Archive for the 'Arlo Award' Category

Maybe I Should Just Rename It the Chickweed Award

Cidu Bill on Jan 18th 2010

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Filed in 9 Chickweed Lane, Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, Brooke McEldowney, comic strips, comics, humor | 24 responses so far

Pound (Arlo Award nominee)

Cidu Bill on Dec 21st 2009

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Filed in Arlo Award, Bill Bickel, Darby Conley, Get Fuzzy, comic strips, comics, humor | 26 responses so far

The Long and the Short of It (Arlo)

Cidu Bill on Dec 18th 2009

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Filed in Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, Shoe, comic strips, comics, humor | 15 responses so far

The Arlo Spot

Cidu Bill on Dec 14th 2009

Nicole: There is nothing sneaky about this Flight Deck … the censors were asleep Continue Reading »

Filed in Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, Flight Deck, comic strips, comics, humor | 12 responses so far

Monday Afternoon Arlo

Cidu Bill on Dec 7th 2009

Nicole: Subtle … with a fine bouquet … like a good wine Continue Reading »

Filed in Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor | 31 responses so far

In Reality, a Very Arlo Thanksgiving

Cidu Bill on Nov 26th 2009

Many people asked me how the hell Dave Whamond slipped this one past the syndicate: Continue Reading »

Filed in Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, Dave Whamond, Reality Check, Thanksgiving, comic strips, comics, humor | 15 responses so far

Winky

Cidu Bill on Oct 12th 2009

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Elyrest sent in this week’s Arlo Award winner. Did Scott Nickel really think the syndicate editors would allow a strip about the Hulk’s winky?

I mean they did, clearly, but still…

Filed in Arlo Award, Bill Bickel, Hulk, comic strips, comics, humor | 20 responses so far

RLO OR NT?

Cidu Bill on Oct 2nd 2009

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What do you say… acceptable for a newspaper comics page? Has the acronym transcended what it originally stood for?

Filed in Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, Dave Whamond, Reality Check, comic strips, comics, humor, texting | 30 responses so far

Apple

Cidu Bill on Sep 20th 2009

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Nicole nominated this as a fairly obvious Arlo Award candidate. Is this the first time a mainstream newspaper cartoonist has gotten away with showing a naked nipple?

Filed in Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Cornered, Garden of Eden, Mike Baldwin, comic strips, comics, humor, nipples | 22 responses so far

Squid

Cidu Bill on Aug 15th 2009

Trish Lee nominated this one for the Arlo Award: Continue Reading »

Filed in Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, Hilary B. Price, Rhymes With Orange, comic strips, comics, humor | 22 responses so far

Classical Arlo

Cidu Bill on Jul 6th 2009

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Filed in Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, Frazz, Jef Mallet, Michelangelo, comic strips, comics, humor | 28 responses so far

Arlo the Horrible

Cidu Bill on Jun 25th 2009

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Filed in Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, Hagar the Horrible, comic strips, comics, humor | 16 responses so far

Arlo Rub

Cidu Bill on May 29th 2009

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Needless to say, a lot of people sent me today’s Arlo and Janis. Jimmy clearly slipped an Arlo Award comic past the syndicate’s censors.

Filed in Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, Jimmy Johnson, comic strips, comics, humor, sex | 14 responses so far

Arlo’s Pickle

Cidu Bill on Mar 15th 2009

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Larry Currie (”Why? It was an innocent old people comic no one really could build up love or hate for. Now I have to think of them having sex?”), zobabe, Chris Reaves and Matthew Wilson all sent me this Pickles strip that Brian Crane apparently slipped past the syndicate’s censors.

Filed in Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, Pickles, comic strips, comics, humor, sex | 17 responses so far

The World’s Greatest Ventriloquist: Arlol of the Week

Cidu Bill on Mar 3rd 2009

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Filed in Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Arlol, Bill Bickel, F-Minus, Tony Carrillo, comic strips, comics, humor, lol | 13 responses so far

9 Arlo Lane and Other Matters

Cidu Bill on Feb 19th 2009

It’s been a busy couple of weeks, and I’ve been lax about updates other than the regular daily CIDUs. At least half a dozen people told me that the current week’s  hypersexualized 9 Chickweed Lane strips should probably retire the Arlo Award.

