Vic Lee and I Aren’t Seeing Eye to Eye on This One
Cidu Bill on Jul 3rd 2009
Um… Okay, if the prince were looking for a woman with two glass eyes…
Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Cinderella, Pardon My Planet, Vic Lee, comic strips, comics, humor | 16 responses so far
Frosted Donut Jul 3rd 2009 at 12:24 pm 1
He looks at her and she has two eyes (?). Seems like if she lost a glass eye, she’d be wearing an eye patch (or have an empty socket), unless she had a spare.
Kind of an “Ewww,” frankly…
Mike Jul 3rd 2009 at 01:01 pm 2
no, I think CIDU Bill is right, the joke is the play on “see”, but it doesn’t actually work with one glass eye. bad cartoonist, no donut.
The Ploughman Jul 3rd 2009 at 01:34 pm 3
Maybe it can’t be her because no lady missing an eye would allow her visage to be seen by the one and only Prince Charming. I don’t believe that’s the cartoonist’s intention for a second, but I also find it hard to believe that the cartoonist wouldn’t think about his punchline for more than half a second.
Mike Jul 3rd 2009 at 05:03 pm 4
also, who put a window on this house that’s about 4″ across and still has a dozen panes?
Norm Jul 3rd 2009 at 05:43 pm 5
Fail.
Rainey Jul 3rd 2009 at 06:48 pm 6
Prince Charming was in the fairy tales: “Cinderella” and “Snow White”. He is a recurring fairy tale character just like the big bad wolf ( Is the “big bad wolf” capitalized? I don’t really know. ) To my knowledge, none of the fairy tales he is in involve cyclopses ( not that I am well versed in fairy tales ).
However, if there is a “Prince Charming” fairy tale involving a cyclops, this comic strip would make a lot more sense.
Mitch4 Jul 3rd 2009 at 06:55 pm 7
Oh, those little leaded windows were all the rage.
Kevin Andresen Jul 3rd 2009 at 07:18 pm 8
Whether or not the use of “Charming” is correct, the context here is Cinderella; I understand the desire for the reader’s mind to fight that in this case.
I think that Mike’s suggestion that the Prince misunderstands “see” makes for the cleverest joke. Unfortunately, Mike’s mind is also fighting the obvious.
To be clear: the Prince is looking for a blind woman. If he’s assuming she’s blind solely because of his past experience with Cinderella, then it could be a 2-layered joke (which I think unlikely).
Kevin Andresen Jul 3rd 2009 at 07:19 pm 9
(but it would be really funny then.)
Kevin Andresen Jul 3rd 2009 at 07:28 pm 10
(… unlike my comment, oops!)
MoWatt Jul 4th 2009 at 12:02 am 11
That window is easily 10 to 12 inches wide at the base, not four. It’s a good eight feet further away from us than the Prince.
Lola Jul 4th 2009 at 09:29 am 12
Prince Charming was never portrayed as terribly bright so this is like a blonde joke.
ty Jul 4th 2009 at 11:42 am 13
Although he says it’s unlikely, I think Kevin has it. Cinderella wore two glass slippers. She lost one. The lady he is currently seeking wears two glass eyes. She lost one. On the other hand, does anybody wear more than one glass eye? (Not a retorical question - maybe someone familiar with blind culture can fill us in.)
Mark in Boston Jul 4th 2009 at 05:35 pm 14
Actually it wasn’t originally a glass eye at all. In the original medieval French it was “oiel de vair” meaning “eye made of fur.” Perrault wrote it phonetically as “oiel de verre.”
Jeff S. Jul 7th 2009 at 01:41 pm 15
I’m curious as to what she changed back into at midnight since she lost one of her glass eyes… yeesh… nasty image. At least Cinderella was still a hot, yet one-shoed, cinder maid.
DW Dec 4th 2009 at 04:18 pm 16
Cinderella lost one of two glass slippers. This woman lost one of two glass eyes.