Wow! Not a cop-out at all! Actual action! Awesome!
Bill must have gotten some fighting lessons from Kaz when we weren’t paying attention, since there’s no way Gil taught him how to do that! He even figured out how to clone quality fightin’ replicas of himself. Good work, Bill! I’m also digging how Franken-Cully has been transformed into a shocked tub of lard in the final panel. (I think he’s wondering “How did you manage to best your opponent without snapping his spine and murdering him? I wish I had known that was possible…”)
The only unfortunate result of this development that I can foresee: Gil will think he taught Bill how to box. Nice try Gil, we all know you never taught anyone anything. If this happens, I’ll have to send Nelson Muntz to go punch Gil in the stomach: “That’s for taking credit for other people’s work!”
Excellent headline and snark, Jason! You beat me to the clone comment.
Comment by Gil'sBarber — December 14, 2007 @ 11:53 am
Now that Boxin’ Bill has experienced the thrill of victory, he’s actually gotten taller after all of the shrinking these past months.
Comment by Gil'sBarber — December 14, 2007 @ 11:59 am
Valley Tech goon was looking pretty hip and with it wearing his backwards baseball cap. Bill hit him so hard that he was knocked all the way back to the 1950s.
Comment by Tony — December 14, 2007 @ 12:13 pm
Well, at least this explains the reason for horribly uninteresting boxing plotline from months ago…
The second punch (the one in the middle) confuses the heck out of me. There’s no “BAM” pointy-cloud-shape, so perhaps there’s no contact… Makes it seem like the goon-guy swung and missed from a rather impossible angle.
Oh well, why complain when there’s some awesome action?!?
Comment by Ian — December 14, 2007 @ 12:28 pm
panel 2: BATMAN!!!!!!! POW! BAM! CLUNK!
Comment by JJ — December 14, 2007 @ 12:33 pm
We used to play Clock the Cripple in the schoolyard.
Ha Ha! Take that Valley Jerk! Not only did you get beaten down by a peg-legged member of Nitzer Ebb (kudos to killebrew) but your hat came off in the process revealing your totally hilarious combover.
The part of Cully Vale is now being played by Nancy
Comment by Ned Ryerson — December 14, 2007 @ 12:35 pm
Gil’s Barber: Maybe Bill has one of those high-tech Inspector Gadget prosthetics. Tony Casey overthrows another pass? No problem! Go, go, Gadget, LEGS!
It’s awfully considerate of the Valley Techsters to approach the good guys one at a time, just like in the kung-fu movies. Bill might’ve had a tougher time if, y’know, they’d all attacked at once. Instead, he can take his sweet time dispatching that tub o’lard, Rob Riggle.
“Clock the Cripple”… isn’t that a new game show on GSN? “And now, it’s time for… CLOCK THE CRIPPLE!” (audience applauds) “And now, here’s your host… CHUCK WOOLERY!” (audience applauds, cheers, does the wave)
Comment by johnw — December 14, 2007 @ 12:36 pm
Is Bill knocking out three people or one? Because if it’s one he gains then loses his baseball cap.
Comment by Scott de B. — December 14, 2007 @ 12:36 pm
Well if it’s just the one goon Bill “beat-down”, it’s a perfect excuse for Frank and Neil to
recycle 2 more days with very minor tweaking. They might have to erase Cully/Nancy though, cause
that would be just plain dumb.
Comment by Gil'sBarber — December 14, 2007 @ 12:58 pm
I thought Bill was saying “g’night jerk” to Cully. Wouldn’t it be correct to say “g’night Jerks”??
Anyway, that second panel is awesome. Like JJ said, we need the Batman “POW!” in it. I’m g;ad I was sober when I was looking at it, because the two and a half Bills would have made me think I was seeing double and a half.
Hahaha I love that Rob Riggle got owned by a gimp. He knocked the botox right out of his face. Now all we need is Cully/Nancy to finish them off with a fallaway slam.
Comment by Regina — December 14, 2007 @ 1:11 pm
Bill showed some real promise with “Slow down, Fat Boy!” But “G’night jerk”? Come on, Bill, how about a little effort.
Comment by Sourbelly — December 14, 2007 @ 1:25 pm
It’s funny that Cully got all reformed and left the bad influence of the Bad-News-Taurus-Gang
and look where he ends up, embroiled in a bitter carnage-filled bloodbath street brawl over
a friggin’ rock.
Comment by Gil'sBarber — December 14, 2007 @ 2:09 pm
wow, it’s like Mark Trail and his Fists-o-Justice© on crystal meth…
and the eternal full moon that shines over Milford silently watches the scene…
Comment by Mooch — December 14, 2007 @ 2:10 pm
Scott asks a very good question; are we seeing Bill punch three separate people or is this meant as some sort of instant replay? My theory is that McLaughlin got so caught up in the excitement of drawing action that he forgot to make their faces look different.
Comment by chromium — December 14, 2007 @ 2:35 pm
I almost did a spit-take with my coffee this morning when I saw ACTUAL ACTION in Milford! Actual Triple-Bill-Punching Action! I’m gonna have that second panel framed. Awesome, man.
Comment by jules — December 14, 2007 @ 2:39 pm
Oh, I get it! It’s “g’night jerk” because there’s a moon in the background!
As for panel 2, WTF? Really, it should be framed, as nowhere else will you see Bill’s Sleep Inducing Elbow Attacks. Kudos also to Limpin’ Bill for centering his punches in the earring zone, apparently a vulnerable area.
Comment by julienne — December 14, 2007 @ 2:54 pm
Dig Kill Bill’s rather businesslike jerk-dispatching facial expressions. The kid’s got a bright future in mayhem and thuggery.
As for Cully, he appears to be shrinking and turning into Frodo.
Comment by Ivan — December 14, 2007 @ 5:44 pm
Punch-tastic adventure. Plus, the Valley Thugs lay down a pretty wicked smoke screen on the way back to, uh, Valley, I guess. Once word of this gets out, it should be a pretty hostile atmosphere at the Milford-Valley Tech tilt on Friday Night.
Comment by Sgt. Saunders — December 15, 2007 @ 3:18 am
Ups. The Smoke Screen is on Saturday. I get an early start at this.
Comment by Sgt. Saunders — December 15, 2007 @ 3:18 am