2/27/09
Panel one failed product placement: “Cheezy Poofs! Like Cheesy Poofs, except Cartman has a nose, I guess.”
Panel two failed product placement: “Bob’s Bruise Cream: Heals a shiner on a black guy’s face (or whatever ethnicity he might be) in several weeks, or maybe it doesn’t.”
Panel three failed product placement: “Zagnuts: For when Shitty Nutboys are just too good for you. They’re free and taste like manure!”
2/28/09
Back at school, where product placement is a bit harder to sneak into the comic, Bryce continues to harass Ashley as she studies at the only workstation in Milford’s library. (The only other station is apparently being used to store Speak n’ Spells and other mysterious crap.) Ashley has taken to working extremely hard, even taking the “Read or Die!” poster a bit too seriously, to the point where she forces Bryce to take her to the worst event ever (besides a Gil Thorp fan convention): a school dance!
Panel 3 Answer: No, but you do look like the mutant patrol.
I spotted some more product placement in 2/28. The workstation is an IKEA product. I believe it’s called the MYLLFÅRD KOMMPPYTERD WÅRKSJTATYÖNYN.
SNUTBJÖI, IT’S SFITTI!
Comment by Ned Ryerson — March 1, 2009 @ 10:24 am
Speaking of product placement, that does it — Rubin is definitely a Chuck fan.
Nerd Herd – Chuck Wiki – Mondays on NBC
First Bryce Larkin, now this.
Comment by Mac Thomason — March 1, 2009 @ 10:49 am
Heck, the whole ntrip lately has been FAIL!
Comment by Doug Puthoff — March 1, 2009 @ 10:58 am
Do high school kids actually date by going out to dinner ?
Cheese Poofs – They’re Cheesey
or is it
Cheese Poofs – They’re Poofy
Comment by blondie — March 1, 2009 @ 11:41 am
Not to underestimate the power of LUUURRRRVVE or anything, but isn’t a bit farfetched that Bryce would fall for a Milford girl? Not only that, but a Milford girl who has to work at Shitti-Mart to pay her unemployed single mom’s bills? I mean, Ashley isn’t exactly Social Register material. In real life, Bryce wouldn’t even give her a second glance.
Then again, we all know where this is going. Stuck-up City Boy redeemed by small-town values, high school sports, and the attentions of a(n abusive) working-class chick. Who needs the bright lights, the culture, the museums, the fine dining, when you’ve got the Winter Warmup? Followed by a nightcap at the Bucket?
(And by “nightcap” I mean fries and a shake.)
Comment by johnw — March 1, 2009 @ 11:51 am
“The Zagnut’s on me.”
Oh those kids today with their crazy sex slang.
Comment by Aaron — March 1, 2009 @ 1:19 pm
Oh please, #5. They can have all that later. How does Bryce know nobody goes to school dances when he’s new to the school? Maybe where he’s from, but this is Milford, which apparently is not only a school, but a city and a universe unto itself. How long has Ashley known Bryce? Not long enough to call him by his last name. And Bryce should worry about dating Ashley AFTER the season. I had no idea he had all this energy.
You want to root for somebody here, but they’re all very unlikable.
Meanwhile, no sign of the season ending, while here in Illinois, the girls are down to 8 teams in each class.
Comment by Rob — March 1, 2009 @ 2:52 pm
That Zagnut bar is morphing into a chili dog right before our eyes/
Comment by gwilo — March 1, 2009 @ 2:52 pm
Ashley’s mother isn’t actually unemployed. Her real estate job is not doing well.
What are the chances that the fake security camera has been replaced with a real one and that Ashley will forget to put money in the till to cover the candy bar?
Comment by dale — March 1, 2009 @ 4:10 pm
Um, maybe my school’s weird or something, but in what universe do the nerds go to school dances and not ‘popular’ types? I mean, where I come from, nerds are either too socially awkward to go to dances or else have better things to do (such as watch Battlestar Galactica. Or waste time on blogs on comic strips. Not that that’s a bad thing).
Comment by Wynne — March 1, 2009 @ 6:41 pm
Ditto #10.
Nothing much to say about these two nutty (no pun intended) strips, except for the weird way Ashley is throwing the Zagnut(tm) and the weird alien peering through the window over the 60.
Comment by Regina — March 2, 2009 @ 4:36 am
On 2-28
Panel 1: Bryce is clearly on Ashley’s LEFT side while they are talking!
Panel 2: While in Mid Sentence he is clearly on her Right Side…
Now if the Single-Single Record or the 22 point outbust did not get her attention… The Flashesque Speed should. He stopped but his head is still wiggling!
Comment by el lumpbo — March 2, 2009 @ 7:13 am
When was the last time Gil appeared in this strip, HIS strip?
Comment by billytheskink — March 2, 2009 @ 7:19 am
Is that Stacie Hiller making a guest appearance in panel 3?
Comment by Bernard Bernoulli — March 2, 2009 @ 7:36 am
Gil is the Judge Parker and Barney Google of Milford.
Comment by Regina — March 2, 2009 @ 7:37 am
am I just being hypersensitive or does the Nerd Herd girl with the Bride of Frankenstein Hair have an Adams Apple????
Comment by el lumpbo — March 2, 2009 @ 12:17 pm
maybe AA and bryce are exploring their deep psychic connection, but i’m thinking he doesn’t have much chance of catching that zagnut with his eyes closed (especially since AA threw it with HER eyes closed).
Comment by eggbert — March 2, 2009 @ 3:12 pm