Boise Ed sends this in: “Here’s nother imaginative use of the Fourth Wall idea.”
I seem to remember Dagwood used to talk to the dog for this type of monologue, not directly to the reader.
Boise Ed notes, “You don’t get much more fourth-wall than this one.”
Mitch4 sends this in: “The two rowers were seated as though to propel the boat astern, left-to-right. The magically-appearing outboard then correctly sends the boat right-to-left.”
Jack Applin adds: “Margot, the millennial with the afro puffs, has near-supernatural abilities at times, so we can assume that she unconsciously created the outboard motor. However, why are the characters rowing backward? When you row, you pull on the oars, which sends the boat in the opposite direction that you’re facing. The bow (front) of this boat is on the left, as indicated by its shape (also, the motor appears at the right). The rowers should be facing right, not left. Perhaps this explains why they’re doing so poorly—they’re either pushing the oars, or trying to make the boat go backwards, flat end first.”
Actually, in panel 2 it’s not clear what’s going on, given the angle of the rower’s back and the oars. Is it possible the cartoonist just doesn’t understand how rowing a boat works?
Is there more to this than just a gratuitous insult?
I’ve not tried it, but matcha latte is a thing:
Mark H. sends these in:
Jack Applin sends this in: “She wants the goose cut that’s so popular with the kids these days?”
Jack Applin has a few questions about this one:
“McKenzie is making a makeup video narrated by her boyfriend.
1) Does she even have a boyfriend?
2) Why did the lipstick have no visible effect?
3) Where will she put the mascara? She has no eyelashes.
4) Did the boyfriend say something in the middle panel that made her sad in the last panel?
5) What the !@#$% is going on?”
Time for an inoffensive Bacön:
According to Wikipedia, “From 1993 to 2002, Pastis was an insurance defense litigation attorney” which would seem to breed a lot of cynicism.
Grawlix has shared as a CIHS (Comic I Haven’t Seen) this instance, called “What’s New?”, from the strip Poorly Drawn Lines by Reza Farazmand. Grawlix sees them from time to time on Facebook, but the strip also has a website; and warns that “It does contain NSFW language from time to time, unfortunately.” Oh, and we have been unable to establish connections with musician Badly Drawn Boy.
But, another county heard from…
Not quite a CIHS, but truth to tell I’ve been looking at it rather inattentively for a while. This one made me stop, and wonder about the apparent mésalliance. Well, a little rewinding, and checking the “About” blurb, informs us that Little Pig #3’s Girlfriend is Wolfette, and is sister to the actual Big Bad Wolf — who in this retelling is still pretty bad.
Useful among the online comments — “Relationship Status: It’s Complicated”
No, when it comes to the first panel, I can’t even!
A word I was more likely looking for was “elliptical”.
Well, I’m going to call this a colorist’s error (leading to an interpretive crux) …
… with me thinking it should be green like the delivery bag, but squirrel-shaped, to show that McKenzie (the delivery person, a main character of the strip) succeeded in trapping the critter inside. And she is then giving the customer a live animal, plus whatever part of the order remains unconsumed in the bag, plus (uh-oh!) food already eaten by the animal.
But on further look, I was wrong. It is meant to be the squirrel, with face details clearly shown. And a large satisfied tummy. (Where is the bag? Did he eat that too?) Is her comment to the customer meant to imply the customer could force regurgitation (or slice the animal open!?!) and treat the semi-digested food as still good for human consumption? Well, she doesn’t simply think this will fly — some of the patches in the sky are not clouds but anxiety-sweat beads — so I guess she conveys a just-kidding with that. But who knows?
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