Archive for June 30th, 2009

Threes

Cidu Bill on Jun 30th 2009

All the recent talk about famous people dying in threes (though it’s unclear who’s supposed to be the third celebrity along with Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson — sort of like all the various candidates for the “Fifth Beatle” or the “Eighth Wonder of the World”) calls to mind this Far Left Side comic from earlier this year:

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Filed in Bill Bickel, Far Left Side, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, comic strips, comics, humor | 36 responses so far

The Man in the Attic

Cidu Bill on Jun 30th 2009

Newsweek might have gone through a format change, but the editing still seems to be non-existent: not just the grammatical errors, but also the bits of writing that just don’t make any sense.

In the current issue, a writer mentions Michael Jackson’s extensive plastic surgery and then adds “No one — least of all Jackson himself — would have wanted to see the Dorian Gray portrait in his attic.”

Um… Wouldn’t the portrait in the attic show a good-looking black guy? It was the real-life version that became increasingly bizarre-looking over the years.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Dorian Gray, Michael Jackson, Newsweek | 16 responses so far

L’Chaim

Cidu Bill on Jun 30th 2009

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“L’Chaim” (”To life”) is the traditional Jewish toast. That’s the easy part. But what’s the joke here?

Filed in Basketcase Comix, Bill Bickel, CIDU, comic strips, comics, humor | 29 responses so far