6/14/08
Even though it made less than no sense, I was happy on Saturday that the spring plot had come to a conclusion…Gil and Mimi, on the couch discussing how incredibly stupid the kids in Milford are. But then the final panel began to worry me a bit. It’s as if it was going…to…continue?
6/16/08
Damn it. This is all gonna drag out for another week? Really? Seriously? Well, $%@#&*&. This is all time that could be spent on a summer adventure of any number of characters way less lame than the ones we see here. On top of that, I’m not sure if Rod Whigham got the memo that the Zollar family is actually black, not Latino.
Well I don’t have to play along, so rather than talk about this, I’m going to immerse myself in something much more fascinating: A recent Spanish version of “Love Is”! (Yeah, I’ve done it before when times got rough.):
Maybe I’m just slow and estupido, but what the @&#* does Spanish immersion have to do with solving Elmer’s immigration woes? The only explanation I can think of is that they’ve given up on solving the woes, and are just trying to ease his transition to life in Mexico. But if so, that plot development was completely skipped-over.
And why is happy-go-lucky Elmer suddenly a hothead in panel 3?
These would be important questions if I actually gave a damn. Instead, like everyone else, I’m pining for the launch of another insane summer plotline. Bring on the duck jokes, gambling debts, and washed-up singer-songwriters! (And dunderhead detectives, of course.)
Comment by johnw — June 16, 2008 @ 9:11 am
A week more, if we’re lucky. Milford hasn’t even missed the playdowns yet, so they probably have at least one more game to play. Not only that, but I assume something’s going to happen to keep Elmer in the states. Presumably Gil’s letter is going to actually do something or else they spent all that time about how Gil’s going to be more involved for nothing. It’ll be July before Gil and kaz even make it to BAR for a brewsky.
Comment by Tweeks_Coffee — June 16, 2008 @ 9:56 am
I think we’re in for considerably more than another week…Elmer himself says that if he only has “a few weeks left here,” he wants to play baseball. Dear Rubin: in most districts across the US, school is already out! Wrap this up, have Milford lose the playdowns, and get on with Summer Vacation already! C’mon! Tarzana Nights! Wooooo!
Comment by jules — June 16, 2008 @ 10:50 am
There are no STDs in “Love Is” because all they have are rounded off crotches
Comment by Bryce — June 16, 2008 @ 10:53 am
The linked strip regrading the Zollars being black might be the weirdest thing I have ever seen on the internet. Even with the context, the “. . . and you’re a bigot!” is puzzling and bizarre. What does it mean? Any background here?
Comment by Cedar — June 16, 2008 @ 11:09 am
First strip, panel 3: why is all the Zollars’ furniture out on the lawn? My hypothesis: a crack team of agents from the Milford INS confiscated their house in a comical mix-up.
Second strip: I didn’t know Spanish immersion classes were so similar to 1940s-era typing pools.
Comment by Demi Loon — June 16, 2008 @ 11:36 am
I thought the Spanish immersion class was some sort of bookbinding sweatshop.
Comment by Ned Ryerson — June 16, 2008 @ 11:39 am
I love the gleeful look on Papa Vargas in today’s Panel 3.
“Thank Dios I’m gonna finally be rid of this
illegitimateillegal big-nosed crybaby brat!”Comment by Gil'sBarber — June 16, 2008 @ 12:06 pm
So the way the plot’s going, what with the crash Spanish immersion classes, it looks like Elmer is going to get deported. I gotta admit, I didn’t expect to see that coming.
Also, what does Elmer have to be all snot-nosed about? He’s the one who sought out a lawyer and blabbed off to everyone in school that he was illegal.
Comment by El Santo — June 16, 2008 @ 1:03 pm
Am I a bigger fool than Marty Poon… or do I see that letter to the congressman save the day? Is it too much to think it was added to the plotless pablum for a reason? Is it time for my thorazine?
Comment by SemperFi4evr — June 16, 2008 @ 1:54 pm
Why is everyone in this strip constantly raising their hands up in front of their face like that? The gesture is part of Muslim prayer, and it’s just SO FUCKING WEIRD to see every character in Gil Thorp doing it. Unless they are all Islamic tear-ists, like Barack Hussein Obama or something.
Comment by Oddball Cargo — June 16, 2008 @ 8:04 pm
I agree with #11 about the hands. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: these damn hands in every panel are creepin’ me out. Jason, maybe you should have a “Creepy hands” category. Like you Jason, I was lured into a false sense of hope that this insane plot was over wen I saw Gil and Mimi getting cozy. I’m ready for some Tarzana nights…end tis story, dammit!
Comment by Regina — June 17, 2008 @ 3:16 am
#11: Agree about creepiness of hands, but as this is a comic site not a political site, there’s really no need to toss in slanderous-sounding comments about presidential candidates…(joking or not). Let’s play nice, people. Thanks!
Comment by jasbeattie — June 17, 2008 @ 7:54 am
#5: Cedar…this is Gil Thorp we’re talking about. Of course it’s completely insane! If you want the full story, start reading the archive around September of 2004. Cliff’s Notes version: The white dude (Von Haney) and black dude (Nick Zollar) are best buddies. When Nick gets into Yale and Von doesn’t, at first Von suspects Affirmative Action is at work and their friendship suffers. Eventually they kiss and make up (or at least make up.) This comic is part of the ending sequence, where a security guard is profiling Nick as a shoplifter, but Von, also working security in the store, launches lightning out of his head, then straightens everything out in the weird way these things seem to shake out in Milford. And I know that even though I explained all this, it will still make no sense to you. That’s to be expected. But thanks for attempting to follow along!
Comment by jasbeattie — June 17, 2008 @ 8:05 am
Jason, just read the strip and a couple of things creeped me out: the guy that looks like Rich Bosich (can’t spell his name, I know!) giving Von Haney a “noogie” and Kaz’s “heat miser” hair. I think though that Chief Whigham should take a look at this strip and see that this is the Kaz we know and love, not the cheap imitation that he’s been drawing. Trace him if you have to Whigham, but bring our old Kaz back!
Comment by Regina — June 17, 2008 @ 8:41 am
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