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Okay, does this mean “Okay, Boomer” is officially over?
Though… did it ever really begin? Has anybody ever actually heard somebody say it, or did the media (and comic strips) just try to convince us it was a thing?
Choose Your Own Finale
Retail closes its doors tomorrow. I suppose it’s possible that tomorrow’s strip will give us a Calvin/Far Side-level perfect finale, but…
This weekend’s question: How would you end an existing strip? Somebody (Doug Bratton?) drew a “final B.C. strip” in which Jesus is born. Fifty years ago, Mad published a “final Beetle Bailey strip” in which he finally took off his cap and we saw “Get out of Viet Nam” written on his forehead.
I imagine Funky Winkerbean will end with a truck carrying toxic waste exploding, and the entire population of Westview suffering long, painful deaths.
Arlo and Janis retire from whatever the hell they do and move to the shore to be with the kids just in time for Mary Lou to give birth to a baby boy. Or… Arlo runs off with Lois. It can go either way.
Well, you’re in charge: give our comic strip friends the endings they deserve.
And in the end…
The discussion was lost during Comicgeddon, but I assume we’re mostly agreed that Calvin and Hobbes and Far Side had the all-time best final comics…
Mr. Potato Head: “How come I wasn’t invited to play DeathMatch???”
Mixed Signals
2B
Okay, I’m not going to change the DeathMark rules again under any circumstances, but… Seems to me there’ve been a lot of Magic 8-Ball comics lately.
(For no apparent reason)
Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
Okay, to be fair… if they need to read “First we roll a big snowman,” that’s on Len: this is the sort of thing you learn from your father.
Yes, it could also be your mother or your aunt or your grandfather, but traditionally it’s a dad thing.
Miss Crabtree called…
Just curious: when was the last time anybody used a blackboard in school? My kids are approaching 30, and I’m pretty sure they’ve never been in a classroom with them.
Hell, for all I know they’re using holograms there days.
The Halter
And today’s Arlo Award goes to…
Comics I Don't Understand 