Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Mary Worth 2620

Moy and Brigman do it again, establishing an entirely new genre: Comic Noir. Someone is going to commit a murder! My money is on Katie, and she gets away with it, too, knowing that Derek will never turn her in. Or rather, she almost gets away with it. Unfortunately for Katie, Mary Worth is on board and her meddling senses are tingling.

18 comments:

Anonymous said...


"Comic noir." Love it!

Those aren't atmospheric clouds in the background, they're clouds of Esme's cigarette smoke.

Katie's got spunk and a mean streak, but Esme is completely without morals, so my money's on the Entertainer. But she might need some extra make-up for her next show.

-- Scottie McW.

Nance said...

Today's Boldface Haiku is titled "Meow".

Looking?
Yes. Husband.
Wait, may my...
Keep away from him! Off limits!

Peggy Olson said...

My bet is on Wifey as the victim. Esme knows the ship inside and out. There are lots of places to lure a clueless child bride.

Fortunately, Mary is a relentless snoop, and Toby will do anything to avoid returning to Ian. They'll search every inch of that ship until they find the poor wife. She'll be tied up with Esme's microphone cord, surrounded by empty cigarette wrappers.

Toots McGee said...

I think this could be called "day for night" coloring.

Just how many people are supposed to be on this ship anyway?

Anonymous said...

We are on the cusp of perhaps the most dramatic strip in the history of Mary Worth. Please let it happen before Mary intervenes.

KitKat said...

When I read the strip early this a.m., I figured something was wrong with the $%@*! Plain Dealer app. Ha, I just didn't recognize "comic noir." I wonder if this was June's idea, or KM's.

Remarkable transformation of Katie from panel to panel today! In p. 1 she looks like a scrawny guy in a wife beater, but by p. 2 she's layered on the eye makeup and her sideburns have sprouted. Maybe this is June's version of the Incredible Hulk.

I'd like to put my money on Esme in this fight, but I suspect an ill-timed coughing fit will render her vulnerable to a push from Katie.

Chester the Dog said...

The entire ship must reek of tobacco.

LouiseF said...

This is one bush-league cruise if the Entertainment routinely gets away with seducing the passengers...Esme is nothing if not brazen, and Katie needs to find Captain Stubing or Gopher and make a complaint.

Nance said...

If only we were seeing the whole scene through Mary Worth's Night Vision Goggles.

Gina said...

Guess we gotta hand it to Esme for being the most honest husband-stealer in history!

Regina Wolfe-Parks said...

Omg does Entertainer Esme EVER stop smoking??? She must smell like cheap gin and a dirty ashtray.

I am going to get my wish and hopefully someone will go overboard, hopefully both. Derek will watch them both drown as he smokes a cigarette.


Chester the Dog said...

@Regina: you are right, 3E has some addiction issues. Smoking, sex, need to be loved (like all cruise ship entertainers), and the need to be in control (locking people in bathrooms). Mary has her work cut out for her. I doubt that even a cup of coffee and pie at DINER will help 3E!

fauxprof said...

The problem with Worthiverse villains is that they always get reformed. (Not counting Angry Aggie from the Pax Wellness Resort. Mary didn't seem to consider her worth bothering with.) I'm hoping that Evil Entertainer Esme remains intractable and steeped in depravity. She should be punished, though. There's probably some kind of morality clause in her contract and she can be put off when they get back to Port Canaveral in about three months. I'll warn my friends in Brevard County.

Garnet said...

Cat fight!!

It made me think of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za1XVgQhsJU

I wonder who is getting hurled overboard? My money's on Katie.

Yahoonski said...

@Regina: I can't recall for sure, but with all that smoking, surely we as a group speculated that she must sound like Marianne Faithfull, or at least Kim Carnes. And it doesn't really matter how dark it is; Katy's going to have trouble finding her hubby now that her eyeballs are gone.

Regina Wolfe-Parks said...

@Yahoonski: Yes we did say Marianne Faithfull lol. But judging from all the cigarettes she's been smoking I think she sounds like Harvey Feirstein.

Wanders, I think "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes". Has been suggested for the Charterstone Jukebox. I have another suggestion: "Sea Cruise."

doug said...

Aldo Kelrast?

Regina Wolfe-Parks said...

WEDNESDAY: It looks like I called it! Someone is going overboard! Such language! But Triple E is a #$%#!