyline will fizzle out without anything interesting happening like every other one before it.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure I could have married a guy who cared what our invitations looked like. That really has to be unusual.
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