Of course, at least a couple of people had told me the same thing about the previous week’s  strips.

I’d like to see this arc end with Edda and Amos realizing they’re incapable of becoming sexually aroused unless they’re on public display.

The high point of my visit to the New York ComicCon was getting to chat with Francisco Marciuliano (Medium Large) and Sara Benincasa (The Reader trailer). At the time chatting with Ces and Sara was probably a distant second for my wife to seeing Joss Whedon in person — but she might feel differently after the severe disappointment of the Dollhouse premiere.

You know a show is in serious trouble when its creator says publicly that it doesn’t get good until the sixth episode. Now, I’m no network executive, but in a situation like this I’d just pull episodes 2 through 5 and air 6 this week. Sure it might be a bit confusing, but the alternative is the probable cancellation of the program before week 6.

Filed in 9 Chickweed Lane, Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, Brooke McEldowney, Dollhouse, Francesco Marciuliano, Joss Whedon, NYCC, Sara Benincasa, comic strips, comics, humor, sex | 9 responses so far

Is That A Flute…?

Cidu Bill on Feb 3rd 2009

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Am I reading too much into this strip, or is this the one that actually retires the Arlo Award?

Filed in 9 Chickweed Lane, Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, Brooke McEldowney, comic strips, comics | 33 responses so far

9 1/2 Chickweed Lane

Cidu Bill on Nov 24th 2008

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The current 9 Chickweed Lane storyline is ablout as blatant as you’re going to see in a newspaper comic: Edda has discovered that the only way to cure Amos’s hiccups is to have sex with him.

(Of course, it’s also possible that Amos is simply a lot smarter than he looks)

MM From NJ also nominated this for the much-coveted Arlo Award, commenting “Slurp slurp!”

Filed in 9 Chickweed Lane, Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, Brooke McEldowney, comic strips, comics, humor, sex | 5 responses so far

9 Arlo Lane

Cidu Bill on Nov 9th 2008

Carl Donath: I suggest that the November 7th “9 Chickweed Lane” should retire the Arlo Award entirely:
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…tactfully & abstractly depicting, in step-by-step detail, the two protagonists’ first copulation. Those hands are showing exactly what they are doing/experiencing.
 
CTD: Those aren’t just sketches of writhing hands, each image shows EXACTLY what they were doing/experiencing. It wasn’t just Arlo material, it retired the Arlo Award outright.

Filed in 9 Chickweed Lane, Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, Brooke McEldowney, comic strips, comics, humor, sex | 17 responses so far

Another Arlo Sweater

Cidu Bill on Sep 17th 2008

Okay, first of all this guy looks nothing like Willie Stargell.

But putting that aside… Is there any interpretation of this comic that doesn’t merit the Arlo Award? Continue Reading »

Filed in Argyle Sweater, Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Scott Hilburn, comic strips, comics, humor, pirates | 14 responses so far

Duck Glue

Cidu Bill on Sep 7th 2008

It might be easier to list the people who didn’t send me this Monty strip as an Arlo Award candidate: Continue Reading »

Filed in Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, Jim Meddick, comic strips, comics, humor | 7 responses so far

Rubarlo

Cidu Bill on Aug 20th 2008

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This definitely meets the Arlo Award criteria of slipping one past the syndicate editors

Filed in Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, Leigh Rubin, Rubes, comic strips, comics, horses, humor | 22 responses so far

Arlol Sweater

Cidu Bill on Jul 28th 2008

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An Arlo Page / lol Argyle Sweater two-fer from Lola

Filed in Argyle Sweater, Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Arlol, Bill Bickel, Scott Hilburn, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol | 11 responses so far

Bullsh

Cidu Bill on Jan 9th 2008

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The Arlo Award is given to mainstream newspaper comics that manage to slip one by the syndicate censors and newspaper editors. This one (which isn’t new, but is certainly relevant as the campaign season heats up) deserves a belated award.

Filed in Arlo Award, Bill Bickel, Non Sequitur, Wiley Miller, comic strips, comics, humor, politics | 11 responses so far