In modern times there are several cutesy invented terms for trimming the claws and otherwise taking care of the paws of our pets. But even now, as in the depicted early 20th Century, a “manicure parlor” is presumed to handle only human clients. The question is, Why would the reception be any different at a Chiropodist’s office?
Cartoonist recommended by Dan Piraro on the Bizarro blog. (And credited by Piraro with coming up with the idea for the “Bird / plane / Superman lineup” Sunday Bizarro we looked at last week.)
Here are the two Superman lineup cartoons:
Series of sampler cartoons from Hobbs.
Readers on phone or tablet: Try a click on any one cartoon to view all in lightbox mode.
Arlo-ish alert! A couple more that feature partial nudity.
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Not a CIDU, but commenters are invited to lay out the 1930s-era joke/prank for the benefit of others who may not recall it. The setting and backstory of this strip give a nice matrix for embedding the joke with a small but fitting fillip.
Sent by Boise Ed.
The comic’s creator on his website can’t stop punning apparently, and gives the post containing this a title of “O temp, O remoras“.
(This was a recent item in “9 Chickweed Lane Classics” but I can’t tell what year the original publication would have been.)
So, what on earth is that “Tod and Verklarung’s” doing there? As Tod und Verklärung it is the title of an 1889 tone poem by Richard Strauss, always called in English “Death and Transfiguration“. Brooke McEldowney, the cartoonist, certainly intended the allusion — but in what way?
But what is it doing in Edda’s dialog? Is that supposed to be the fictively-actual name of a store in this universe? Or is it her parodic version of a different name, which her mother would recognize? And for the cartoonist, is it coming from “Abercrombie & Fitch”, or some other real store, or thin air? And are we meant to reflect on death and transfiguration?
Here is a performance of that piece:
Or if you’re feeling very studious, here is a dissection of the music in detail:
(Yes, it’s a euphemism. Also a poker variant, the first we learned about with “community cards” before the behemoth of “Hold ‘Em” took over the world.)
If you want to pursue the “restroom signage” theory, here as a bonus comic is some evidence this artist likes to use those:
Thanks for the contribution, Targuman – who thinks the key may lie in the resemblance of subway tile and bathroom tile. Your faithful editors think there is an explanation a little too Ewww for it to have been intentional on the part of PC and Pixel.
Somewhat slapdash Shakespeare but what the hey?
And here is the shocking exposé!
This time the cartoon should for sure be taken on its own, and doesn’t need the Hax column.
Tom Falco says on his blog that two of the most popular of his cartoons last year were on the cavemen/cavewomen motif.
An Arlo-Oy?
Hmm, this feels familiar, but only the horse-drawn carriage shows up on a pun search.
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