1/17/09
One look at that exploding eyeball and Bryce’s giant, er… “extra leg” of Bryce’s and I’d guess Gil doesn’t need the distraction of yet another jerk on his team. And now his other idiot students are using a giant olive during practice. Time to hit PUB (…and try to drink the image of that haunting third leg out of his mind.)
1/19/09
Oh boy, a three panel non-sequitur Monday!
Panel 1: “It turns out we shouldn’t have put Elmer Vargas in charge of marketing. ‘Project Redesign Apex Logo in Arial Narrow Font’ was a huge waste of time and resources. As a consequence, Elmer will be promoted to CEO to keep him out of trouble, and safely in the country. The rest of you please pack your belongings and see yourselves out. Thanks.”
Panel 2: “I may have lost the Hobart listing, but why the f*ck do you have two giant ugly phones on your desk?”
“I’ll tell you that as soon as you tell me what the hell that is you’re wearing, lady. Are you off to prom?”
Panel 3: Oh freak hand…why must you be so…everywhere, all the time, serving no purpose to the comic except perhaps to annoy the crap out of us? (Or are you here to help direct us to the office, since it’s quite unclear which way to go?)
Ugh…Jason, why did you put that image in my head for panel two???? EEEEEW…Now I gotta go and scrub myself with a wire brush.
Along with her prom dress, Mrs. AA is wearing gloves which is a nice touch.
Gil is lookin’ too happy in panel three of the second strip. Where’s that other freak hand, pal?
Comment by Regina — January 19, 2009 @ 11:33 am
Gloves, her prom dress, AND a corsage! Mrs. AA is steppin out in style this afternoon. Too bad she has nowhere to go, now that she’s lost the “Hobart” “listing.” Maybe she’ll run into Gil down at PUB…
Comment by jules — January 19, 2009 @ 12:21 pm
A dark thought: was Neal inspired to do the Apex storyline because of the layoffs in the newspaper industry? Particularly, comic artists (like the political cartoonists getting let go)?
And with Gil Thorp tied up at the Tribune, which is the probably the newspaper most in trouble … oy.
Comment by El Santo — January 19, 2009 @ 12:27 pm
We could use Bryce Larkin, Regina. Why’d you blow him off?
Comment by Don, the Rebel without a Blog — January 19, 2009 @ 12:36 pm
I can only hope that this suddenly topical turn is heading for an emergency meeting between Dr. Pearl and the Thorps: “Sorry, we’ve got to cut the athletic department budget. We can only afford one Coach Thorp.” And Gil and Mimi have to draw straws to see who gets the shaft.
Comment by johnw — January 19, 2009 @ 1:05 pm
Looks to me as if Mrs. AA is wearing a latex glove. What’s that all about ?
johnw, please, must you discuss “the shaft” so soon after panel 2 ?
Comment by blondie — January 19, 2009 @ 6:02 pm
Let’s play along with the quiz in the 1/19 strip: Which one of these panels depicts the origins of what is likely to be a standoff between police and an armed hostage taker, tragically ending with serious bloodshed?
My money’s on panel one. How hard did you try exactly? Any harder than when you designed the corporate logo with a label maker?
Comment by Ned Ryerson — January 19, 2009 @ 8:25 pm
I love Gil’s euphoric expression in panel 3 of 1/19. It doesn’t say “I hear what you’re saying, Dylan, and I have an ingenious response” so much as it says “I’m so high I can see individual photons moving. Turns out they’re not particles OR waves. They move in figure eights! Also, I’ve developed X-ray vision and can see into the girl’s locker room. Ashley’s a natural blonde!”
Comment by Gattamelata — January 20, 2009 @ 12:19 am
If the Boob Grab in Panel 1 (1/17) is not going to get Bryce to play… I guess Plan B will be to get Ashley to use the Patented NUTBOY on him… that never fails! I wonder what # jersey he will wear! :)
Comment by El Lumpbo — January 20, 2009 @ 7:24 am
Mmmmmmmmm NUTBOY — are you ready? It’s SHITTY!
Comment by Gil'sBarber — January 20, 2009 @ 1:12 pm
Has anyone else noticed the giant freckled arse up next to Bryce’s face in panel 3 of 1/19?! That is just one feature of a truly mind-blowing panel – including Bryce with smallpox AND exploding triangle eye, and the tiny man Gil has hired to stand on his arm and massage his neck.
Comment by Julie B — January 20, 2009 @ 3:20 pm
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