El Día de los Muertos
Cidu Bill on Nov 19th 2009
Three people sent in this trio: Elyrest (”I know that the Grim Reaper/Death is used in comics all the time, but a triple whammy today made me stop and think. Are Rubes, Reality Check and Strange Brew trying to tell me something?”), Laurie Wylie (”I checked the calendar to make sure there wasn’t some new holiday I hadn’t heard of…”), and Nicole.
Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Dave Whamond, John Deering, Leigh Rubin, Reality Check, Rubes, Strange Brew, comic strips, comics, death, humor, synchronicity | 10 responses so far
Elyrest Nov 19th 2009 at 12:12 am 1
I’m guessing the last one has to do with the “til death do us part” section of the vows. This would be a literal take on it.
Bob Nov 19th 2009 at 12:47 am 2
And, of course, UserFriendly has been running this theme.
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20091118&mode=classic
FeelinOld Nov 19th 2009 at 12:48 am 3
Agreed, death cutting in so literally Death Do Us Part….
Kit Nov 19th 2009 at 02:56 am 4
paperboy Nov 19th 2009 at 02:06 pm 5
Comic strip death, like celebrity death, comes in threes.
Buzz Killington Nov 19th 2009 at 02:48 pm 6
‘Tundra’ also featured the Grim Reaper in the strip of November 18th - can’t find a link to it, but check out www.tundracomics.com next week, as the strips run a week behind.
EngleRP Nov 20th 2009 at 10:45 am 7
Hmm, i prefer my death either speaking in CAPS or being a perky goth girl.
Todd Nov 20th 2009 at 05:46 pm 8
Now we know the turn around time for these comic strips; they were probably all conceived on or about the Day of the Dead.
Seth Finkelstein Nov 21st 2009 at 05:37 am 9
The first one would have been better if it there were several people in the room, and the reaper thinking “Now, who did I come in here for?”
Mitch4 Nov 21st 2009 at 08:50 am 10
Todd’s explanation (#8) sounds about right. But leaves you thinking, Gee, can’t they get a calendar and look a couple weeks ahead?