From Andréa:
And which sort of meaning is invoked in “Check your privilege”?
… and “Along with 10 seconds before I got the loose parts ‘remorse'”:
An Oy from Andréa:
Oy by virtue of wordplay, broadly speaking
At Arnold Zwicky’s Blog he analyzes this and discusses previous comics uses of the same pun.
A trio-oy from Andréa:
But I have told my cats they are not truly brother and sisters. Even though I need to say “Now be nicer to your little sister!”
An unpleasant image and I don’t understand the joke exactly.
Sent by Boise Ed as “Just flat-out funny, to me at least.” He also shares some info about the strip: “Andy Marlette is an editorial cartoonist in Florida who just started Shrimp and Grits this past Memorial Day. His uncle Doug was a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and also wrote the Kudzu comic strip.”
LOL and only slightly Eww!
And what th’ heck, let’s indulge with another Liz Climo using the same idea of two species treating something according to their differing natural perspectives:
A LOL-Eww from Bob Ball, who adds: “At least she’s fully clothed in the comic.”
It turns out the twelve days gifts from the song has been a popular motif with artists, decorators, cartoonists, and editorialists to design a layout presenting all twelve days or gifts in a single graphics image (or needlepoint, wallpaper, etc). A couple of these we have been using for “featured image” in posts. But here is a small collection, some very traditional and some sardonic, to stand in for the wide realm of possibility.
Since a few people suggested it, I’m making the absolutely final tweak to DeathMatch: bringing in Pinocchio, who already has three points, to replace “Gesundheit!” comics (and of course now we’ll see several of those tomorrow, but this was the final change).
Walt and Boise Ed sent me this Half Full panel:
So Death now leads #TeamPinocchio (which includes Russian nesting dolls and clown cars) 8-5.
Submitted by Pete
Submitted by Walt
I wonder what percentage of Death comics begin with “Relax…”
The Half Full came late this afternoon so at the end of Week One, we stand at Death 4, Russian Clown Gesundheit 0.
With non-competing Pinocchio still at 3.
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