Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Bless You, Mr. Cooper!

Oh nooooooo! Guys! Why are Martin and Gabriella all super duper WASP-y now!? I guess Martin was always WASP-y, but he had that wild mismatched hair as a distraction. But Gabriella! Oh no, Gabriella, no! She used to have a glorious bubble of dark, glossy, and most certainly ethnic hair, but now she's sporting the same sad little flip that all the old ladies get! I mean, does that look like a lady who would spontaneously blurt out Spanish and believe in evil spirits? Certainly not. This lady believes in English breakfast tea and, I dunno, maybe solving mysteries? I'm definitely getting a detective vibe from that get-up.

Guys... I'm pretty upset. I don't even think I care about when they're going to find the Professor's corpse anymore.

10 comments:

J.R. Clark said...

007, watch out! That's not a woman, that's a MAN, baby!!!!

NonnyMus said...

The Professor? What professor??

Mike said...

If Gabriella still believed in evil spirits and psychic powers, I would love to read a spin-off where she and Martin solved mysteries.

However, I'm worried that the change in look means that living with Martin just sucks the energy out of anyone... which, as Tommy knows, is a family trait Margo inherited.

NonnyMus said...

Bobbi? Bobbi who?

Doodle Bean said...

Personally, whenever I meet someone who has saved my daughter, I also stand with my side to them and look at them from the corner of my eye.

It makes perfect sense.

kitchenbeard said...

Wait - wasn't Gabriella spouting cliche'd Hispanicism?

Ay dios mio being the worst of them?

Sean Connery said...

I'll take the Whitest People You Know for $200 Alex.

Ken said...

Frank has once again reset the time line. He was doing it way before J.J. Abrams. Kudos Frank!

Mark said...

This whitewashed version of Margo's family is unacceptable. Gabriella is a raven haired chica partial to hoop earrings and vague premonitions of doom, not a dowdy wallflower. The least you could do is consult the archives in the interest of continuity before you haphazardly doodle the day's strip.

Molly said...

I'm gonna blame this one on the colorist, who was probably thinking "OK, we have some elderly adults here, soooo... white hair. And done! This is the best $5/hour job evar!" Though in his/her defense, the dialogue is also seeped in wrinkly, musty whiteness.