And you may find yourself … wondering about this comic.
Same as it Ever Was
Author / zbicyclist
Saddle Up?
Tim Harrod sends this one in. “So… now he’s sitting on a giraffe. And kings rarely do that, and that’s the joke? The whole joke? No dialogue to nudge us in the right direction?”
The previous day doesn’t seem helpful here.
Giraffes aren’t ridable due to both structure (sloped back) and attitude. They are kissable, though.
Who IS Smokin’ Anyway?
Joshua Kreitzer sends this one in, noting that the punchline suggests that Curtis thought Barry made a comment about smoking, but “Comment allez-vous? Como estás?” doesn’t sound like “smoking”.
Would This Work Better as a Moo-vie?
Food
These are perhaps semi-CIDUs. So do two semi-CIDUs make one CIDU?
Usual John sends in this puzzler: who is he hiding from, and why? Hiding the purchase from his wife? Hiding so he can avoid tipping?
Dirk the Daring sent in this Foxtrot. May 5th is World Cartoonist Day, but even cartoonists seem to have ignored it, judging by my feed. I guess it’s hard to compete with tacos and margaritas.
CIHS: Suburban Fairy Tales
Here’s another CIHS: Comic I Haven’t Seen. The idea here is to sample comics that are unfamiliar to the CIDU readership, for better or worse (Hey, that’s not a bad idea for a strip name.)
The idea of Suburban Fairy Tales is to take familiar characters and riff off them in a somewhat modern environment. In this case, we have the wolf and the 3rd little pig from The Three Little Pigs, a story some of us might be familiar with. Francis Bonnet, the cartoonist, has made a career in art and design, working as a graphic designer and cartoonist for over 20 years. Available at Comics Kingdom
Booking It
Urban dictionary was no help on the 3 book words, except for this bit of localized British slang:
Merriam-Webster’s entry for booky just says it’s a synonym for bookish.
The “Book ‘Em Danno” meme doesn’t seem helpful in deciphering Lawton’s wordplay, either.
Shark Tank
Gadgetguy sends this one in. Seems counterintuitive. Shouldn’t he be out trying to save more cats?
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.
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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