Get Off My Lawn!

I checkd out www.madmag.com to see if you could view the Mad Fold-In online and what a surprise, you can't. For recent issues, they only choose certain pages to showcase and you have to admit the Fold-In would be kind of a difficult page to show online. Plus, I can do the Fold-In without folding the magazine so there.

This editorial cartoon is done by the guy that does The Knight Life and although I don't remember the '80s very much, I chuckled at the drawing of Indiana Jones who is screaming at kid to stay off his lawn. Hopefully the movie consists of more than that. Especially since Shia LeBeouf is in it.

Oh, Lord. Look at that chair. How come the chair has to have a design on it? I also hate the strips with Wilberfoce sitting on Brutus' lap. That's also disturbing.

Bad Friday

Man, today must not be a very good day for comics. Granted, I only looked at two but both just made me want to curl up and die. First up, is Diesel Sweeties.
I'm tired of the Wal-Mart insults that seem to be penetrating the comic strips lately. Is Wal-Mart really that bad? Do people not like Wal-Mart just because it's the definition of American Capitalism at work. Did we really land on the moon or does Wal-Mart just want us to think we did?

Who is Brutus talking to? Why is he commenting on this out loud? So he remembered a phone number? That's not something to be impressed about. Ugh, I need a vacation.

Hoity-Toity?

So Veeblefester irons his no-wrinkle shirts just because he's rich? Somehow I don't think a skin flint such as Veeblefester would want to waste his money on something that doesn't need to be done.

Comics Cause Headache

WHAT? This comic strip confuses me. Please someone tell me what it's about. I'm begging you.


In Get Fuzzy Bucky insults Satchel by calling him "Wal-Mutt", an obvious parody of Wal-Mart. I don't see the insult because if I were Wal-Mart I'd be worth billions. Slave labor or not.


And finally onto today's strip. Brutus doesn't know what a hedge fund is? Even I know it has nothing to do with landscaping and Brutus works in corporate world. I am disappointed in him.

:) Gotta Love the Smiley Face

Since I work for a sub-contractor of a cable company, this struck me as really funny. I would rather do this with my Internet provider (I have satellite) instead of my cable company but the look of Pig in the third panel would still be the same.

And Bill Fagerbakke As Wilberforce

I was just thinking, if Born Loser flashed forward several dozen years, Bill Fagerbakke could play Wilberforce in a movie or TV show. I mean if you really think about Bill Fagerbakke (Dauber on ABC's "Coach" and the voice of Patrick in "Sponge-
Bob Squarepants") could play an adult Wilberforce. It's just uncanny.

But then that would just diminish the credible acting talent Fagerbakke has and no one wants that.

The Best Part of Waking Up

Does Gladys only have three curlers in her hair? That seems a bit odd considering her hair is usually straight. Brutus seems rather perky for a Monday morning but I woke up in a pretty good mood too. But I awoke to a pretty girl that's definately not Gladys.

He's Back?!

I don't like Brutus' therapist. We've seen him before and recently and I made fun of him because he looked like the stereotypical therapist and I want to go back on the record that this therapist needs a makeover.

In other news, as summer approaches I may not be able to post as often as the next month and a half is fairly busy even though I made a promise to start posting more! Maybe I'll look for a substitute to do it or something. Maybe a change of pace would be nice for this blog.

The Nepotism Wagon

My cousin has a new website up. He actually has two websites up and I've been meaning to get the links posted in order to help him out a little, if possible. So check them out.

Pop Aristocrat Media is a website devoted to his writings, screenplays, poems, what have you. If you are a publisher, producer or anything of the like, please inquire with him. All properties are owned and copyright by him unless noted otherwise.

GamerThings.org is a website "created by gamers for gamers" and offers various wares of the video gaming variety. Again, please look around and help out a really decent guy.

These websites will also be posted in the sidebar of this blog. Thanx.

Fonzie's Rolling Over In His Grave

It took awhile for me to get the "joke" in today's strip. See, the clock was only going 'tock' when it's supposed to go 'tick-tock'. Hattie fixed it by hitting it really hard. Lousy strip.

Yes, TGIF Indeed

In Brutus' defense, no one over the age of thirty, unless they are qualified informaton technologists (?), should be allowed near a computer system. Even giving them a mouse is stretching it.

Also...

...why the hell is Ditto in that cardboard box?

Washing Machine

That shirt looks a little small for Brutus. Also, it appears you've already made your decision since half the shirt is already in the washing machine. And I think either whites or color would be sufficient because it looks like a pretty well-worn shirt. Besides, how often do we actually see Brutus in another shirt?

Also, today's strip isn't all that funny.

Saving the Enviroment

I'll admit it, my home isn't very "green". I want to be more green but sometimes it's just so hard. Green things are so much more expensive. I guess in the long run it can be cheaper and I do plan to start buying the enviromentally friendly lightbulbs.

This strip also brings to mind the clothesline in my Grandma's backyard which wasn't used to dry clothes as much when she got a dryer but was, and still is, set up in the backyard, a testament to the good ol' days.

The Two Faces of Brutus

What a sweet, tender moment from Chip Sansom. I'm kind of dismayed that there's no reference to Mother's Day in this strip but that smile on Brutus' face more than makes up for it. Unfortunately, Monday comes and we get this....

...Brutus laying slumped on a therapist's couch. Also, is there some rule that says that all therapists have to wear glasses and sport a pointy goatee? If so, where is this rule?

And speaking of stereotypes, where are the minorities in this strip?

The Centennial Edition

Happy 100th Post to me. I figured I'd reach post number 100 a lot sooner than the early half of May but maybe I calculated wrong (plus skipping a few days doesn't help) but here we are. Number 100 of what I hope will be thousands.

In today's strip we learn that Hattie plays for the Weasels. The Weasels. That's not really a mascot as it is a nuisance. Putting aside the fact that Hattie should've been there from the start because it's mandated or you get in trouble does the coach really think Hattie would help? It's the ninth inning and no one has scored! The game is going to end in a tie Weasel Coach. But you should've expected it since you are in the comic strip The Born Loser.