Archive for June, 2009

Name That Tune

Cidu Bill on Jun 22nd 2009

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What song? “Beyond the Sea”? “Under the Sea?” “Whale alright I’m being foolish, whale alright let people know…”?

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Dave Coverly, Speed Bump, comic strips, comics, humor, music, whales | 25 responses so far

Puff

Cidu Bill on Jun 22nd 2009

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Of course I understand that as a role model for kids, the fact that he’s trying to quit smoking is a good thing — but honestly, with all his many responsibilities, do we really want him dealing with the distraction and crankiness that come with nicotine withdrawal?

(Of course, having just signed a major anti-smoking bill, he doesn’t have a lot of choice, does he?)

Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, cigarettes | 25 responses so far

Bonus LOLs

Cidu Bill on Jun 22nd 2009

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Of course the real joke here is that Parisi not only didn’t get the day off, but had to come up with nine gags: the concept itself, and then eight individual mini-comics. The third panel was LOL material for me.

A couple of people pointed out that the second panel was off-by-a-few-days synchronicity with this. Continue Reading »

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Eve, Garden of Eden, God, Mark Parisi, Off the Mark, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Zach Weiner, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol, synchronicity | 23 responses so far

Discrimination

Cidu Bill on Jun 22nd 2009

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Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, comic strips, comics, humor | 23 responses so far

Paiging Frazz

Cidu Bill on Jun 22nd 2009

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Two people asked me if whether I knew of any special significance to what appears to be a Satchel Paige tribute. Sunday was not, after all, the anniversary of his birth, death or first game in the major leagues. Paige was the subject of a new biography earlier this month, but that’s all I could find.
(If you find this comic difficult to read, please click it to view a slightly larger version)

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Frazz, Jef Mallet, Satchel Paige, baseball, comic strips, comics, humor | 13 responses so far

One Size Fits All

Cidu Bill on Jun 22nd 2009

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How does “one size fits all” apply to pizza, and why would this be a good thing?

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Willie and Ethel, comic strips, comics, humor | 7 responses so far

Honoring Dad and Gramma

Cidu Bill on Jun 21st 2009

Seriously, when you get teachers sending messages like “Happy Father’s Day to all the dad’s out there,” it might just be time to write off the English language entirely. I mean, up to a point, I could think, “Well, the upside is that a good editor will always be able to make a living, since nobody knows the basic principles of writing anymore” — but past that point, you realize that functional illiteracy is becoming more acceptable and that the ability to correct other people’s writing will soon be as valued as the ability to manufacture buggy whips.

Filed in Bill Bickel, grammar | 44 responses so far

LOL-Special Supersized Summer Edition

Cidu Bill on Jun 21st 2009

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Filed in Abstruse Goose, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, Dave Coverly, Dave Whamond, Dilbert, Doonesbury, Far Left Side, G.B. Trudeau, GPS, Hey Geezers! Comics!, Hilary B. Price, Leigh Rubin, Mike Stanfill, Pearls Before Swine, Reality Check, Rhymes With Orange, Rina Piccolo, Rubes, Scott Adams, Speed Bump, Spongebob Squarepants, Stephan Pastis, Tina's Groove, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, gay marriage, humor, lol, pizza, xkcd | 22 responses so far

Final Father’s Day Comment

Cidu Bill on Jun 21st 2009

Thank you to everybody who wished me a happy Father’s Day, both by e-mail and in the comments boxes. I hope all the dads (and dad’s) out there had a good one as well.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Father's Day | No responses yet

Good Old Days

Cidu Bill on Jun 21st 2009

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Is this actually something most fathers fantasize about? Okay, the “hold my purse” part, but any of the rest?

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Committed, Michael Fry, comic strips, comics, humor | 27 responses so far

Saturday Afternoon Ewww

Cidu Bill on Jun 20th 2009

Nicole: Hopefully their cup does not runneth over.

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Filed in Bill Bickel, Ewww, comic strips, comics, humor | 11 responses so far

Eyyy!

Cidu Bill on Jun 20th 2009

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Didn’t this strip run the same gag a few weeks ago?

Filed in Bill Bickel, Fonzie, Mike Peters, Mother Goose, Ponzi schemes, comic strips, comics, humor | 15 responses so far

Man vs. Bird vs Window

Cidu Bill on Jun 19th 2009

Elliott Mitchell: Naw, I own an Hundai
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Of course, based on my experience with The Stupidest F****** Bird in the World, I’d tell Argyle Elliott that the birds will do more damage to his windows than they could possibly do to his car -Bill

Filed in Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, Scott Hilburn, birds, comic strips, comics, humor | 11 responses so far

Apocalypse

Cidu Bill on Jun 19th 2009

By popular demand:

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The metatext, “I wonder if I still have time to go shoot a short film with Kevin Bacon,” doesn’t seem to be any help here.

