I can certainly understand why the survivor column is easier than the advice column... I mean, a survivor story practically writes itself. It would only require hours of research, tracking down survivors, extensive interviews, reviewing police reports. And now that he doesn't have to take up entire minutes a week answering Ask Wendy letters, he will have plenty of time to impress Iris with his hairy arms.
Wilbur appears to be pressing a mask against his face in the second panel. If he's trying to put on an attractive face for Iris, it's not working.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Wilbur can interview Tommy for the Survivors column. If so, Wilbur better hurry. Tommy survived prison, but he may not survive this food and these companions. The looming black presence of Mary the Hostess is casting a pall.
My PYNAR word is "dorwrit face," which describes Tommy's expression to a T.
Mary: ...and I'm happy to do it. I really enjoy writing the column and helping people go back to enjoying their lives.
ReplyDeleteIris: Enjoying life is important. We should cherish every day.
Tommy: (thought bubble) Life is brutal.
There is so much going on in the second panel today:
ReplyDelete(1) Wilbur recovers from the stroke he obviously had in the first panel.
(2) Wilbur rattles on so long that he begins to drool, and forgets he should use his napkin to wipe his chin.
(3) What normal person would say, "Right now I'm taking a sort of break"?
If we didn't already suspect that Mary is a horrible cook, Tommy's expression would clue us in. It must be worse than prison food. (Although Iris surely kept his commissary account solvent, so he got plenty of Twinkies and Doritos.)
ReplyDeleteI'm kind of sad you didn't mention Melting Gremlin Wilbur in panel 1. That thing deserves a Worthy, even if you have to make up a category for it.
ReplyDeleteI'm actually beginning to wonder if Joe Giella is working on smaller paper than he used to, because I'm seeing some misshapen art as of late that would be impossible to do if you drew it large enough.
Iris' thought bubble must wonder "Do I miss Wilbur the Damaged Troll or am I glad to be rid of Wilbur the Looming Evil?"
ReplyDeleteHas Mary ever hosted a social event of any kind that wasn't a festival of discomfort, unspoken tension, and general misery?
ReplyDeleteThat woman could turn the happiest occasion into something truly deserving her salmon-squares-and-kelk cuisine...
Wilbur's survivor columns write themselves. He simply follows around Mary and interviews the people who interacted with her and were able to tear themselves away.
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ReplyDeleteWe have a strong candidate for Worthy Awards Panel of the Year!
Heck, I wouldn't want to work at a declasse' joint like SantaRoyMart either. Doesn't anyone have friends at Nieman-Marroy or Roystrom?
WEDNESDAY: Why would Tommy not want to accept help in gaining employment from a guy who can and has to not only turn his job masquerading as a female writer over to someone else so he can 'focus' on his ham sandwich making and attempts to get a date, but is ABLE TO get away with it with his employer?
ReplyDeleteFinally, a community that kept Walmart out by combining all their mom and pop stores into one big box--Santaroymart! I hear the random drug testing is pretty stringent, though, so I can understand Tommy's consternation.
ReplyDeleteGo ahead Tommy... stick that fork in Wilbur; he's done!
ReplyDeletePersonally, I would much rather work at Santarget.
SantaRoyMart?!? Really?!?
ReplyDeleteAnd Tommy's reaction is understandable in light of the fact he's had to sit there for more than 12 seconds with this merry band of idiots consuming food that is probably unfit for consumption by any carbon-based life form. Even the Dali Lama would probably go ballistic as well under those circumstances.
So hot! So hot! -- Must resist...must resist...must resist the charms of WILBUR!
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