I am more confused the more I look at it. I started with simply, “Draw? What does it mean for a puzzle piece to draw?” Then,
(1) The two pieces do not fit together.
(2) The colon following “In,” suggests that this is a movie or play reference, as in, “Mr. So-and-so in: The Man with One Red Shoe.” So, what movie would that be? Easter Parade, The Passion of the Christ?
And that piece in front seems to be holding that garland piece by virtue of an entirely accidental fit of stem and keyhole as shapes while the patterns don’t match at all.
My impression is that the left piece has brought flowers for the right piece as a romantic gesture or apology, but the left piece is not accepting. But I don’t understand the meaning of the left piece’s words. (if my first comment went through, feel free to delete this one – my browser locked up during submission)
Copilot tells me the joke is that the artist is feeling lazy, so they drew simple objects. I asked about the flowers, and copilot says those are easy to draw, maintaining the joke this is just about the cartoonist making a joke about being lazy.
Thanks Pete! I assumed the second piece was speaking the words, rather than the words being a title of the comic. That pretty well clears it up for me.
I hope this is okay but I contacted Willy Black to ask what this strip was about. And he responded!
“Regarding the strip of puzzle pieces, I was just trying to represent those times when you want a romantic relationship with someone, and that someone has nothing in common with you. If you look closely, the two puzzle pieces don’t fit together. With time and experience, one learns that those kinds of situations are a waste of time. That’s it. I don’t know if it’s funny or not, but that’s what I wanted to represent that day.
Again, thank you for taking the time to write. Have a great week!”
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He didn’t feel like finishing it?
Either that or the two pieces are gunslingers, one offering a bouquet because he didn’t want to draw his gun.
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A two-piece suit?
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I am more confused the more I look at it. I started with simply, “Draw? What does it mean for a puzzle piece to draw?” Then,
(1) The two pieces do not fit together.
(2) The colon following “In,” suggests that this is a movie or play reference, as in, “Mr. So-and-so in: The Man with One Red Shoe.” So, what movie would that be? Easter Parade, The Passion of the Christ?
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It looks like the foremost piece has been awarded a prize of some kind. For appearing in [I have no idea].
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And that piece in front seems to be holding that garland piece by virtue of an entirely accidental fit of stem and keyhole as shapes while the patterns don’t match at all.
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My impression is that the left piece has brought flowers for the right piece as a romantic gesture or apology, but the left piece is not accepting. But I don’t understand the meaning of the left piece’s words. (if my first comment went through, feel free to delete this one – my browser locked up during submission)
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We have an eye giving flowers to a mouth, and the shapes of the pieces indicate they’re not even from the same puzzle. Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner?
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I could say “It’s a puzzle, all right” but that would be silly…
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Mr. “I don’t want to draw today” is most likely the cartoonist.
What I see is two jigsaw puzzle pieces which obviously do not fit together, but the one with the flowers is making an attempt.
Now, how is that funny? I don’t know. Why is a raven like a writing desk? It’s crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide.
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Copilot tells me the joke is that the artist is feeling lazy, so they drew simple objects. I asked about the flowers, and copilot says those are easy to draw, maintaining the joke this is just about the cartoonist making a joke about being lazy.
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The caption is a recurring joke, or theme. The artist has used it a few times. I don’t get any of them, though.
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Thanks Pete! I assumed the second piece was speaking the words, rather than the words being a title of the comic. That pretty well clears it up for me.
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Best lazy cartoon would be a white space with two dialogue balloons.
1: Here we are in the middle of a snow storm! What can we do?
2: I don’t know, let’s hunker down and hope he wants to draw again soon!
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I hope this is okay but I contacted Willy Black to ask what this strip was about. And he responded!
“Regarding the strip of puzzle pieces, I was just trying to represent those times when you want a romantic relationship with someone, and that someone has nothing in common with you. If you look closely, the two puzzle pieces don’t fit together. With time and experience, one learns that those kinds of situations are a waste of time. That’s it. I don’t know if it’s funny or not, but that’s what I wanted to represent that day.
Again, thank you for taking the time to write. Have a great week!”
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