Sundry Funnies Distractions
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Forget that Friday the 13th comes on a Monday this month, there are other distractions. Like…
John Reiner‘s use of a grease pencil on The Lockhorns was an unexpected and pleasant surprise.
Speaking of unexpected:
A wormhole? A time tunnel? An interdimensional portal? A rabbit hole? Whatever it is (not even hinted at in the latest Luann newsletter) the adventure starts today. With Puddles along for the ride!
A week ago I was mildly surprised when the Sunday Hägar the Horrible gag carried over to the Monday comic strip. Today Trudi the horse returns to the strip. It seems we have a new ongoing character.
About a month ago the Gil Thorp comic strip began an arc about trans athletes. Tobias has the support of Gil and the players, but there are opponents to letting him play. The focal point of the current plot returns today … as does Gil Thorp’s guest cartoonist.
Rightly or wrongly I associate Gil Thorp with Midwest/Bible Belt newspapers and I wonder how, or if, they are accepting the various Henry Barajas plotlines (divorce, mixed relationships, LGBTQ+).
Kudos to Robb Armstrong. Last week saw a wall of lettered blocks front and center in JumpStart and I can detect not a single cut and paste – every script appears to be redrawn every time!
King Features has lost the proof sheet for the King of the Royal Mounted January 10-15, 1938 week. Ergo:
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