Archive for the 'Tom Batiuk' Category
Cidu Bill on May 31st 2010
Mitch: With this one I have a hard time delineating where “I’d like to correct that!” leaves off and “But I still don’t understand why he’d say that” takes over.1) The standard plural of ‘bus’ is ‘buses’. This ‘busses’ is either plain wrong or at least a disfavored alternative.
2) If this is supposed to be a song/rhyme, does he say ‘wuss’ in a way that plausibly rhymes with ‘bus’? For me it’s a pretty bad off-rhyme.
3) And as CIDU, why (besides trying for a rhyme) is he calling anyone a ‘wuss’ for destroying his mailbox? They might be vandals or hooligans or (if he’s blaming the driver) incompetents — but why ‘wusses’?
Filed in Bill Bickel, Crankshaft, Tom Batiuk, comic strips, comics, humor | 27 responses so far
Cidu Bill on May 26th 2010
S.P. Charles: Just, you know… huh???
Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Funky Winkerbean, Tom Batiuk, comic strips, comics, humor | 34 responses so far
Cidu Bill on May 3rd 2010
What Funky’s grandfather is talking about; is this based on anything that’s ever actually happened?
Filed in Bill Bickel, Funky Winkerbean, Tom Batiuk, comic strips, comics, humor, newspapers | 34 responses so far
Cidu Bill on May 1st 2010
This one might retire the category:
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Filed in Alison Barrows, Bill Bickel, Crankshaft, Ewww, Mike Twohy, Preteena, Reynolds Unwrapped, Tom Batiuk, Wizard of Id, comic strips, comics, humor | 9 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 26th 2010
S. P. Charles: “Closed for lunch but open until 4am? In suburban Ohio? I already assumed that Batiuk knows even less about running a pizzeria than Funky does… but surely Batiuk knows something about suburban Ohio.”
Filed in Bill Bickel, Funky Winkerbean, Tom Batiuk, comic strips, comics, humor | 15 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 7th 2010
S. P. Charles: “Years after he first got it wrong, still nobody’s explained to Tom Batiuk what the word “franchise” means?”
Filed in Funky Winkerbean, Tom Batiuk, comic strips, comics, humor | 47 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Mar 19th 2010
Paul McCartney is probably older than Crankshaft.
Filed in Bill Bickel, Crankshaft, Paul McCartnet, Tom Batiuk, comic strips, comics, humor | 32 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Jan 25th 2010
“Comic strip characters used to be a little eccentric, but they weren’t deeply disturbed and borderline psychotic.”
Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Funky Winkerbean, Tom Batiuk, comic strips, comics, humor | 18 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Jan 23rd 2010
Seriously, though, how did they open the door?
Filed in Bill Bickel, Funky Winkerbean, Tom Batiuk, comic strips, comics, humor | 16 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Jan 15th 2010
S.P. Charles: I actually understand what Funky’s talking about; but WTF on so many levels… Is this strip supposed to make some sort of sense, or has Tom Batiuk gone Pat Robinson-crazy?
Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Funky Winkerbean, Star Trek, Tom Batiuk, comic strips, comics, humor, trellium-d | 26 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Jan 14th 2010
Because… nobody’s ever died or been crippled actually in the restaurant?
Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Funky Winkerbean, Tom Batiuk, comic strips, comics, humor | 16 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Dec 25th 2009
Filed in Bill Bickel, Christmas, Crankshaft, Garfield, Jim Davis, Lio, Mark Tatulli, Tom Batiuk, comic strips, comics, humor | 10 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Dec 19th 2009
“And happy… no…. merry Christmas.”
Is there a more obnoxious manner in which he could have made his point that only one holiday this month deserves his respect? This is Johnny Hart-worthy.
Filed in Bill Bickel, Christmas, Johnny Hart, Tom Batiuk | 81 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Nov 13th 2009
Rasheed: Completely coincidental, of course, with 6-8 weeks of lead time, but in light of the Fort Hood tragedy, I think they coulda/shoulda pulled this strip. But I’m a biased Texan who has also happened to have worked there.
Several people made the same comment about this week’s Depressed Wally and His Gun storyline in Funky Winkerbean.
Filed in Bill Bickel, Fort Hood, Funky Winkerbean, Quigmans, Tom Batiuk, comic strips, comics, humor | 21 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Nov 10th 2009
S.P. Charles: “As of November 10, it appears as if Tom Batiuk plans to ignore the fact that Westview’s highest-profile veteran is home for his very first Veteran’s Day.”
Filed in Bill Bickel, Funky Winkerbean, Tom Batiuk, Veteran's Day, comic strips, comics, humor | 29 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Nov 6th 2009
“I meant after you graduate high school, Owen.”
“So did I.”
Filed in Bill Bickel, Funky Winkerbean, Tom Batiuk, comic strips, comics, humor | 16 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Oct 31st 2009
Filed in Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, Crankshaft, Halloween, Scott Hilburn, Tom Batiuk, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol | 6 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Oct 21st 2009
I mean, at least when Tom Batiuk called his readers ignorant poopyheads
he went through the
pretense of incorporating it into a storyline and writing a “punchline.” And, you know,
most readers knew what the hell he was referring to. This is just… bizarre. And not in a good way.
Update: I’ve had to delete a number of posts disrepectful of Mr. McEldowney’s work, critical of his gay and sexual themes, and complaining that he over-uses Thorax. Okay, I agree about Thorax, but that’s not the point here. I like 9 Chickweed Lane, and I appreciate the man’s talents.
My only issue here is that I’ve never seen a cartoonist call his readers imbeciles before, even in the face of much more overt criticism (granted Johnny Hart was convinced his critics were going to Hell; but then, he apparently
believed everybody but himself was going to Hell), and I’m curious to know what set him off and what was going through his mind when he thought this was a good idea.
Filed in 9 Chickweed Lane, Bill Bickel, Brooke McEldowney, CIDU, Funky Winkerbean, Tom Batiuk, comic strips, comics, humor | 62 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Sep 24th 2009
Tomorrow in Funky Winkerbean: Rana is found dead, suffocated behind the “Pie a Cheerleader” booth
Filed in Bill Bickel, Funky Winkerbean, Tom Batiuk, comic strips, comics, humor | 18 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Aug 10th 2009
In the ongoing travesty that is the Funky Winkerbean strip, the Army somehow decided that the unidentifiable remains of a dead soldier were Wally’s. Imagine his surprise when he comes home.
Let’s not even discuss how such a mix-up is possible. What I’m wondering about is the logistics of this sort of thing: When Wally actually does pass from this mortal coil (which could very well be next week), will be be buried in the same grave where Faux Wally is right now? Can a plot be re-used? Or if this is a military cemetery, will the government just pull out the headstone and replace it with “Tomb of the Unknown Soldier”?
Just for the record, the military specifically announced a few years back that in future wars, there would be no Unknown Soldiers, since DNA records would make it impossible to ever again have an unidentified body.
Filed in Bill Bickel, Funky Winkerbean, Tom Batiuk, comic strips, comics, humor | 19 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Jun 25th 2009
S.P. Charles: She’ll what the what now?
Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Funky Winkerbean, Tom Batiuk, comic strips, comics, humor | 22 responses so far
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