Comments on: Abe http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/abe-2/ JFK: ''we choose to go to the ...'' Wed, 23 May 2012 09:04:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: mitch4 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/abe-2/#comment-33362 mitch4 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:28:28 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/abe-2/#comment-33362 Thanks for clearing up the mystery of RyanE's observation which, when I saw it, was apparently referring to something invisible. Thanks for clearing up the mystery of RyanE’s observation which, when I saw it, was apparently referring to something invisible.

]]> By: mkilby http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/abe-2/#comment-33360 mkilby Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:02:23 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/abe-2/#comment-33360 Hrrrumph. At some point after RyanE's observation (#6, 1:12pm), the Power That Be (i.e. CIDU Bill) must have decided that my comment (originally at #3, now gone) was a little too curmudgeonly. It is strangely appropriate that Frank the Curmudgeon took its place with a distinctly non-curmudgeonly comment. I still think this cartoon is dull, meaningless, and poorly drawn, and that's why all the polite people didn't say anything about it two years ago (as Mother used to say, "Remember dear, if you can't say anything nice...") Hrrrumph. At some point after RyanE’s observation (#6, 1:12pm), the Power That Be (i.e. CIDU Bill) must have decided that my comment (originally at #3, now gone) was a little too curmudgeonly. It is strangely appropriate that Frank the Curmudgeon took its place with a distinctly non-curmudgeonly comment.

I still think this cartoon is dull, meaningless, and poorly drawn, and that’s why all the polite people didn’t say anything about it two years ago (as Mother used to say, “Remember dear, if you can’t say anything nice…”)

]]> By: Chuck http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/abe-2/#comment-33359 Chuck Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:59:44 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/abe-2/#comment-33359 Rain, you win. Rain, you win.

]]> By: rain http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/abe-2/#comment-33352 rain Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:18:15 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/abe-2/#comment-33352 To stave off loneliness, he paints a face on a coconut, names it "Douglas" and debates it for hours and hours. To stave off loneliness, he paints a face on a coconut, names it “Douglas” and debates it for hours and hours.

]]> By: Mark M http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/abe-2/#comment-33348 Mark M Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:54:33 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/abe-2/#comment-33348 I think it's pretty good. I kept thinking something was going to happen with each panel. Nothing did and the castaway ends up being Abe Lincoln. Who would have thought?!? I think it’s pretty good. I kept thinking something was going to happen with each panel. Nothing did and the castaway ends up being Abe Lincoln. Who would have thought?!?

]]> By: David N http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/abe-2/#comment-33346 David N Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:28:47 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/abe-2/#comment-33346 Should be retitled "The Lesser Known and Even Lesser Understood 'Castaway Years' of Abraham Lincoln". Should be retitled “The Lesser Known and Even Lesser Understood ‘Castaway Years’ of Abraham Lincoln”.

]]> By: zbicyclist http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/abe-2/#comment-33345 zbicyclist Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:36:38 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/abe-2/#comment-33345 Old Abe won't get a Fed Ex box. Old Abe won’t get a Fed Ex box.

]]> By: Tullia http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/abe-2/#comment-33340 Tullia Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:08:46 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/abe-2/#comment-33340 I think it's just a silly gag for its own sake. Ha, Lincoln on an island! Whew. I think it’s just a silly gag for its own sake. Ha, Lincoln on an island! Whew.

]]> By: Lihtox http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/abe-2/#comment-33339 Lihtox Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:35:37 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/abe-2/#comment-33339 I think Kevin has the right idea; the phrase "lesser-known" in front of "Castaway Years" suggests there are some better-known Years (so-called) of Lincoln; the Sandburg theory is as good as any. I think Kevin has the right idea; the phrase “lesser-known” in front of “Castaway Years” suggests there are some better-known Years (so-called) of Lincoln; the Sandburg theory is as good as any.

]]> By: Rumpelstiltskin http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/abe-2/#comment-33338 Rumpelstiltskin Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:28:11 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/abe-2/#comment-33338 I think Pete and MarkH have it. Might have been "funnier" had he been clean-shaven at the start and the beard gradually grew? I think Pete and MarkH have it. Might have been “funnier” had he been clean-shaven at the start and the beard gradually grew?

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