The Arizona desert served as the perfect metaphor for the loneliness of widowhood in this heartbreaking story, and now that it's over, Mary can return to Santa Royale with a New Perspective. It's the rich character development that makes this comic strip so deeply enduring. I've been weeping all day at June's Pain and Mary's New Perspective.
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Am I the only one here old enough to remember when ''comic strips'' were called ''The FUNNIES''? A couple of morbid widows strolling through a blazing desert, talking about grief and death, while buzzards circle overhead is more like an Ingmar Bergman film. Can't one of them slip on a banana peel, or something?
Poor June. Not only has she joined The Widows' Club, she's also joined JG's Club Of The Ever-Morphing Uglyfaces.
Mary: "Yes, it's about time you mentioned my loss."
June: "Sorry, but shouldn't we be making our way back...hey! where'd you go?"
I know what this is. It's speed meddling! Mary obviously set June on the right path to overcoming her grief during one short walk in the blistering heat. All she has to do now is return to the compound, which is full of scrub-clad women in need of hearing that the beauty of nature is restorative. She'll be easily able to fit in an afternoon meddle followed by a session of water zumba, for example, and a heaping plate of healthful glop for dinner. Around the camp fire, Mary can lead a group meddle. By Thursday, she'll be running the place. It'll be great!
Mary and June continue their conversation as they tour Southwest Airlines' original color palette.
Maybe this is foreshadowing Mary's demise as a carrion bag.
I don't know about you, but I would find a plot restorative.
"I joined the club that no one wants to belong to . . ." is the understatement of the year. Who in their right mind would want to belong to Mary's Meddling Club?
ooo, tell her how Rita Beglar broke your precious glass swans in a drunken haze! You remember, the swans Jack gave you! Make her feel even worse, Mary.
"I joined the club that no one wants to belong to... but, then, my family have all been Republicans."
Mary's face has suddenly grown longer than John Kerry's
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