Author / phsiii

by phsiii

Woof?

From Mitch4:

He notes,

Huh? I can’t even identify the additional object next to the playing cards — nail clipper? cigarillo? — let alone what the dog is supposed to do with them to become more adoptable.

I think it’s a cigar–pretty sure that’s a cigar band in the middle of the object–but what do cards and cigars have to do with getting adopted?!

At the risk of being called mean, that strip bills itself as “REMIXED NEW YORKER CARTOON REJECTS”. I’d submit that if your cartoon is too obscure for TNY, you might have a problem!

by phsiii

Howzat now?

This was posted on another list, and while the comic itself isn’t a CIDU, I find Lucy’s comment opaque:

Why is she saying “This time will be so differ[ent]”? It’s always the same for her, at least usually!

The mashup is apparently from the 2011 book The Romita Legacy, about the career of comic book artist John Romita Sr.: https://www.hoopladigital.com/comic/the-romita-legacy-tom-spurgeon/13304781

by phsiii

A Fleurrie of Confusion

From Unca $crooge:

Usually I can understand the 9CL strip. It’s pretty formalistic, with a gag built around a super-hot, oversexed bimbo who is somehow coupled with a worshiping wimp who collapses into a catatonic state whenever in close proximity to said sexy partner. There are a half-dozen of these couples and while Brooke usually focuses on Super-Bimbo (Edda) and her identical daughters (Lolly and Polly), he occasionally switches things up and brings in one of the second banana couples. This week Brooke has turned the strip over to animal doc Fleurrie and her assistant / husband Sven who for the past three days have been rolling around among the cow chips while poor cow patient, Victoria (who can’t seem to swallow her grass), is forced to watch. Today, though, the scene shifts to the local lake where Fleurrie takes a dip into the frigid New England waters. Sure, it is the standard setup to have one of the hot women in a bathing suit but is there a joke here?

All I can come up with is that Sven grabbed her feet and pulled her under, but that sure isn’t obvious.