RE: The comic stip Marmad
I like Dex's storyline, very dark
There sould be a sequel where Garfield gets what's comging to HIM, too, you think Marmaduke's bad, Garfield is pretty stink too... all's the writer does is put some panels of that stupid, stupid animal being dumb and fat, then caps it off with one panel with the thought "LASAGNA" and the dumb fat animal leaping onto said foodstuff and call's it a day... I thought I was hallucinating when the commercials for the MOVIE of that crap actually started airing, I guess the fact that it tanked restored a tiny tiny piece of my hope for the future, but the sequel made me wonder anew...
and even tho I liked Hagar as a kid, they should drop the "hagar the" part of the title and call it "Horrible" cos that what it is nowadays too...
I swear, the "funnies" are usually the FIRST place you can bet that nothing funny will actually appear, EVER, the "strips" of today are almost pavlovian (like the aforementioned garfield BS, substitute a bell with "lasagna" and salivating with laughter and you have the whole formula)
Funny topic Gonzo, very good, and I do know exactly where you're at with it- please keep transcribing the cartoons when the mood strikes...
There's a local radio host who sometimes does the "funnies" like this, just reads 'em out and describes the bits and puts in the most RIDICULOUS canned laughter... I think that might be the key, the funnies now require a LOT of work to laugh at