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Goergeous

Jack Applin notes “First, he calls her “gorgeous”, later “goergeous”. Is she a goer? Nudge nudge? Also, she states that her hair “is a mess”, but it’s rendered as identical to how it’s always depicted.”

Looking this up, I see this from the Urban Dictionary:

In panel 7, the repeated compliments, and perhaps the coffee, have mollified her, but I don’t get the expression in her eyes in panel 8.  

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CIHS: Comic I Haven’t Seen: Wannabe

Bob commented a few days ago that he’d like to see “room for fresh ideas … a Comics I Haven’t Seen page spinoff”.

This seemed like a good idea, so we are going to occasionally feature comics that at least one editor isn’t that familiar with, and that haven’t shown up on CIDU much. Some of these you will like — with others we will save you the trouble of investigating them further.

Today’s inaugural edition features Wannabe, by Luca Debus, available at GoComics.

Wannabe focuses on the lives of three main characters: McKenzie, Andy, and Margot. … McKenzie has no idea what she wants to be, but she knows exactly how to reach it: through the magical powers of social media. Andy wants to be a playwright, but has no idea how to become one. And Margot is completely lost, she doesn’t know what she wants to be, nor how to get there.”

There’s definitely a Gen Z vibe here, but with a bit more problem-solving than, say, Dustin.

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Snacking in Style?

travelgirl and Boise Ed and Mdbrownmd all sent this in.

“I suppose that Wayno is contrasting the formalwear with the casual floral shirts that TJ people wear at work. That’s the closest I can come to discerning a joke here.”

“Am i dense for an inability to understand the caption as it relates to the visual? the couple appear to be married, formally-dressed, watching TV while eating food “well-dressed” people probably aren’t going to order often, at least not while wearing gowns and tuxedos…

And why Trader Joe’s? please help enlighten someone who just woke up a few minutes ago 🙂 “

“I just don’t get it, and I shop at Trader Joe’s all the time.”

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Trying to Eke Out a Joke Here

Jack Applin sent this in, with multiple comments;

• A cat is lecturing to people.
• The cat is using a laser pointer, but isn’t chasing the dot.
• “EKEKEKEK”? Not “EEK”.
• The mice have motion vectors; the leftmost is spinning.
• The bottom mouse is dead (x for eye).
• I thought the mice were in/above water, but that is text,
as seen in the bullet points to the right.
• Despite all this data, I have no idea what’s going on.

We are encouraging catty remarks in the comments.