Tuesday Recap

Monday, June 17th

I saw the strips for today and yesterday, and I seriously considered just not posting about them, mostly to see if Casey would be like "*?!* this, I'm not recapping four days" and leave Maggie to return from her honeymoon to six or so strips of slowly plotted Marty back story.  I just couldn't be that cruel.  We miss you Mags!

Am I the only one interpreting the first panel as Marty saying the only reason she's on time is because her dad couldn't come?  Way to throw him under the bus...he's clearly going through some things!

Tuesday, June 18th

A talented artist?  She's a twelve year old girl who draws squiggles.  When I was twelve I was pretty awesome at drawing bubble letters and alien heads, but no one decided that was worth precious gallery space.

I love that any exposition with Lu Ann involved always has the feeling of an adult talking to a muppet on Sesame Street. 

Denise: "Lu Ann, when there are three people that live in a house and one of the people leaves, how many people are left?" 
Lu Ann: "Two?!"
Denise: "That's right!  And how do you think the people still living in the house feel about one another?"
Lu Ann: "They must be best friends because they are the only people left and they wouldn't want to get lonely and make the house feel sad..."
Denise: "You're such a smart girl!"

In this analogy, Lu Ann is most definitely Prairie Dawn.

Margo Knows Best

Friday, June 14

Margo is omniscient but she chooses not to know things that are meaningless to her, such as why Lu Ann is bothering her with this insignificant detail in the middle of the night.

Saturday, June 15

Margo also has no patience for Governor Trog. I love her "oh no he didn't" finger point in the second panel, and she does make a good point - in 2013, Lu Ann would stand out anywhere she went.

Having Fun

 

Wednesday, June 12

 

 

 

"I love that you never have any idea what anything means. Now come here and let me grab your ear, my precious..."

 

And no, Lu Ann, he didn't, but that's cute. Poor, clueless Lu Ann. Also, when he said he wanted to play doctor, he didn't mean to put on a white coat.

 

Thursday, June 13

 

 

 

It's been so long since we've seen Lu Ann contemplating her love life in the bath tub, making bedroom eyes at no one in particular. I didn't miss it, but I think this is what Bolle considers "spicing things up" so I'll give him a pass. Her neck is even uncovered in the second panel!

 

And really, the only negative you can think of is that you're in awe of his "position"? Oh, honey, let me add some items to that list, starting with yesterday's awkward and condescending ear tug...

Tuesday Double Feature

Monday, June 10th

Is it just me or is it weird that Peter refers to it as the Governor's Ball?  I mean you're the governor.  Just say your ball.  If I were the governor, you had better believe that I would be like "Yea, that's right, I'm throwing a ball!  Don your finery and commence with the revelry...at my ball!  Which is, coincidentally, the governor's ball because I'M THE GOVERNOR!"  Although, he is right to be skeptical of Lu Ann's "nice white dress."  You can't trust the sartorial choices of a woman who wore a Hanes Her Way t-shirt to a gala opening.

Tuesday, June 11th

"Who is she, Peter?  Some sort of witch who can telepathically change the length of my hair and mold my facial features like clay!?!?  I won't be comfortable if the gown she picks out for me doesn't have a Peter Pan collar.  That's a deal breaker." 

Wasteful Spending

Sorry for the delay in posting, but we were all so busy with Maggie's wedding!  The bride was beautiful and is now off on a wonderful honeymoon with her new husband.  And you're stuck with Casey and I for a while.

Friday, June 7th

Does the governor of New York really have nothing better to do than lurk outside of random women's apartments and wait for them to come home?  That seems like a real waste of the taxpayer's dollar. Watch out Governor Trog, it looks like the walls are leeching onto your suit.

Sunday, June 8th

Me too Lu Ann!  And not just in the dark that's slowly creeping up behind you and next to you in panel one and two.  Do you think Governor Trog/the taxpayers are paying for Lu Ann to get a fancy NYC makeover?  I think we've been down this road before.

Growing Up

I.... I'm not sure I understand what Doris' point is here. I guess having no background information, she's assuming Marty is just going through a teen angst phase that she'll grow out of... which I guess is fair enough. But maybe she should ask what's wrong before offering empty platitudes? Yes, Doris, teenagers do grow up, bearing the scars of abandonment and caring for their PTSD-stricken fathers. It'll all be terrific!

Speaking of growing up (but on a much brighter note), I'd like to take a moment to make an important announcement about our little Maggie, who is all grown up - and getting married on Saturday!! Congrats Mags! We love you! Excuse me, I'm a little verklempt. Talk amongst yourselves. I'll give you a subject: Do you think Maggie will wear awesome bows like Doris' in her hair on Saturday? Discuss.

There, I feel better.

For you readers out there, that means Maggie will be on hiatus for her fab honeymoon (she'll be doing tomorrow's post and then peacing out for a couple of weeks), so Megan and I will be trying to live up to her standards while she's gone (don't worry Maggie, I guarantee nothing important will happen in A3G world in the next couple of weeks). Bear with us as posting times, etc. may be a little funky (especially this weekend when we are celebrating Maggie!)

Making Lunch

He needs me! He doesn't know how to make tuna fish salad for himself! He doesn't chop the celery right! I'm  just as old as you are! LEAVE ME ALONE!