Alright, Rick, I don’t care about this any more than you do, but there’s no need to be such a dick about it. Whatever story she comes up with, it will still be more interesting than your fluff piece on teachers’ nicknames.
And my, Helen’s become rather egotistical, hasn’t she…? She’s now “the Milford Star”? I really don’t think she’s earned that title yet…has she ever heard of a fellow named Stormy Hicks? (Hey Helen, after you rescue someone and fake rescue someone else, we’ll talk.) Do she really need to dredge up stories like this anyway? I guess she’s bored with having to write headlines like “Local Idiot Saws Off Own Leg with Chainsaw.” (ADDENDUM: after re-reading this I realized that “The Milford Star” is actually the horribly named local newspaper. I mistankenly, and more amusingly, read it as though Helen was referring to herself in the third person as “the Milford star.” I like that interpretation better, so I’m stickin’ to it.)
Panel 3 is kind of a weird panel, isn’t it? It’s way too dark and dramatic to portray what’s currently happening. But it looks good in trailers…What the hell am I talking about? Well, you’re likely starting to doze off about no-bid I.T. contracts and boring point guard battles, but I have the sure-fire cure…it’s the cartoon equivalent to the super-awesome action-packed clips they run at the beginning of your favorite TV shows, (you know, like “24″ or “Quincy M.E.”). Check this out:
Now aren’t you excited to see what happens? I know I am…
What happened to the Milford Trumpet ??? Gee, you fall asleep through , oh lets say …six weeks of dialogue and they spring this on me ! I imagine Marty Moon is also delivering this paper from his Home / Office /1972 Dodge Dart to supplement his very lucrative “Grit” route .
Comment by Newt — January 9, 2007 @ 11:44 am
Thanks for the “trailer” montage. It made my day.
Comment by Tim Goral — January 9, 2007 @ 11:50 am
Great montage! I feel like I wasted six months of reading “GT,” since I got all the essentials in six panels.
Future Careers in Journalism: Helen will be a star correspondent for the New York Times, uncovering graft at the top levels of government… Rick will be hacking out celebrity copy for the National Inquirer. “Who cares” indeed. I think that’s what happened in panel 3: Helen’s concern for the public welfare has instantly given her a certain facial gravitas otherwise absent from the typical Milford High student.
I am glad to see they’ve added yet another storyline to the winter season. The point-guard competition, Ms. Bitchy Girlfriend, and Ms. Bitchy Stage Mother just weren’t enough to sustain three months of cartoony drama.
Comment by johnw — January 9, 2007 @ 12:10 pm
Helen Monzano. Last Known Photograph.
Cause the only man willing to photograph her was killed taking this one.
Comment by Black Card — January 9, 2007 @ 1:36 pm
I take back everything I said yesterday about Helen not looking that bad. Has she turned into a daguerrotype in Panel 3? I’m hoping that this signals a major change in the strip, which will henceforth be America’s only all-daguerrotype syndicated daily comic strip.
And as regards the trailer: AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!!!
So I guess the school paper is called the Trumpet, and the town paper is called the Star. Somehow, I remembered that the school paper was called the Trumpet, so I had the same interpretation of Panel 2 that Jason did. I think it’s way better than the actual truth. I love the idea that Helen has one good game and immediately starts referring to herself as The Milford Star. And that Rick is so spineless and doughy that he immediately picks up the habit, too.
Comment by Cash — January 9, 2007 @ 3:14 pm
Panel 3 was very film noirish. I’d also like to praise the trailer.
Comment by Ennui, Willie Keeler — January 9, 2007 @ 3:49 pm
Panel 3 – Noel Neill don’t you think? Although Rick is a bit puffy for Jummy.
The Montage was priceless!
Comment by tom — January 9, 2007 @ 4:32 pm
With regards to 1/10’s strip, when did Gman and Kaz become American Hockey League fans?
Comment by Ennui, Willie Keeler — January 10, 2007 @ 5:33 am
Can we work out a media merger and call the resulting newspaper “The Milford Strumpet?” Please? Pretty please?
Comment by johnw — January 10, 2007 @ 8:22 am
“Local Idiot Saws off Own Leg With Chainsaw” is going to make me break out in giggles at the most awkward moments for the rest of the week. I can already tell.
Comment by Gingersnaps15 — January 10, 2007 @ 5:21 pm
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