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, apocalypse, comic strips, comics, humor, xkcd | 31 responses so far

Comics That Didn’t Exactly Make Us LOL, But Which We Really Liked

Cidu Bill on Jun 19th 2009

Yeah, this would be so much easier with a pithy acronym…

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Sal Biondo:
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Filed in Bill Bickel, Bizarro, Brevity, Dan Piraro, Guy & Rodd, comic strips, comics, humor | 31 responses so far

Random Observation

Cidu Bill on Jun 19th 2009

My kids will probably never have to lick a postage stamp.

Related observation: If they ever have to, it would probably be funny watching them try.

Further observation: My grandchildren (who I’m not expecting for some years to come, thank you very much) might never use a postage stamp.

Filed in Bill Bickel, postage stamps | 13 responses so far

Flash

Cidu Bill on Jun 19th 2009

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Unless hearing the word “flash” triggers Ted’s hot flashes, I got nothin’

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Francesco Marciuliano, Sally Forth, comic strips, comics, humor | 20 responses so far

Losing Their Religion

Cidu Bill on Jun 18th 2009

A bit off-topic, I guess, but…

I’ve been wondering how religion can exist at all in the comic book world, given what the people see around them: Creating life has been done and done some more. Change water into wine? Dozens of people can do that. The Scarlet Witch can change the very nature of reality without pausing from putting on her make-up.

That whole resurrection thing? Please! Superman, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Jason Todd, Electra, Jean Grey, Jean Grey, Jean Grey… Just over the past month or so, the Flash, Kid Flash and Superboy all returned from the dead. We’re not talking “missing and presumed dead” here, but dead-as-a-doorbell, bodies buried. Captain America is supposedly coming back this week. Later this summer, apparently, a slew of dead DC characters are coming back en masse. True, they’ll be sort-of zombies, but you can bet that the more popular characters will somehow end up whole.  Comic book heroes die, nobody even bothers to cancel their newspaper deliveries.

So in the DC and Marvel Universes, how is it possible for anybody to look at God/Jesus/Allah and see Somebody worthy of worship?

Filed in Bill Bickel, Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Superman, comic books, religion, super heroes | 41 responses so far

Before More of You Ask…

Cidu Bill on Jun 18th 2009

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Hard clams begin their lives as males, and often become females later on. By comic strip logic — and if you don’t accept comic strip logic you should be more upset about clams talking than anything else — this means they should be going by themselves to the Sadie Hawkins dance.In case anybody’s stmped by the Sadie Hawkins dance itself, you can click here

Filed in Bill Bickel, Brevity, Guy & Rodd, Sadie Hawkins, clams, comic strips, comics, humor | 18 responses so far

I’m Not Trying To Split Hairs, But…

Cidu Bill on Jun 18th 2009

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How can this make hair thicker?

Filed in Bill Bickel, F-Minus, Tony Carrillo, comic strips, comics, humor | 16 responses so far

Lebaron

Cidu Bill on Jun 18th 2009

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A reference to Chrysler’s current woes? And what’s significant about chasing lebarons as opposed to any other cars?

And just for the record, the Lebaron has been out of production since 1995.

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Chrysler, Dogs, Jeff Stahler, Moderately Confused, cars, comic strips, comics, humor | 5 responses so far

Return of the Chad

Cidu Bill on Jun 17th 2009

JP:

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Nicole: I am surprised that there haven’t been a lot more references to the 2000 election. Perhaps if GWB was still in office, or maybe it is just the celebrated American short term memory at work.
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Filed in Bill Bickel, ChadWatch, Iran, comic strips, comics, humor | 38 responses so far

Maybe I Should Ask Dan Rather About This One

Cidu Bill on Jun 17th 2009

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Filed in Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Scott Hilburn, Wizard of Oz, comic strips, comics, humor | 27 responses so far

Worry

Cidu Bill on Jun 16th 2009

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Gene’s 20, and has been seriously involved with Mary Lou for at least a year. Exactly why was Janis worried about a 19-year-old spending most of his time hanging around with his male friends? Did she think he was going to come down with a case of “gay”?
 
Of course, since we haven’t seen any of Gene’s friends in the strip for many years, it’s possible that he was hanging around with an entire crew of imaginary friends, and I can see where that might be problematic.

Filed in Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Jimmy Johnson, comic strips, comics, humor | 13 responses so far

Good Will Mowing

Cidu Bill on Jun 16th 2009

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Nicole: I get that it is Shakespeare on the riding mower and that he is ‘in the park’. But what does that have to do with the title of the play “As You Like it“?

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Jeff Stahler, Moderately Confused, William Shakespeare, comic strips, comics, humor | 29 responses so far

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