Thursday September 3, 2015
Friday September 4, 2015
There's been a little confusion in the comments (as there is from time to time) about the authorship of the strip. To clear things up: even though the
Washington Post (which the blog links to) says the strip is by Frank Bolle and Lisa Trusiani, Margaret Shulock has, in fact, been writing the strip at least as long as I've been writing the blog. Or at least I thought she was. The past couple of of months have definitely felt more Samuel Beckett than anything.
As for this week's strips: are we headed towards a
Margo gets kidnapped /
"More zippers, mule!" situation, updated with Millennial overlords? This... this pink-shirted gal is supposed to be a young person, right?
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"YOU CAN'T DO THAT!" Margo says gleefully. I have to remember this response in case I'm ever mugged on the streets of Manhattan.
Well, at least she's kept her subtle Margo qualities. For example, a normal person would've taken her wallet out and just given the person cash. But no, not Margo, who usually throws her purse at any of her slaves ("roommates", "employees", etc.) and demand they look for her wallet. And her chapstick. AND to apply the chapstick to her lips... those babies ain't gonna moisturize themselves!
I'm at my wits end with this storyline. Every day leaves me in a worse state of WHAT? It doesn't make any sense. It's beyond no sense, it's something pretending to use words for meaning, but the joke is on us trying to patch them together into something. I feel like I''m being "tested" to "get" the puzzle AND the joke, but every day I go round and round and my brain can't solve the jumble of the puzzle. The comic strip is cursing the reader with ultimate amnesia brain: "where am I and what am I doing here"?
Worst grift ever.
Lisa M: you are right, what on earth is going on?
Boy, was I ever wrong a few days ago when I said that this new stranger was "nice"! She's a real meany! Margo, give her a karate ... CHOP!
OMG, Saturday's strip! If you haven't seen it yet, don't wait. It's literally laugh out loud funny.
SUNDAY SUMMARY STRIP
Well, well, today's summary left out my two favorite quotes--"I don't have time to play crazy with you" from mean stranger #1 and "I'm your new boss" from mean stranger #2. Also, both mean strangers have been conflated into mean stranger #1. (I have to say that I don't think that a stranger who would be willing to go and fetch someone food would then turn around and try to mug them. It's too surreal. Oh, wait, it's A3G...).
Also, Eric is now wearing pajamas to bed instead of a sports coat/turtleneck combo like he had on yesterday.
The shark has been jumped.
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